Heritage & Timber
The Next Generation
Quickslide has relaunched its enhanced flagship Legacy VS and it ’ s bringing heritage bang up to date , as Managing Director Ben Weber explains .
Quickslide ’ s new Legacy vertical slider launched to aplomb earlier this year and will soon be available to order . Ushering in a new era in heritage windows , it combines the latest technology with even more authentic timber-look styling details , to create the closest match to traditional timber sash windows yet .
“ We can ’ t wait to see our new Legacy VS where it belongs ,” says Quickslide ’ s Managing Director Ben Weber , “ which is out of our factory floor and into homes , giving homeowners the best of all worlds : highly performing , efficient and authentically styled windows that are harder to distinguish from their timber originals than ever before .”
Legacy VS ’ s new design
The most noticeable change to Legacy is its new slim mid rail , which is over a centimetre narrower than its standard counterpart . This , along with new runthrough sash horns with refined end caps , fully mechanical joints , a deep bottom rail and curvy ovolo frame , are the important details that make Legacy almost indistinguishable from timber sash windows . Balancing this more traditional styling , at the other end of the scale the new Legacy offers the most up-to-date advancements in security and performance . It comes with an ‘ A ’ energy rating as standard , a certified PAS24 security upgrade , and available are smart sash fasteners that can be managed from
a phone app . Additionally , ancillaries are colour-matched as standard , which include wool-pile and the Doc F-compliant foiled modular vent for the best looking , integrated solution on the market .
“ With our new Legacy VS we now offer more configurations than ever ,” says Ben . “ We attempted calculating how many , but got to a trillion before we had even included our bespoke colour bonding so had to give in at that point .”
Industry-leading lead times
The enhanced Legacy VS and its more complex configurations have been made possible thanks to Quickslide ’ s acquisition earlier this year of its new bespoke Schirmer cutting machine . Not only will this increase production capacity , it will do so while also slashing lead times for vertical sliders .
To cope with the many complex features that fabricating a VS window involves , the new cutting machine has two milling stations . This means that more complex details can be repeated accurately and consistently – but also faster than ever .
“ Two milling stations are a gamechanger in our production ,” says Ben , “ particularly for VS , with their mechanical joints and all the optional features they involve . The new machining centre will radically increase our capacity for authentic heritage VS . It enables us to achieve our high standards , accurately , time after time , at scale . All without adding to our lead time .
“ Because to us , heritage for the next generation is not just about perfecting the finer details that set Legacy VS apart visually and in its efficient performance , it is also about doing so in a way that reflects our commitment to delivering consistent , repeatable quality without impacting lead time . While heritage may be all about traditional styling , we have our own tradition at Quickslide of ‘ right , on time , every time ’, which is one thing that won ’ t be changing .
“ Looking ahead , our production processes continue to advance enabling us to further refine our offering , stretching our ability to develop more new initiatives to benefit our trade partners and customers . In fact , we ’ re already working on new developments for early next year , including investments in injection moulding and perfecting those finer details which set our VS windows apart . Because while heritage is focussed on authentically emulating the past , our business is firmly focussed on the future .”
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