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» SHEERLINE HAS renewed its call for the fenestration industry ’ s aluminium sector to embrace transparency around U-values . With the Future Homes Standard ( FHS ) due to be implemented in June 2025 , the company argues now is the time for installers to check if they are compliant .
The issue of compliance has become a hot topic within the fenestration industry against the backdrop of the FHS roadmap , which was set out in 2023 . The final specifications are due to be released in June 2025 , yet some systems houses are still quoting misleading or unclear U-values or failing to make available the test evidence that backs up their claims .
Installers are responsible for ensuring the final product they supply is compliant . If U-values
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are properly policed within the industry – as Sheerline has called for – installers must act to ensure they are compliant . Although fabricators and systems houses will also be culpable when issues , and potential litigation , arise .
The issue of compliance is particularly important for those installers who source glass separately to their frames , as they must ensure the units they ’ re using meet the
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specifications set out by the systems house in-line with the U-value simulation used .
This will ensure that any certificate they reference is valid and accurate . This is why Sheerline has made its independently verified U-value reports publicly available and has urged other systems houses to do the same .
It ’ s time the industry embraced transparency around U-values , to make compliance
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as simple as possible and therefore , achievable for installers .
Adrian Redshaw , Sheerline ’ s Product Design Director , said : “ Compliance doesn ’ t have to be complicated . In the past , it may have been an option to plead ignorance if the requirements seemed unclear . But with the Future Homes Standard , we expect the requirements will tighten .
“ Which begs the question : why would an installer risk working with a fabricator or systems house that can ’ t prove the U-values they are claiming ? There is no better time for installers to question if the products they supply are compliant , because this issue has the potential to cause real disruption .”
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