Aluminium Extra
INNOVATING FOR THE ALUMINIUM SECTOR
Aluminium windows and doors have become increasingly popular with homeowners as the sector continues to grow with more companies now offering new product and component solutions.
One of the key considerations for aluminium window and door manufacturers is ventilation. Since the changes in building regulations in July 2022, compliance with building regulations as set out in Approved Document F( means of ventilation), is now critical for companies replacing windows or doors made of any material including aluminium.
With mechanical ventilation being expensive, inconvenient and time consuming to install, the most practical and affordable way to compliance, for both installers and homeowners, is to install trickle vents to the window and door profiles or frames.
Over the last decade, Glazpart’ s Link Vent with its clever design, easy installation and operation combined its availability in a vast colour range, has made it the trickle vent of choice for window and door companies. However in the last 18 months, Glazpart has concentrated on component solutions specifically for aluminium fenestration.
Dean Bradley, Glazpart Sales Director outlines the niche strategy,“ Since 2022, and our market domination with the Link Vent, we continued to explore the trends and different niches within the glazing sector. With more fabricators offering aluminium windows and doors, we collaborated with our customers and aluminium experts. In 2024, we joined the Council for Aluminium in Building( CAB) to gain greater insight and knowledge of aluminium as a building material. In the spring of 2025 we launched our first aluminium glazing component with the introduction of the Bi-Fold Vent and most recently we have launched the AluVent.”
The Bi-Fold Vent The launch of the innovative Bi-Fold Vent at FIT Show 2025, certainly gathered much interest with many visitors to the Glazpart stand seeing a physical demonstration( using a model bi-fold door) of how the vent performed and looked within a bi-fold door system.
The Bi-Fold Vent’ s shallow( slim) height is designed to work within the low hinge stack heights when the doors in a bi-fold system are in the open position – it has unique low-profile louvred canopy design combined with a low profile vent to allow both the internal vent and louvered grille clip in to easily sit between the open concertinaed door leaves.
The Bi-Fold Vent is designed for compliance to the building regulations with the independently tested equivalent area, it sits in a 16mm rout and in many cases, can be located directly into the door leaf or frame, removing the need for expensive additional“ knock on” or extended profiles. With a 2700 EQA( per vent), a 3-panel door meets the requirements for background ventilation.
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