HARDWARE & SECURITYEXTRA
LOCK LOCK CARRIES THE SOLD SECURE STANDARD
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NOT ONLY IS LOCK Lock taking the composite and entrance door market by storm, thanks to unrivalled product design, performance and longevity, but it is now the only security door handle with the coveted Sold Secure certification, that’ s issued by the Master Locksmiths Association( MLA).
Sold Secure is the premier testing and certification house for security products, operated by the MLA and so the independent testing undergone on Lock Lock has been considerable. Now listed on www. soldsecure. com as the only entrance door handle to achieve this important certification, door manufacturers, installers and homeowners can be
re-assured that the product has been tested to the highest standards, along with the unrivalled 200,000 cycle and 5,000 + hours salt spray testing credentials.
Lock Lock is also a TS007:2012 2 Star security handle and can be used with the impressive 3 Star Ultion cylinder with its £ 1,000 security guarantee and so combined, this makes for the most secure handle / cylinder combination in the door security market at present. With security still the number one driver in entrance door sales, this is an unrivalled product proposition for the trade and consumers.
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Elephant in the room
P C Henderson’ s Straight Sliding 307 door hardware has been specified for the main access door to an elephant house at Skandavale Monastery in Carmarthen, Wales.
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THE MONASTERY, HOME TO A resident community of 25 monks and nuns, welcomes over 90,000 pilgrims to worship in its three multi-faith temples each year. As well as its temples, the monastery is also home to an onsite hospice and animal sanctuary.
The most famous resident of the monastery’ s animal sanctuary is Valli, a three-tonne Sri
Lankan elephant who resides in an enormous purpose-built elephant house. Built just five years ago, the elephant house features heated walls, sandpits, a waterfall and plunge pool as well as a large sliding access door, measuring 3.9m x 3.2m, which Valli opens herself.
After just five years the original sliding door hardware( not manufactured by P C Henderson) was unable to cope with the force in which Valli uses her trunk and head to open the door and so the track collapsed, meaning a replacement was needed.
Brother Stephan, who resides at Skandavale, contacted P C Henderson to specify a track which would be robust and hardwearing enough to cope with Valli’ s strength. The door itself weighs 500kg but due to the extra force being used, the Straight Sliding 307 system was specified, which can cater for doors weighing up to 2000kg.
Brother Stephan commented:“ Prior to the new home being built, Valli lived in a different elephant house which utilised P C Henderson’ s sliding door hardware for the main access door. This lasted the full lifetime of the home, approximately 15 years, despite the huge scale of force being subjected by Valli. When the hardware on the new home started to bend after just five years, there was no doubt that we would go back to using P C Henderson.
“ We’ re very pleased with the new system, which is now fully installed. It’ s easy to see that the design and material of the track and components are of the highest quality and we’ re confident it will withstand the test of Valli over the years”.
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