Clearview National April 2019 - Issue 209 | Page 50
DOORS&WINDOWS
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
THE FUTURE IS LEAN
» » THE PRINCIPLE OF
streamlined production is simple –
removing unnecessary processes
makes it more efficient and cost-
effective. In practice it has helped
improve quality and make business
as profitable as possible.
But, the process of using
galvanised steel to reinforce
PVC-U profile is largely
unchanged, and I believe that
removing the need for separate
reinforcement would be a next
logical step in streamlining the
manufacturing process.
Deceuninck’s new 5000
composite window system
incorporates patented
Linktrusion™ technology with
immensely-strong pultruded glass-
fibre reinforcement embedded in
the profile. The system includes
optional, patented thermal
reinforcement with embedded
steel wires in a low-density,
insulating foam core encased in
recycled PVC-U
for excellent U-values.
Linktrusion™ technology is
the first to remove the need for
traditional steel reinforcement,
which enabled the designers to
create slim sightlines. Its great,
inherent strength also allows
specifiers to consider using very
tall windows, and very large doors
eg 1100 by 2500 for a single door.
The windows are very strong and
light and available in countless
Decoroc and foiled colours as
well as being 100% recyclable.
Unlike steel reinforcement,
the embedded Linktrusion™
reinforcement improves thermal
performance rather than reducing
it.
Sincerely
Chris Jones,
Sales Director Deceuninck
POPULAR ISOLATE FIRE DOOR RANGE EXPANDS
» » FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL
launch of its new FD30 Isolate composite
fire door, Apeer has announced that it is
adding two more options to the range, a
solid T&G style and a glazed version, both
independently tested on both sides to BS EN
1634-1:2014.
Apeer’s marketing manager, Linda Tomb,
commented: “With the recent focus on fire
door safety, we have worked extremely hard
to ensure that all the doors in the new Isolate
range exceed the latest, more rigorous industry
standards. In addition to options for spyholes
and letterboxes in the new styles, the doors
also come with a 3-star cylinder for maximum
security and a Pyroguard double glazed IGU
for the glazed version. As with all its composite
doors, Apeer can offer Isolate doors in a wide
range of standard, premium and RAL colours,
thanks to its impressive in-house, high-tech
paint line, with customers able to specify and
order the products quickly and easily via the
company’s online Door Builder.”
The latest doors to join the Isolate range
are available to buy, and after high demand
for its launch product, Apeer is already
recommending new and existing customers to
pre-order now.
www.apeer.co.uk
COMPOSITE CALL BACKS CLOSING
IN ON PROFIT MARGINS
» » A NEW POLL BY DOOR
specialist Sliders UK has found
that composite door call backs are
among the key challenges facing
installers. And, while sales were
seen universally as a growth area,
78% of respondents said that
they had encountered issues in
reliability of supply in the last year,
with composite door bowing, cited
as a problem by the same figure.
Steve Mines, Sales Director,
Sliders UK said: “When we
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spoke to installers we found that
everyone saw composite doors
as a growth area but there was a
real frustration with reliability
of supply and bowing. We
were told that this had been
a particular problem with the
higher temperatures seen last
summer, which had generated
a large number of call-backs on
composite door installations.
Sliders UK’s Ultimate Composite
Door has been designed to address
this problem. Available in 23
classic and contemporary styles,
it uses ‘intelligent timber inserts’,
which meet requirements under
PAS24 cut-through testing without
impacting on the core structural
stability of the slab, so the Ultimate
Composite door has a maximum
guaranteed bowing tolerance of
just 3mm compared to the 8mm of
some other systems.
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