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Pride of place at Lioncourt Homes
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appearance and a palette of ‘heritage’ finishes
has enabled the Modus flush casement PVC-U
window system from Eurocell to persuade a
Gloucestershire planning authority that
it is a worthy alternative to timber
windows for 49 homes.
Lioncourt Homes contacted
Eurocell – the UK’s leading
manufacturer, distributor and recycler
of window, door, conservatory and
roofline products – which introduced it
to the Modus range and to A&B Glass, the
Tewkesbury-based fabricator and installer.
“Planners don’t appreciate how far PVC-U
products have come on in the last decade and
what an improvement they are upon timber,”
commented Matt Sollis of A&B Glass. “And
the first-time householders see all the costs of
stripping back and repainting timber windows
they will consider replacing them.”
Coming with a 12-year guarantee, the Modus
system is available in nine solid and woodgrain-
effect colours, all of which
are available with white internal
finishes to create a light and airy living
environment. A further range of more than 40
solid and woodgrain effect finishes is available,
including colour both sides.
BBA certified to function satisfactorily for
more than 35 years, the Modus range has a
U-value of 1.2 W/m² using 4/20/4 mm sealed
double-glazed units. This effective thermal
performance is due to the 75mm six-chamber
profile system used in the Modus that enables
the range to achieve a U-value as low as 0.7
by installing triple-glazed units. This led to
Modus becoming one of the very first systems
to achieve the BRFC Window Energy Rating
(WER) of A++. This is only awarded to
windows with an energy index value equal to
or greater than +20; and Modus A++ designs
include casement, reversible and tilt and turn.
Consisting of 50% post-consumer recycled
PVC-U as standard, this range of doors and
windows has a smaller carbon footprint than
products made or recycled outside of the
UK. Eurocell achieves this by employing dual
material extrusion technology (DMET) that
layers post-consumer recycled and ‘virgin’
material simultaneously, so the recycled
material is concentrated in the central core of
the profiles where it cannot be seen once the
door or window is installed.
To simplify specification, Modus BIM
models are available to download for free
from the Eurocell website at visit:
http://www.eurocell.co.uk/bim
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