Clearview National December 2015 - Issue 169 | Page 30

INDUSTRYNEWS

Students UnderThreat
»»Earlier this month, it
took more than 40 fire-fighters
to tackle a blaze at student flats
in Bristol.The building roof
was completely destroyed and
the students had to be rehoused. Fortunately, no one was
harmed.
Fire doors are safety devices and
when a fire breaks out, they act as
a barrier by holding the fire back
so people can escape.
There are legal ways to keep
fire doors open with hold open

devices such as Dorgard. Dorgard
allows the user to hold fire doors
open at any angle. These wire-free
devices listen for the sound of the
alarm and once heard, close the
door, preventing the rapid spread
of smoke and fire.
David Leefe Kendon, Principal
Technician at the University of
Portsmouth has found Dorgard
to be a convenient way to keep
fire doors open safely. “We now
comply with Health and Safety
requirements while making life
easier for everyone that needs to
keep doors open. Keeping the
doors open helps ventilate rooms
and bring in fresh air.”

Sources: www.bristolpost.co.uk,
http://www.bristol247.com, www.
zurich.co.uk, West Midlands Fire
Service.
www.fireco.co.uk

PAS 24 Standard
achieved on
French Doors
»»Tradesmith, a
leading South East window,
door and conservatory
manufacturer and Halo
Approved Fabricator has
become one of the industry’s
first companies to achieve
the coveted PAS 24 security
standard on a low-threshold
French door.
Tradesmith Managing
Director, Mark Hutchinson
explained: “We’re thrilled that
Tradesmith has become the first
fabricator to achieve PAS 24 on
a low-threshold French door
using VEKA Halo profile.
“We presented the
completed door for
independent assessment ‘off
our own bat’, without needing
to piggyback on the test results
of components that make up

the design, and it’s great to
be able to display the PAS 24
logo alongside our Secured by
Design accreditation.”
Tradesmith also collaborated
with other highly respected
suppliers, including Paddock /
Yale and Winlock.
“What Tradesmith has
achieved is no mean feat,”
commented Colin Torley, Sales
and Marketing Director of
The VEKA UK Group. “To
achieve PAS 24 certification is
a challenge in itself, let alone
with a low-threshold French
Door that must be able to offer
unhindered mobility access as
well as the required security
credentials.
www.tradesmith.co.uk
www.vekauk.com

Never too old to Change
»»Loughborough-based
installer Wilson Windows has recently
switched supplier to The VEKA R