Clearview National December 2019 - Issue 217 | Page 48

PROUD SPONSOR OF DOORS & WINDOWS
DOORS&WINDOWS
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
By law, financial advisors must get
customers to assess their attitude
to risk before they invest.
» MOST PEOPLE SEE THE
sense in that, and I think we’d
have fewer business failures
if everyone had to assess the
attitude of business owners or
businesses to risk.
Too many businesses play
down the probability of
something going wrong when
they see savings they want
to make. It’s easy to turn a
blind eye if no one can see the
savings they’ve made, if they’ve
skipped the reinforcement, for
example, used less than the
recommended amount, or used
a sub-standard, cheaper grade
of steel.
It’s also comforting to assume
you can fall back on the systems
company’s warranty if there’s a
problem.
But some risks aren’t worth
taking.
Deceuninck, like other
systems companies, spends a
lot on developing and testing
windows and doors. We
design our systems with the
correct steel reinforcement
to make sure they perform,
and we issue comprehensive
guidelines for manufacturing,
storage and installation to
ensure long-lasting, trouble-free
performance.
The idea that a fabricator can
value-engineer our windows
and doors by substituting non-
approved steel reinforcement on
the basis of steel suppliers’ bold
claims of compliance with PAS24
and other standards is brave
to say the least! Non-approved
means they’ve not been tested
to see how they perform in
various configurations and
situations. How would the steel
supplier know the risk when
they haven’t done – couldn’t
have done - the development
Rob McGlennon
and testing? How can you
know it’s not poor quality or
sub-standard? There’s a reason
substitutes cost less. And if the
project does go pear shaped, the
steel supplier certainly won’t be
paying to put things right, will
they?
Nor will we, or other
systems companies, if the wrong
reinforcement’s been used. You
will. So why take the risk?
We offer a warranty on
all Deceuninck products,
but only if manufacturers
follow our guidelines and use
Deceuninck steel reinforcement.
If Deceuninck doors and
windows are not reinforced
with Deceuninck reinforcement,
there is no Deceuninck
warranty. Then, if something goes
wrong, you’re on your own.
Yours sincerely
Rob McGlennon,
Managing Director,
Deceuninck
48 » DEC 2019 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M
Unique Moisture
Barrier System
» THE UNIQUE MOISTURE
Barrier System (MBS) from
Endurance Doors dramatically
improves long-term performance
and eliminates the damaging issue
of water ingress to the foot of a
solid timber composite door.
Over the years this unique
development from Endurance
Doors has dramatically reduced
the number of call backs for
their installers and consequently,
is helping increase the amount
of referral sales. The MBS is a
blown, recycled PVCu section
that is extruded in-house within
the Rocal Group and has been
specifically designed to be
bonded at the base of all of
their timber composite doors,
prior to edgebanding and the
careful bonding of the PVCu
CoolSkin.
Stephen Nadin, managing
director of Endurance Doors
commented: “Given our history
in solid core composite doors
dating back to 2002, we know
about the potential for water
ingress into a composite door.
“Our solid timber composite
door now also benefits from a wet
glaze and the taping of all glazing
apertures, as we look to make our
door technically the best in the
sector and that’s why so many
customers are making the change
to Endurance.”
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