Clearview National July 2017 - Issue 188 | Page 98

HARDWARE
TAKE APP-SOLUTE CONTROL OF YOUR DOOR
Ways to open your door
» » SAY GOODBYE TO KEYS
and take app-solute control over
Ways with
to open the
your door
who enters your home
Yale Conexis® L1 Smart Door
Lock, now available from your
Ways
to open your fenestration
door
favourite
hardware
provider, Window Ware.
Key Card
With the Conexis® L1, your
smartphone is your key. The
Bluetooth low energy
Yale App lets
Key Tag
Key Card
you configure, control and unlock
your door with a simple 90 degree
twist of your phone, send or revoke
mobile keys, specify access times for
individuals and even keep track of
who comes and goes! This means
you can grant access to your home
in an instant, no more replacing
them when they go missing.
What’s more, you don’t have
to rely on the app alone to work
your lock – Conexis® L1 uses key
tags, key cards and phone tags
too giving you a choice of ways to
unlock your door.
Conexis ® L1
Key Tag
Key Card
Key Tag
Phone Tag (Sold Separately)
Phone Tag (Sold Separately)
Phone Tag (Sold Separately)
The Yale Conexis® L1 Smart
Lock is powered by 4x AA
batteries, which are included. A
warning notification will be sent
to your smartphone when the
batteries start running low. For
added reassurance, a 9v battery
connection port on the external
side of the lock can be used to
power the Smart Door Lock in
the event of flat batteries.
The Conexis® L1 is just as
smart when it comes to safety and
security; it’s PAS24 compliant
as part of a full door test and
has a loud tamper alarm to
deter potential intruders. And
for extra protection, the lock
will automatically relock after
30 seconds if the lever handle
isn’t depressed. When linked
with a Yale wireless module, the
Conexis® L1 can be connected to
other Yale Smart Living products,
such as the Yale Smart Home
Alarm or Smart CCTV range,
and controlled with ease using the
free Yale app.
Despite these high-tech
features, the Conexis® L1 Smart
Door Lock remains super simple
to fit; it has been engineered
for easy installation and all you
need is a single screwdriver, tape
measure and mobile phone. In
addition, it works with most
multi-point door locks on the
market, with a 92mm centre
and door thickness between
44-70mm, so it’s easy to source
compatible parts.
www.windowware.co.uk
SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL DOORS IN WIMBLEDON
Series 3000 concealed door closers from Astra have been used as part of an upgrade
to the fire safety of a residential development in Wimbledon after a fire risk assessment
showed that the apartment entrance doors were potentially hazardous in a fire.
» » OAKFIELD IN WIMBLEDON IS AN
award-winning estate of 106 luxury flats a
short walk from Wimbledon Common. More
than 100 doors at Oakfield were refurbished
by Astra partner company, Joint Ventures Ltd.
As well as fitting new seals and hinges, each
door was fitted with a 3000 Series concealed
hinge-edge door closer, making the doors fully
compliant with fire regulations.
John Vecchio, who oversaw the project for
Joint Ventures, “We initially looked at fitting
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traditional overhead closers,” says John. “But
quite apart from the institutional, ugly look
of these products, there simply wasn’t enough
room behind the doors to fit them. Astra 3000
Series closers fulfilled the technical brief and
retained the apartments’ good looks. Feedback
has been universally positive and all of the
closers are working really well.”
Astra also provided a full technical back
up service for the project including site visits,
sizing calculations and in-situ testing.
The 3000 series of concealed door closers
from Astra is manufactured in the UK, in four
different power sizes with adjustable closing
speed and latching action for different size
and weights of doors. A unique hydraulic
piston assembly, designed by Astra, offers an
adjustable, controlled rate of door closure
together with an adjustable ‘snap action’ for
overcoming the latch.
The closers’ quality design and build makes
it perfect for high traffic applications, both
commercial and residential. Unlike other
concealed closers on the market, the Astra
3000 series is fully controlled and adjustable,
making it a really viable alternative to
overhead products at a sensible price. This
adjustability helps specifiers to achieve doors
which comply with the Equality Act 2010,
Building Regs and PAS 24 for entrance doors
and the RRO for fire doors.
The Series 3000 range of closers was
developed in-house by A stra. The Size
3 (3003) and Size 2 (3002) versions are
approved to EN1154 (when the power
latching action is set to maximum) and CE
marked. Fire tests in accordance with BSEN
1634-1:2000 and BSEN 1634-1:1999 have
also been carried out making the closers
suitable for fire doors.