DOORS & WINDOWS
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COMPOSITE DOOR manufacturer Doorsmart Ltd added Distinction ’ s nxt-gen door to its portfolio last year and Director Craig Broadley says it ’ s
A ‘ smart ’ partnership
made business much easier ; “ The door is far easier to manufacture and has less wastage but for us the stand out innovation is the flushfitted beading . It has reduced our stockholding because all the doors come with a pre-fit internal bead and therefore there is no need for cassettes .
It ’ s helped us with order processing too because there are fewer component parts to order and hold in stock . It ’ s design technology at its best and has made a big difference to our business .”
Doorsmart has been a Distinction customer for 12 years and manufactures the Distinction
Doors ’ Signature range as well as nxt-gen . Craig is clear why his company chooses Distinction as their composite partner : “ We partner with Distinction Doors because in our opinion they offer the best slabs on the market today .”
Doorsmart is a family-run company based in Wolverhampton and has customers throughout the Midlands as well as London and the home counties . It combines a highquality manufacturing set up with an expert , personal service to deliver an exceptional customer experience , something that has helped it to grow steadily year on year .
SHINING DEBUT INSTALLATION
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THE RADICAL LUMI frameless window system from Apeer has been one of the runaway successes of the decade – and now its successor , the retrofitfriendly Lumi2 has begun to cause as much of a stir , even after its debut installation . Dublinbased Harvest Energy was the first to put in the new system and immediately won another order on the strength of it , with a third signed up soon after and more homeowners already showing an interest .
Lumi2 was designed with retrofit in mind – with its slimmer , 70mm outerframe depth and 28mm double glazing – but , as Harvest owner Jason Peters explained , that is only one of two major benefits the system has for retailers :
“ The systems look pretty much the same when they ’ re installed but the price difference gives a big strategic advantage . Lumi gives us something no one else can offer and Lumi2 lets us offer the same look priced between PVC-U and the original Lumi . It also gives us something we can work down to where we have quoted for the original Lumi , especially in commercial and new-build pitches ; that is very valuable .”
PAS24 AND PART Q APPROVAL
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HWL TRADE FRAMES ’ trailblazing non-glass bonded Residence 9 Window has sailed through independent PAS24 testing to achieve Part Q approval .
Coming less than a month after achieving a series of top-rated passes under BS EN 6375 - 1 weather testing , Graham Howatson , Director , HWL , said : “ We have had a great response from installers to frame-only R9 supply because it offers them significant installation efficiencies and they can buy-in IGU ’ s from their usual supplier . With PAS24 approval just weeks after exceptionally positive weather test results , the argument for buying in R9 un-glazed is absolutely compelling .”
Conducted in partnership with the Residence Collection , the HWL window was put through its paces under PAS24 by independent testing house , Exova , This returned a series of clear passes under PAS24 test requirements for mechanical load and manual intervention testing . The BS EN 6375 - 1 Weather Test results , again by Exova , give HWL ’ s R9 non-glass bonded window an Exposure Category of 1600 , a Class 3 Air Permeability Rating ( 600pa ); a Class 9A ( 600pa ) Water Tightness Rating ; and top Class C4 ( 1600pa ), resistance to wind .
www . hwlwindows . co . uk
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