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NEW STUNNING DOOR FOR ‘HOME OF FLUSH’
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fabricator Dekko Window
Systems is set to add a stunning
new Flush Door to its ever-
growing ‘Home of Flush’ range.
The new Flush Door combines
beautiful style with outstanding
performance and has been
designed to replicate traditional
timber and aluminium.
It is also #BestInClass for
weather performance and energy
efficiency, with Class 4 600 Pa
Air Permeability, Class E1050
Pa Water Tightness (full frame)
and Class A3 1200 Pa Wind
Resistance.
The doorset achieves an ‘A’
energy rating with U-Values as
low as 1.0 W/m2K with triple
glazing and 1.3 W/m2K with
double glazing. The Flush Door
also comes with dedicated PAS24-
approved hardware and is Part M
compliant for easy access.
The Flush Door has the only
dedicated open-out flush door
sash on the market, making it a
perfect addition to the leading
fabricator’s ‘Home of Flush’
which also includes Infinity, R9,
R7 and R².
“The new Flush Door is
a stunning addition to our
‘Home of Flush’ family and
complements the rest of the
range perfectly,” said Kurt
Greatrex, Dekko’s Sales Director.
“It looks fantastic and the door
has been designed to look and
perform the very best.
“The Flush Door suites
features a seamless, high-
end look that enhances both
traditional and contemporary
homes, and can be graf-welded
for that high-end Infinity
finish. It will also be available as
standard in 30 colourways.”
Dekko will be displaying the
newly launched Flush Door
at the upcoming FIT Show
at their stand Q10, and Kurt
added: “The Flush Door looks
absolutely stunning and we’re
anticipating it’s going to be a big
seller in 2019.
“Dekko’s success has been
built on providing installers with
the perfect route into the high-
end home improvement market
and everything they need to get
ahead of the competition, and
the new Flush Door is another
product they can use to grow
their business.”
www.dekkowindows.com
Print’s Charming
Another UK first for VEKA Group – with 3D printed window
» » VEKA GROUP IS WELL-
known for investing in people,
plant and technology for the
benefit of customers. One such
investment in recent years was a
BlackBelt 3D printer, which was
recently used to print a full-sized
M70 casement window.
Head of Technical Paul
Kennington explains: “VEKA
Group is well known for
staying ahead of the curve; the
company runs the industry’s
most technically advanced on-site
mixing plant, was first to create a
window rated ‘A’ for efficiency, first
to offer a BSI Kitemark-accredited
Bi-Fold Door and first to open a
dedicated PVC-U profile recycling
plant. Now, we believe VEKA
Group is the first to ‘3D print’ a
fully functioning window.
“We invested in this top-
of-the-range 3D printing
technology because it offers
significant benefits for our
customers, particularly for
prototyping. It means we can
create and test the viability
of potential new products
immediately, for a fraction of the
cost associated with traditional
prototyping. We can anticipate
where efficiencies can be made
and solve any potential problems
long before we get to the more
involved tooling design stage.
“It has already allowed us to
produce numerous prototypes
for internal needs and for our
customers, including designing
and testing a new bottom rail for
a customer to add to their door
range.
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“The unique thing about
VEKA Group’s printer, compared
to others we’ve used in the past,
is that it can print to any size.
So rather than creating a ‘scale
model’ of something, we can
actually produce a ‘like for like’
physical product that customers
can get to grips with. For
example, the fully functioning
M70 side-opening casement
we’ve 3D printed is life sized and
we’ve been able to fit it with all
the relevant hardware. It’s already
been used for demonstration
purposes on a number of
occasions.
“VEKA Group is proud to
put customers at the very heart
of everything the company does.
Investment in technology such as
this allows us to bring innovations
to market faster, giving our
customers a distinct edge over
the competition. I’m looking
forward to seeing this 3D printing
technology continue to ‘prove its
worth’ in a host of ways.”
www.vekauk.com