Clearview North September 2013 - Issue 142

DOORS&WINDOWS Warm edge partner As a manufacturer dedicated to the design and manufacture of composite doors since 2004, Solidor has built up a reputation as a business at the forefront of the composite market. The company strives for constant product development through innovation, and aligns itself with field leaders in order to provide something different in the marketplace. Solidor was the first to launch Chartwell Green and Duck Egg blue as new colours to the composite sector. The company also acquired exclusive rights to the Avantis locking mechanism alongside a range of antique hardware; and has worked closely with systems partner Kommerling to ensure their frames are highly energy efficient and lead free. More recently, Solidor has taken the logical next step and chosen to partner with leading warm edge technology manufacturer, Edgetech, a Quanex company. Gareth Mobley, Managing Director of Solidor explains: “We are proud to set the pace when it comes to innovation in the composite door sector. We align ourselves with the best in the business and now with Super Spacer built in, we can offer the very best energy ratings for composites.” For more information call 08700 56 6844 or visit www.edgetechig.co.uk Safety group is now 60 strong ... and growing The Powered Gate Group of the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) is now the largest industry body devoted to improving the safety of powered automatic gates. This follows the recruitment of its 60th member since the group was formed almost two years ago. ‘Devoted to improving the safety of powered automatic gates’ All DHF Powered Gate Group companies must work within the guidance contained in the HSE-endorsed DHF Guide to Gate Safety Legislation and Standards. They must also put their installers through the DHF Gate Safety Diploma scheme, an intense two-day training course, the first of which is taking place later in the year. Training will be compulsory for all DHF members that make or install powered gates. The DHF set up its Powered Gate Group following a series of fatal accidents that involved wrongly specified or poorly installed automatic gates. The DHF rose to the challenge of providing an independent platform for the industry to drive up levels of safety in gate manufacture, installation and maintenance. www.dhfonline.org.uk . ‘Training will be compulsory for all DHF members’ Fire Resistant Glazing Group Unveils New Fire Safety Campaign Following a series of concerns with fire safety glazing systems, the Glass and Glazing Federation’s Fire Resistant Glazing Group (GGF FRGG) has developed a five point code of core governing principles for all glass and glazing system products that have the stated purpose for safety in case of fire, as follows: • The glazed element must be tested as an applicable system, under scrutiny by a notified test body according to approved common test standards. • The system as installed must faithfully follow the relevant approval, based on either test or assessment referred to applicable and suitable test evidence, carried out by an accredited notified body. • The main components (e.g. glass and sealants) of the glazed system must be produced to a defined individual product specification including the key individual product properties, confirmed by the manufacturer. • The manufacturer must be able to demonstrate that they operate the appropriate production quality control system to consistently meet that defined specification. • The scope of application of the proposed glazed system must be backed up by properly constituted independent third party certification schemes, including the necessary provision for product independent auditing if necessary. www.ggf.org.uk 16 SEP 2013 To read more, visit www.clearview-uk.com

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