6 | APRIL 2017
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BALCONIES CAN RAISE REVENUE
Balustrade specialist Balconette is offering opportunities
for window and door companies to increase their
product portfolio and boost their revenue streams.
The company, which manu-
factures and supplies glass-walled
balconies, is expanding its Nation-
al Registered Partners programme
throughout the UK and Ireland in
response to the rising popularity
of these types of products that
open up interior light and space.
In particular, Balconette points
to increasing demand for frame-
less glass Juliet balconies, which
provide a secure barrier without
obstructing views. They provide
the elegant – and affordable - bal-
ustrading solution for the growing
use of first-floor bi-fold doors and
French doors combining maximum
ingress of light with minimum
maintenance.
Balconette’s approach is to
develop long-term partnerships
with trade customers who sign
up to its growing programme,
which stretches from Scotland to
Cornwall and includes Northern
Ireland and Jersey.
Installers benefit from a compre-
hensive support package that in-
cludes training, product discounts,
referral of enquiries and dedicated
literature to help close sales, as
well as installation advice.
“We are always looking for pro-
fessionals that we can collaborate
with and recommend as potential
local installers of our products
to clients in their areas,” says
Effi Wolff, Balconette managing
director.
For Aberdeenshire-based joiner
Simon Elms, becoming a Bal-
conette Registered Partner has
added sales and given his business
a new dimension. Simon, Bal-
conette’s most northerly installer,
said: “It has opened up opportuni-
ties for more work. For example,
architects are asking me to quote
for installation projects having
been referred to me through Bal-
conette. In turn, I’m introducing
more people to them so there are
definitely reciprocal benefits.”
For more details, visit
www.balconette.co.uk, call
01342 410411 or email
[email protected]
RESPONDING TO CONCERN
Warrington Certifica-
SMART PRODUCT GUIDE
Clayton Glass has pro-
duced a new 20-page
product guide packed with
the company’s expanded
range of SMARTGLASS®
products for the conservato-
ry, bi-folding and patio door
sectors - including the latest
self-tinting Dynamic glass.
The guide features tech-
nical performance charac-
teristics of the conservatory
roof glass range, including
the flagship Ultra 86 solu-
tion. It boasts a G-value of
14% and like all products
in the SMARTGLASS® roof
range, comes with warm
edge technology and true
self-cleaning properties as
standard.
For a free 2017 product
guide or SMARTGLASS®
Dynamic sample kit, e-mail
[email protected]
or call the sales office on
01207 288200.
www.smart-glass.co.uk
tion has launched new
Certifire schemes for pivots
and door handles on fire
doorsets.
The UKAS accredited
Technical Schedules (TS’s),
which have been developed
in response to industry de-
mand, include four new TS’s
covering top and bottom
pivots, electromechanical
locks, handles and variable
geometry hinges.
For some years, the UK
door and hardware indus-
try has raised concerns.
In response, Warrington
Certification has introduced
TS’s for top and bottom
pivots (TS80) and lever
handles (TS82). The four
new Technical Schedules
TS80, TS81, TS82 and TS83
will ensure a minimum level
of performance for all new
products which are used
on fire and smoke resisting
doors. Electromechancial
locks (TS81) and variable
geometry unsprung and
concealed hinges (TS83)
follow in the same footsteps
as other Certifire technical
schedules such as mechan-
ical locks (TS23) and single
axis hinges (TS24).
Paul Duggan, certifica-
tion manager at Warrington
Certification, commented:
“These new UKAS accred-
ited Certifire schemes are
designed to further help
raise the bar in fire door
and product certification.
They are developed with
Certifire hardware panel
members, expand the scope
of our certification offering
and demonstrate Warrington
Certification’s commitment
to try and make fire doors
even safer.”
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