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Products
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Profile 22’s Optima Flush Casement
Window delivers what the market needs
As the trend towards fea-
ture-rich windows continues,
Profile 22 reports that demand
for its Optima Flush Casement
Window has never been higher.
Like all Optima products, the
Optima Flush Casement Window
has been designed to look better
and perform better than rival
products.
Based on a British timber
cottage window. It has fea-
tures including a traditional
putty line sash, a traditional
wide bottom sash rail and slim
depth sashes, which all mean it
looks perfectly at home in UK
properties.
But despite the classic ap-
pearance, it’s very much a 21st
century window. It can achieve
a U-value as low as 1.2W/m2K,
which means its thermal effi-
ciency is better than any of its
rivals.
It also features a wealth of
innovations that mean it’s an ex-
ceptionally versatile solution. For
example, there is a night vent
lock and a flipper gasket system
with 90-degree moulded corners.
It means the Optima Flush Case-
ment Window has effective but
secure ventilation and is suitable
for use in new builds as a fire
egress window.
The window can be tailored to
suit both heritage and modern
properties. A heritage appear-
ance can be recreated with pe-
riod hardware and by choosing
from the range of ‘heritage’ col-
ours available in Epwin Window
Systems’ new colour offering.
To create a modern twist, there
are contemporary hardware and
contemporary colour options
too.
www.profile22.co.uk
ADAMSON ASTOUNDS NEW
CUSTOMERS WITH APEER’S
SINGLE REBATE DOOR
Composite door manufacturer Apeer is enjoying
success in the north of the United Kingdom as
both new and existing installer partners across
Scotland broaden their product ranges.
Following an introduction at the FIT
Show in May 2019, Adamson Doors took
on Apeer as their newest supplier, a
decision which enabled the Fife based
showroom to offer an alternative, higher
quality range of composite doors to their
customers.
Showroom Assistant Gillian Winiarski
joined Adamson in November and has al-
ready noticed a heightened interest in the
products, compared to other options:
“Of all the benefits that the Apeer doors
bring, their all-round versatility definitely
stands out the most. We recently had a
customer who had purchased a derelict
property situated within the grounds of a
manor house. Keen to restore his project in
keeping with the rest of the site, he wanted
a cottage-style door that was high quality
and durable against the elements. Unable
to find a perfect match anywhere else, he
approached us and found exactly that.”
“I spoke with one of the joiners recently
and, having installed hundreds of doors,
his initial opinion of Apeer’s single rebate
products is that they are far superior to
many competitors’ double rebate options.
This is especially important for us to un-
FIRE-RATING FIRST FOR
MORLEY GLASS & GLAZING
Morley Glass & Glazing
derstand, as in the showroom we can be
certain that customers on a smaller budget
will receive a door whose spec isn’t com-
promised by price.”
www.apeer.co.uk
has become the first com-
pany in the UK to achieve
a fire-rating accreditation
for its insulated glass units
with integral blinds inside.
The fire-rated Uni-Blinds
sealed units with Screen-
Line integral blinds inside
now comply with the
performance criteria set
out in the EU 305/2011
Construction Products
Regulation, and have been
independently verified by
TUV UK, a UKAS accredited
third party testing house.
Ian Short, managing
director of Morley Glass
& Glazing said: “There are
more than 300 fire-relat-
ed deaths and more than
200,000 fire alarms raised
in the UK every year.
With recent high-profile
incidents such as Grenfell
Tower, it’s more important
than ever that the correct
building materials are
specified. Our sealed units
with integral blinds inside
are manufactured in the
UK using fire-glass from
Pyroguard and can deliver
30 to 120 minutes integrity
and insulation fire-resist-
ance.”
This latest innovation
from Morley Glass & Glaz-
ing gives architects and
specifiers design flexibility
and peace of mind that
glass partitions, facades,
doors and windows that
require fire protection,
can now feature integral
or “between glass” blinds,
without compromising safe-
ty or aesthetics.
Used widely in schools,
hospitals, hotels, offices
and other commercial
buildings, as well as mul-
ti-let residential premises,
the fire-rated integral
blinds can be manufac-
tured in sealed units up to
2m2 in size. The integral
blinds are available in
a choice of manual or
motorised control options,
and are popular due to the
fact that the blinds, which
are housed between the
panes of glass, are protect-
ed from damage, remain
clean and hygienic, are
low maintenance, provide
privacy and shading, and
are available in a wide
range of colours.
For more information visit
www.morleyglass.co.uk