36 | AUGUST 2019
Hardware & Security
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POLYFRAME SETS STANDARD WITH
NEW £6.5K SECURITY GUARANTEE
Polyframe has been busy following up enquiries for its
industry-leading homeowner guarantee following a
successful launch at the FIT Show. Backed by leading
household brand Yale, the ‘Polyframe Protection Promise’
is the best homeowner security guarantee, offering
up to £6,500 of cover in the event of a break-in.
Giving homeowners com-
plete confidence that their Poly-
frame windows and doors have
been designed and manufactured
to provide both PAS24:2016 &
Secured by Design accredited
protection, the new guarantee has
been welcomed by PVCu install-
ers as they approach the peak
summer season for selling and
installing.
Richard Lee, PVCu category
director at Polyframe, says: “The
launch of this guarantee – the
most comprehensive the indus-
try has ever seen – is a really
important milestone for PVCu
installers who wanted a complete
homeowner-led package that
stands above everything else out
there and we’ve been impressed
with the level of interest it has
generated.
“Combining five PVCu pro-
files, first rate hardware and the
industry’s best guarantee, this val-
ue-added solution gives installers
the edge within a very compet-
itive marketplace. We’re really
proud to collaborate with the
nation’s favourite security brand
Yale, and to be the only fabricator
in the industry to offer such an
outstanding level of cover. This
development not only underlines
just how confident we are in our
products but it also offers peace
of mind to homeowners when
they have Polyframe windows
and doors installed.”
Polyframe has a comprehensive
range of marketing materials to
help installers sell the market
leading benefits of the Polyframe
Protection Promise to homeown-
ers and to guide them through
registering their guarantee after
purchasing Polyframe windows
and doors. The widest in the
industry, the Polyframe PVCu
range is available in a choice of
five market-leading profiles from
REHAU, VEKA, Halo, Duraflex
and Eurocell.
The new guarantee entitles
homeowners guaranteed £2,000
compensation, up to £2,000
towards their home insurance ex-
cess, up to £2,000 towards repairs
or replacements, and a refund
of up to £500 on call-out fees on
Yale approved hardware config-
urations that meet PAS 24:2016
and Secured by Design.
Polyframe is dedicated to helping
all customers make the most of their
PVCu business. With multiple pro-
files from one supplier, unrivalled
marketing support and dedicated
account managers, installers can
rapidly expand their product range
and achieve sustainable growth.
www.polyframe.co.uk
FASTENER FOCUS DELIVERS ASSURED
FIRE DOOR PERFORMANCE
Rapierstar’s specialist technical
support has played a key role in helping
West Port to achieve high performing fire
rated door-sets, by eliminating the risk of
failure during testing as a result of the in-
correct choice and application of fasteners.
Rapierstar, which is the UK’s market-lead-
ing supplier of window and door fasteners,
is recommending that fire door manufactur-
ers follow West Port’s lead and not overlook
the major role that these smallest of compo-
nents play in a door-set’s structural integrity,
durability and long term quality. West Port
door-sets offer outstanding performance
in either 30-minute or 60-minute options,
providing installers with a trusted fire pro-
tection solution.
Andy Tyas, Operations Director at West
Port says: “From the outset we wanted to
create fire doors that offer performance that
far exceeds the ratings they are awarded,
demonstrated by our 30 minute fire doors
actually achieving 42 minutes in testing.
Our 60 minute fire door is another really
‘
From the outset we
wanted to create
fire doors that offer
performance that far
exceeds the ratings
they are awarded
’
important development which, like our
FD30 option, is built using only technically
superior components.”
Rapierstar, whose collective technical
expertise in fastener design, manufacture
and application totals more than 100 years,
has provided West Port with detailed guid-
ance on which fasteners to use through-
out the door-set’s construction in order to
achieve the 30 and 60 minute fire ratings.
In addition to input at the design stage, this
includes training to ensure fabricators use
fasteners correctly, and regular auditing of
the factory to maintain consistency in the
quality and promised protection level in
finished door-sets.
Paul Balfe, Technical Consultant at Rapi-
erstar, says: “Any door is only as good as its
weakest components, and all too often that
turns out to be the fasteners as a result of
choosing the wrong type of screws for the
application or sourcing poor quality screws.
With fire doors, it goes without saying that
weak points simply must not exist, given that
their role is to protect lives and assets. That’s
why it’s vitally important that fastener choice
is given the same attention and scrutiny as
the glass type, the insulating qualities of the
door slab, the intumescent seals, etc.
“A fire rated door-set is tested as a
complete system, so there is absolutely no
scope to substitute the components at a
later stage, no matter how small. We can
help eliminate the risk of fasteners being
substituted through a process of regular re-
views and monitoring to provide assurance
to end-customers.”
www.rapierstar.com