4 | DECEMBER 2019
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
ENDURING THE
WET WEATHER
Throughout the year entrance
doors are faced with keeping
the elements out and in securing
homes right across the UK. With
composite doors now the main
choice for discerning homeowners
with over 50% share of the
entrance door market, they are
now under the most exacting
scrutiny due to the large numbers of
installations, each and every week.
By definition a composite
door is made up of different
materials and combined are
designed to look good, with
the promise of an extended
life span well in excess of 10
years. We know that instal-
lation companies generally
prefer the timber core based
composite doors and the
challenge for our segment
of the market is to carefully
manufacture these doors to
withstand the harshest of
conditions.
Water ingress has been a
challenge for some, par-
ticularly to the foot of the
door and in and around the
glazing apertures. As this has
been a known concern for
many years it was for good
reason that we introduced
our unique Moisture Barrier
System back in 2014 and
subsequently, customer con-
cerns plummeted overnight.
Glazing apertures in com-
posite doors all have the po-
tential for water ingress and
suppliers have different ways
in attempting to mitigate
this potential hazard. It’s an
additional production pro-
cess for all of us and we’ve
found that aluminium tape
to the aperture along with a
wet seal once the cassette
is installed, is the ultimate
failsafe standard. I would
Window and
residential
door trends
for 2020
As 2019 draws to a close,
The Residence Collection is al-
ready looking towards 2020, with
a view to leading the market in
terms of tomorrow’s window and
residential door design conven-
tion, across their R2, R7 and R9
pioneering product platforms.
The Residence Collection was
the first brand in the PVCu sector
to develop a flush casement
window, in the form of what
still remains the only true timber
casement alternative, based on
traditional 19th Century window
dimensions. The brand has also
been fundamental in the adop-
tion of dual colour finishes and
still stands alone with foiled re-
bates and in the case of R7, seven
different substrates.
According to the influential
brand, 2020 is likely to be a year
where product differentiation is
paramount, with R7 taking share
out of 70mm window systems
and R2 cutting a unique product
trajectory for what is the ultimate
contemporary PVCu window. R2
has the same product dimensions
as the defining R9 window and
door, yet with a square architec-
tural edge and matching square
glazing beads for double and
triple glazing.
While other companies are still
playing catch up with ‘heritage
inspired’ windows, R2 is likely to
find its niche for a the ultimate
urban PVCu window and door
design, with genuine architec-
tural appeal. When it comes to
residential doors then, after a
huge surge of interest in 2019,
the new RD range of engineered
panel doors will also experience
further strong product adop-
tion.
residencecollectiontrade.co.uk
Holidaymaker hotspot gets modern makeover
Nestled amid the narrow
suggest that the provision
of a wet seal on all glazing
cassettes in all composite
doors is the most prudent
way forward, based on our
experience in manufacturing
dating back to 2002.
So surely as an industry we
should be doing more to re-
duce product liabilities with
a caring attitude to trade
partners and with a duty of
care ultimately to the end
consumer? After all it’s our
reputation on the line for the
long-term.
Yours sincerely
Stephen Nadin
Managing Director
Endurance Doors
lanes and open fields of Dorset lies
a coastal oasis for British holiday-
makers. Popular all year round,
Hoburne Park is the latest recipient
of high-quality products from glass
safety specialist, Tuffx.
The brief for this ongoing,
phased project has been to
supply over 250m2 of 10mm
toughened clear glass, and 10mm
toughened grey glass balustrade
panels – installed to provide ele-
gant finishes to the decking areas
of hundreds of Hoburne Park’s
on-site caravans. Standing at
approximately 1m high, the glass
evokes a sense of privacy without
compromising the community
feel residents and visitors enjoy
from close-proximity living.
The park had specified pol-
ished edges and dubbed corners,
in part to ensure the safety of
the numerate families and young
children visiting each year.
Selected for speed, reliability,
consistency in quality, and high
concern for customer wellbeing;
Tuffx is an ideal partner for such
commercial projects.
Tuffx’s Managing Director
Graham Price said: “Each of the
caravans are individually styled
with windows, cladding and
doors giving personality to what
starts out life as an empty shell.
We consulted with our customer
to ensure that we provided the
most appropriate colour and
finish to each unit, using glass
which offered optimum safety,
aesthetic appeal and ease of
installation.”
A leader in the glazing field for
over 25 years, Tuffx has certainly
brought expertise and contempo-
rary style to the oldest estab-
lishment in the Hoburne group,
which first opened in 1912.
www.tuffxglass.co.uk