20 | JUNE 2017
News
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GOING FOR
THE TRIPLE
It’s been three years
since Edgetech brought
together delegates from the
whole glazing supply chain
to host the Triple Glazing
Question (TGQ).
At TGQ, there was a great
argument made for using
‘clever doubles’ instead of
triple glazing. Especially as
there were concerns about
the manufacturing complex-
ity of triple glazing and lack
of availability, for units and
appropriate profiles.
Head of marketing at
Edgetech UK, Charlotte
Davies reports: “With such
good performance available
from double glazed units,
it was argued that an extra
pane of glass wouldn’t
necessarily be an improve-
ment.
“However, since TGQ we
have seen instances where
the additional thermal effi-
ciency from triple glazing is
the better option, such as in
super insulated buildings,
where there are signifi-
cant gains to be made by
choosing U-Values of 0.8 W/
m2K — easily achievable
with triple glazing. Plus, the
massive increase recently in
sales of bi-folds and sliding
doors, means that there’s
a lot more demand for big
units. Some of these can
greatly benefit from using
triple glazing also as with
such vast expanses of glass
it can make a real difference
to the comfort levels in a
room.”
It was confirmed at TGQ
that the centre pane should
be toughened because it can
become very hot within tri-
ple units, especially if they
are fitted in a building in
the full glare of the sun. But
the elevated temperature
can have other ramifications
too, as Charlotte explains:
“The temperature within tri-
ple units can easily exceed
the maximum required of
volatile fog tests in current
European standards. This
means there is a risk of
fog appearing within units
from spacers, which are not
compliant to higher interna-
tional standards, giving off
volatiles when overheated.
This isn’t a problem for Su-
per Spacer as it is installed
in units from Alaska to
Dubai and tested successful-
ly from -15 to 125°C, so you
can be sure it will perform
in UK triple glazing.”
For more information
or to discuss specific
requirements call 02476
639931 or visit: www.
edgetechig.co.uk
BUDDING BRUNELS
The Construction
Youth Trust joined forces
with GWR to deliver two
‘Budding Brunels’ courses
in South Wales - with the
aim of raising awareness of
professional opportunities
within the construction in-
dustry for young people.
Budding Brunels is an
Open College Network
London (OCN) accredited
course that gives young
people from various back-
grounds an insight into the
built environment, and pro-
vides industry-led careers
advice from professionals
in the field.
Twenty-two young peo-
ple (aged 17-18) from four
schools attended the first
course in Newport/Cardiff
and 15 young people from
six different schools/train-
ing providers, attended the
Tirphil/Treforest course; the
delivery of