38 | JUNE 2019
Products
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THE ANGEL VENTLOCK: A
HELPING HAND FOR PARENTS
OF SMALL CHILDREN
Mike Derham, Chair-
man of Mighton Products
talks about how the Angel
Ventlock system helps to
dramatically reduce the
number of accidents in the
home involving young chil-
dren, and open windows.
Children. Curious, in-
quisitive, daring, and the
light of our lives as parents.
Our role as adults is to be
their greatest protector, but
what if we too can’t always
imagine the hazards lurking
within our homes?
Approximately 4,000 chil-
dren are injured in incidents
involving open windows
each year, and tragically,
15-20 of these are fatal.
Most families affected by
these events have children
under the age of four. To
imagine a child falling from
a window at any height is
truly, a parent’s very worst
nightmare.
Thankfully, protective
measures like the Angel
Ventlock® system can be
fitted to help prevent such
accidents, by limiting the
window to opening just four
inches or less. Its simple
design is easily mounted to
both new or existing sash
units and unlike other sim-
ilar devices, doesn’t require
the use of a key to open
the window fully in case of
emergencies.
We developed Angel
Ventlock® in response to
a customer query about
another Ventlock® prod-
uct at a Window and Door
Manufacturers Association
(WDMA) event in the United
States. US building codes
exceed all requirements in
the United Kingdom and
Europe, something which
prompted Mighton to work
on the American Society for
Testing & Materials (ASTM)
Sub-Committee to develop
new standards of safety.
Since that time, hundreds of
thousands of Angel Vent-
lock® systems have been
sold across the world, each
recognised by the newly
introduced ASTM F2090-
2008, 2010, 2013 and 2017
regulations.
www.mightonproducts.com
JUST A ROOF?
There are many terms bandied around to describe
the latest roof solution offered to the home
improvement market: solid roof, warm roof, tiled
roof, lightweight roof...or some combination. All
of which aim to instil a sense of comfort and
reassurance to the homeowners and installers
of this product. A product that is still either
very new or even untested by many installers.
The ‘solid roof’ offering
seems to be an unusual
medley, with some systems
using aluminium frames,
sometimes mixing it with
timber to ensure it per-
forms, traditional timber
only systems, and all using
a variety of insulation meth-
ods to achieve required
U-Values. Because we all
seem determined to do one
better over the other with
our U-values, throwing
them around as the ultimate
decider.
At Icotherm we believe
the real consideration
should be addressing cold
bridging, and condensation
(which will only appear
months after the installation
is finished), because the end
proposition is simple; put-
ting a roof on a single-sto-
rey extension. And because
these rooms are primarily
made of glazed frames, the
roof must be lightweight.
The homeowner trusts us to
duction of Icospan – our
flat roof- and very soon the
launch of Icoview, with full
length glass panels.
Icotherm Roof Systems is
a trading name of Iconserv-
atories Limited. Icotherm
Icotherm focuses on designing
‘ the
best possible roof for the
homeowner and the installer ’
do our jobs right, by man-
ufacturing and installing a
fit-for purpose end-product
And that is what Icotherm
focuses on: designing the
best possible roof for the
homeowner and the install-
er. Our next step, following
our traditional Icoroof, the
pitched roof, was the intro-
Roof Systems designs and
manufactures a range of
timber framed warm roof
solutions for the trade.
Our most popular solution,
Icoroof – a pitched roof, has
sold in the thousands since
its inception in 2014.
www.icotherm.co.uk