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PRO INSTALLER NOVEMBER 2015
PRO PRODUCTS
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Going for Gold
Henkel is one of the world’s largest sealant and
adhesive manufacturers and has recently redesigned
its professional product range for the UK market.
Now selling its professional range
under the ‘Ceresit’ branding, its ever
popular ‘7T’ is probably the UK’s
best-selling PVCu perimeter silicone
sealant and is now presented in a
gold cartridge with dual language
German and English.
Henkel has also added more information
on to its product’s packaging, including; CE
marking, up-to-date health and safety information on the best practises to user and
unique bar coding. The colour range has
also been increased to cater for the needs
of today’s modern consumer and includes
Anthracite and Cream.
A SMOOTH
TRANSITION
Hardware specialist VBH has added
NT Designo 2 to its range.
Designo 2 is the latest
concealed hinge ‘Tilt
before Turn’ tilt and
turn hardware system
from the respected
German manufacturer
Roto-Frank, and replaces the NT R, or Royal,
system.
Most of VBH’s customers
who have been using Royal
have now upgraded to
Designo 2 and VBH reports
that the transition has been
smooth. This has been
helped by the fact that the
main differences between
the two systems are in
the top and bottom hinge
components. All the main
‘locking’ components are
unaffected by the change
so disruption to fabricators
has been kept to an absolute minimum.
Designo 2’s hinges carry
a sash weight of 100Kg as
standard, but this can be
upgraded to 150Kg if the
optional load transfer device is fitted. Another feature of the system is that
the profile related hinges
self locate into the frame
corners without the need
‘Our Roto
customers have
been very happy
to upgrade to
Designo 2’
to pre-drill fixing holes or
support pin holes with a
drilling jig or template.
Designo 2 has been present in its original turn first
form in Germany for some
years and has met with
approval from German
fabricators and installers.
Now that it is available in
the ‘Tilt before Turn’ format
peculiar to the UK and
Irish markets, it arrives as a
tried and tested product.
VBH Marketing Manager Gary Gleeson said:
“Our Roto customers
have been very happy to
upgrade to Designo 2 as
the changes to their stock
holding is minimal. The
fitting procedure is largely
unchanged with the main
difference being a faster,
jigless, fitting method for
the hinges. The hinges
themselves are small but
immensely strong. This is
a plus point for specifiers
and building designers as
large and heavy windows
can be built with Designo
2, giving tradespeople
more scope when specifying glazing sizes and triple
glazing in particular.”
www.vbhgb.com
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