32 | NOVEMBER 2019
Products
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SILKA TAKES
THE TOP SPOT
FOR QUALITERE
There was no doubt right from the start
where Qualitere Windows was going to
put its new Apeer Silka smooth skin door.
“From the second we saw it
at the FIT Show we knew it was
going straight into our prime
spot,” said owner Martin Harris.
We have always aimed to show
homeowners something they can’t
get anywhere else and that’s just
what Silka can do for us – there
really is nothing else like it.”
Qualitere already had no fewer
than 18 Apeer composite doors
in its extensive Nottinghamshire
showroom, but Martin decided
Silka was going to be the star of
the show and immediately set
to moving his existing top-seller
from the prime position to make
way for the new Silka door in its
flagship Anthracite finish.
Martin says the Apeer composite
door range has always been a fa-
vourite with customers, with many
commenting on how much warm-
er and quieter they are. Silka, with
its smooth skin finish is aimed
not only as a price competitive
alternative to aluminium but also
as a statement in its own right, as
well as being a perfect match for
Apeer’s radical Lumi and Lumi2
window systems.
The range, which is also avail-
able to order through Apeer’s
online configurator, Doorbuild-
er, comes in anthracite grey,
light grey, black and cream, and
includes eight door styles with
a choice of six stainless steel
and two all glass glazing trims,
plus four more bespoke design
options.
www.apeer.co.uk
200 SPECTUS FLUSH TILT & TURN
WINDOWS FITTED IN HIGH PROFILE
SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
A former depot in Southgate Crawley, the 22 houses
and 22 flats were situated in a high-profile location
and aesthetics of the development was vital.
Architecturally, a contem-
porary interpretation of the Craw-
ley Borough Council ‘new town’
style was specified, with mainly
brick elevations, using a palette of
three colours, and windows with
reconstituted stone surrounds on
the buildings at the entrance to
the site.
Spectus Flush Tilt & Turn Win-
dows were specified with Spectus
Approved Window Contractor
Jade Window and Door Specialists
appointed to manage the fabrica-
tion and installation of the 200 an-
thracite grey windows the project
required.
The flush, urban modern ap-
pearance of the windows deliv-
ered the aesthetics required. The
tilt and turn functionality ensured
safety and practicality across all
the buildings, but in particular
the two and three story blocks of
flats.
The development was situated
near several busy roads, which
meant acoustic glazing was re-
quired on some elevations. Jade
Window and Door Specialists
worked closely with project con-
tractors to ensure the windows’
glazing met all the standards
required.
With 200 windows needing to
be installed on a busy construction
site, effective project management
was essential. Jade Window and
Door Specialists liaised with the
project contractors and all trades
on site to ensure window fabrica-
tion and installation ran smoothly.
www.spectus.co.uk
HERITAGE TRADE FRAMES
PRAISES PROFILE
Longstanding Profile 22 fab-
ricator Heritage Trade Frames
switched to Optima when Profile
22 launched the system in 2016.
The Bolton-based trade fabricator
has seen steady growth year-on-
year ever since.
Phillip Cresswell, Sales and Mar-
keting Manager at Heritage Trade
Frames, said: “Optima is a superb
system on every level. There’s no
doubt that the system has helped
us to achieve this consistent
growth – it offers our customers
everything they’re looking for,
which makes it an easy system to
sell.”
As Phillip has found out, the
award-winning Optima system
is an efficient to fabricate and
trouble-free to fit system that has
been designed to look better and
perform better than any other
system on the market.
system
‘ on a superb
every level ’
Optima consists of several fully
integrated systems, including a
Sculptured System and a Flush
Casement System, both of which
are available from Heritage Trade
Frames. Both these incorporate
features that other systems lack
and have been designed to fully
integrate with other Epwin Win-
dow Systems products to help
fabricators and installers create
seamlessly beautiful projects.
Phillip particularly praises the
Flush Casement System, which
replicates the original features of
timber casements more accurate-
ly than rival products and gives
superior thermal performance too.
He says: “We are seeing particu-
larly strong growth in our Flush
Casement Window sales. It pro-
vides the sleek lines that today’s
customers are looking for.”
Heritage Trade Frames is one
of the North West’s leading trade
fabricators. It has over 20 years’
experience in the industry and
specialises in supplying high qual-
ity products and building long-
term, proactive relationships with
its customers.
www.profile22.co.uk