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SEPTEMBER 2014 PRO INSTALLER
PRO PRODUCTS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
illbruck proving to be
a winner at all angles
Following on from Tremco illbruck’s
successful FiT Show promotion ‘Have One
on Us’, an initiative giving installers the
opportunity to be trained free of charge
in the use of illbrucks system designed
to maint ain the A-Rating of domestic
windows when fitted, Clearview magazine
was invited to attend the installation
training session of one of the promotion
winners, Andy Glass Windows, Oxford.
Tremco illbruck is already
a prominent supplier in the
commercial window and construction market, offering a
range of innovative sealant
products for window installation, facade construction,
and other internal and external building applications.
The business recently took the
decision to target a selection of
their window sealant products
towards the domestic window replacement market and utilised the
FiT Show exhibition to showcase
their range.
Clearview travelled to Oxford to
join Andy Glass Windows at their
training and installation session.
Andy Glass Windows has supplied
and installed a range of commercial and domestic installations
including windows, PVCu and
composite doors, bi-folds, garden
houses and house extensions in
local areas around Oxford for the
last 20 years.
Andy Glass Windows chose to
install triple glazed windows,
fabricated from the ‘Residence 9’
profile system.The flush fitting
sash style system takes on the
characteristics of a traditional 19th
century sash timber window and
was a great choice for the type of
property being installing into, a
stone built village hall, about the
size of a domestic property.
Clearview was also joined by
illbruck Tremco’s marketing manager, Fraser Higgins and business
development manager, Steve
Wild.
Fraser commented “The FiT
Show, ‘Have One on Us’ promotion was a storming success, with
a great deal of interest from many
installers coming on to the stand
to enquire about our domestic
market product offer, in particularly the Trio TP651 tape, and
associated products”
“The TP651 Trio is used for
sealing joints and corners around
a window or door and gives
amazing air-tightness which in
turn offers excellent thermal
insulating properties, maintaining
the windows ‘A’ rating with no
leakage around the frame.” Steve
continued.
Part of Tremco illbrucks promotional offer to the installer was
to supply all their products free
of charge for the training project
and give the installer on-the-job
technical training on how to apply
the products and install the windows.
Steve explained the benefits of
using TP651 Trio when installing
a frame, “The TP651 Trio not only
offers a more thermal efficient
solution over the majority of silicone based sealants, it also allows
the installer to install the frames
20% quicker because of the way in
which it is applied”
“TP651 is a pre-compressed sealing tape, comprising of open-cell
polyurethane soft foam, which is
then impregnated with flame-retardant synthetic resin. The different vapour diffusion properties
are achieved through a unique,
one sided patented impregnation,
it also utilises the properties of
water-vapour permeable sealing,
making it less permeable on the
inside of the application”
“The correct tape size is applied
around the frame of the window
or door and to the cills, before
fitting to the aperture. The tape
starts to expand once taken from
the coil and expands to securely
seal the frame within minutes.”Steve concludes.
Illbruck TP651 Trio allows installers to fit and forget their window or door structures, reducing
call backs, and a similar system
(illbruck i3) is proven in the commercial sector where companies
have been using illbruck sealants
on installations with great success
for several years.
illbruck’s technical staff has now
carried out visits to sites with
more than 20 different companies
who responded to the exhibition
promotion and the trials of the
product have been extremely well
received. Installers are able to
compare the benefits that TP651
Trio gives over silicone sealing
and current feedback is that the
companies which have been
given the opportunity to trial the
product will continues to use it on
other installations.
Andy Glass Windows general
manager Andy Aspel, commented
“The TP651 Trio tape was an ideal
solution for the particular installation we were doing at Stanton
St John’s village hall. Illbruck
had the perfect solution in order
for us to fit the windows more
quickly and with minimal disruption. Illbruck’s technical staff were
superb, offering fantastic guidance
and knowledge. We were seriously
impressed with the products we
used and will definitely be using
them on our installations.”
The TP651 Trio is suitable for
most domestic applications including PVCu and Timber windows and the system is featured
in their latest brochure ‘A-Rated
Insulations for Domestic Window
Systems.’
To find out more visit www.
illbruck.com/en_GB/solutions
or call 0191 419 0505, or email
[email protected]