38 | SEPTEMBER 2019
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EWENNY GROWS WITH
ATLAS LANTERN 2.0
Bridgend-based Ewenny
Home Improvements has seen
its business grow rapidly after
becoming one of the first firms to
upgrade to the new Atlas Lantern
2.0. The lantern, which is the
slimmest non-bonded glazed roof
available, is already proving a hit
with their customers.
Ewenny’s director Andrew Ed-
wards says: “We were keen to see
the Atlas Lantern 2.0 when it was
launched and it certainly didn’t
disappoint. Slimmer and sleeker
than anything else we’ve seen, we
knew that homeowners would defi-
nitely want it. And we were right –
people ask for the lantern by name
and we’re installing more than one
week. It’s easily become one of our
most popular premium products.”
One of the main attractions of
the new lantern for Ewenny, how-
ever, is the ease and speed with
which it can be fitted.
“The Atlas lantern is a fit-
ters-dream and my team has
remarked on how fast and easy it is
to fit,” adds Andrew. “It’s lighter to
lift into place and the new ringbeam
now comes in one piece so there’s
no need for on-site assembly. There
are fewer components too and
you only need to use silicone to
seal the lantern to the kerb, which
makes for a much quicker and more
straightforward installation.”
Ewenny has invested in a new
Lantern 2.0 for its showroom, which
has attracted customers from all
over South Wales. One visitor who
went on to buy an Atlas Lantern 2.0
after seeing it in the showroom was
Mr Davies from Cardiff.
Mr Davies and his wife have
lived in their four-bedroom de-
tached home for more than 40
years and had built an extension
on the ground floor some time ago.
The couple wanted to upgrade the
extension and bring more light into
their home by replacing the old
polycarbonate roof.
“Our extension gave us useful
space, but it was very dark and un-
welcoming,” says Mr Davies. ”One
of our friends had just had a lantern
fitted and urged us to get one too.
We went along to the Ewenny
showroom and were immediately
impressed with the quality of the
showroom and the great-looking
Atlas lantern we saw on display.”
The couple chose a 2.5 x 1.5
metre contemporary Atlas lantern
in grey and aluminium bi-folding
doors to maximise the flow of light
into the room.
“We placed an order pretty much
straightaway and our new Atlas
lantern and bi-fold doors were fitted
shortly after,” adds Mr Davies. “We
couldn’t believe the difference the
lantern made – it has transformed a
dark room into a light-filled space
that we just love spending time
in. We enjoy relaxing in there and
looking up to see the sky above –
and we get to see so much more
because the lantern is so slim and
minimal. It has made our home.”
Lantern 2.0 features a fully
aluminium, thermally broken ring-
beam, which has been reduced in
size by 55% to make it lighter, better
looking and more thermally effi-
cient. It also incorporates a refined
ridge topcap, which is 25% thinner
than before, to achieve incredibly
slim sightlines when viewed from
below. The height of the ridge top
cap has also been reduced by nearly
50% to make it much less obtrusive
from the outside.
The internal ridge, transom raft-
ers and hips are the same 40mm
width to create a neat appearance
and, unlike bulkier systems, there
are no boss or hoods to intrude on
the roof’s super-slim ridge. One of
the strongest glazed roofing sys-
tems available, it delivers outstand-
ing thermal performance. The
ridge and rafters feature a thermal
break to prevent cold air from
penetrating to the inside of the
rafter. The rafter is more thermally
efficient than its nearest rival and
can achieve a U-value of up to 0.9
W/m2k with triple glazing.
Atlas Glazed Roof Solutions
is part of Customade Group,
which operates nationwide
and employs 1100 people in
multiple manufacturing sites
across the UK. The group also
includes Polyframe (PVC-u),
REAL Aluminium (aluminium),
Virtuoso Doors (composite
and PVCu door panels),
Hourglass Seal (sealed glass
units), Stevenswood Trade
Centre (trade counters)
and Fineline Aluminium
(specialist glazing).
For further information, please
contact Atlas on sales@
atlasroofsolutions.co.uk or
phone 02838 327741.
ON THE SAFE SIDE, WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE DOORS
FLAME DEFENDER
30 MINUTE
FIRE DOORS
- North East Panels gains further safety accreditations
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s Maintenance Free Reinforced PVCu
Outer Frame
s Choice of 5 External Colours,
other colours available
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legislation, we completely
redesigned the product.
“We were keen to ‘tick the
box’ for testing straight away,
but it seemed that all UK
slots were booked up for the
foreseeable future. So, for
the benefit of our customers,
we made a significant invest-
ment in independent testing
and arranged to work with
Applus+ in Barcelona, one of
the primary European labo-
ratories working in fire-safe-
ty testing and certification.
“Our door samples were
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“We’ve always been
committed to quality and we
strive not only to meet, but to
exceed expectations. North
East Panels is a long-standing
manufacturer that has been
supplying to the trade for
more than 20 years. Our cus-
tomers know they can specify
our products with confidence,
and that they will comfortably
meet the demands of any pro-
ject they’re working on.
“To ensure our fire door
went above and beyond what
was expected with the new
proud trade supplier of
high quality PVCu panels,
PVCu internal doors, garage
roller shutters doors and
composite doors has put its
fire door through exten-
sive independent testing
to ensure it achieves FD30
certification, demonstrating
that the exceptional doors
in its FD30 range meet all
the relevant fire safety re-
quirements for commercial
and domestic use.
ous style options with all the
relevant safety accreditations
a specifier could require.
“Following the Grenfell
disaster, the whole industry
had a ‘shake up’ (and rightly
so) meaning that the rules
were tightened and stand-
ards raised. This applied to
manufacturers, to fabricators
and to installers. Everyone
must now meet even stricter
regulations. It’s not about
the reputation of the indus-
try, but the absolute safety
of the public.
North East Panels, a
Using high quality Halo
profile from VEKA UK Group
for the outerframe, the Tyne
and Wear-based team had
redesigned their fire door,
with new reinforcements and
a different range of hardware
before sending the updated
system all the way to Bar-
celona to undergo the most
stringent testing.
MD Jimmy Wood explains:
“We’ve always been proud of
our fire doors, which we have
manufactured for over ten
years. They combine numer-
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put through rigorous testing
over two days, and had no
problem achieving the FD30
requirements.
“We’re proud to offer
trade customers throughout
the North East - and beyond
- a simple, safe, straightfor-
ward and stylish fire door
option for all applications.”