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    Allgood Ironmongery: Iron in the soul

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    Foil-covered internal doors

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    Folding door system

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Specifier 5 April 2007

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Doors and windows

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Specifier 5 April 2007

Doors and windows

  • Currently reading

    Specifier 5 April 2007

  • 2

    Acrylic door handles

  • 3
    An M-shaped lever handle from the d-line range of hardware, designed by Knud Holscher

    Allgood Ironmongery: Iron in the soul

  • 4

    Foil-covered internal doors

  • 5

    Folding door system

  • 6

    FSC-certified timber doors

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    Hinge pads for fire doorsets

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    James Johnson tends to take on relatively small, high-end contracts in the City of London

    James Johnson & Co: Making an entrance

  • 9

    Movers and makers

  • 10

    Stackable weights for sash windows

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    Rather than chemical process impregnation, Accoya ‘is actually modifying the cell structure of the timber’, according to John Alexander, BSW’s managing director.

    Timber windows: Back to the future

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    Vertical sliding window

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    Waste-reducing partition system

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