Doors that look frameless
Glass UK’s Sheerglaze door technology gives designers the potential to create a glass facade that appears frameless. Sheerglaze doors have an aluminium frame sandwiched between two sheets of toughened glass. This both gives a high degree of rigidity to the door construction and ensures that no part of the frame protrudes beyond the plane of the glass surface. Each unit is hermetically sealed using structural silicone for excellent thermal and acoustic performance. The range includes sliding, pivot, hinged and sliding/folding/stacking door options.
Glass UK
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Floor insulation
The floor slab of a 200-year-old house in Germany is being insulated with Styrodur C, BASF’s extruded polystyrene rigid foam. To insulate the floor, 10cm thick Styrodur C panels are laid, a vapour-barrier film is placed over them and they are covered with concrete. The panels are being laid as part of a project to show how an existing house can be upgraded to consume 87% less energy than a new-build house.
BASF
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Moisture-resistant particleboard
Engineered wood-based panel manufacturer Norbord has supplied its Caberdek moisture-resistant particleboard for a 532-home mixed-tenure development in Stepney, east London. The scheme, by Bellway Homes and East Choice Housing, is being constructed using timber frame components from Stewart Milne Timber Systems. The particleboard gives additional protection against the effects of water ingress and is resistant even when exposed to the elements during construction. A waterproof slip-resistant film protects the board until the building is weather-proofed.
Norbord
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Glass sliding door
A lightweight sliding door system in glass by Swiss manufacturer EKU is now available from UK distributor Hafele. Each door can measure up to 1,000 by 2,200mm, and at 6-8mm thick weighs up to 40kg. The system features a side-fixed, circular anodised aluminium top track which is 35mm in diameter. Glass door panels are hung on trolley hangers via a clamping shoe, so no glass preparation is required. Cover caps in a finish that matches the overhead track system are fitted over the hangers. The system is available in kit form with all fixings supplied. An installation service is available via Hafele’s network of glass partners.
Hafele
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Underfloor heating
Hepworth Building Products has introduced the Hep2O underfloor heating room system for the repair, maintenance and improvement market. The system allows underfloor heating to be easily installed in a single room in a property. The system comprises three packs: the control pack, the pipe pack and the twin circuit pack. When installed at the recommended 200mm centres, a single circuit allows a maximum floor space of 19m2 to be heated.
Hepworth Building Products
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Bi-fold doors
Marvin Windows and Doors has expanded its Signature range with the introduction of bi-fold doors. Bi-fold doors have between two and eight panels and are suitable for openings up to 16ft wide by 8ft high. The panels move on an extruded aluminium header and sill track, gathering at the side.
Marvin Architectural
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Sash windows
LB Plastics has extended the options for its Sheerframe 6000 and Sheerframe 7000 mock sash windows with the addition of moulded E E horns for internal glazing. The two-part moulding fits directly onto the casing.
LB Plastics
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Composite doors
WHS Halo has added to its range of System 10 composite doors. The triple seal door features a single rebated door slab with a sash that delivers a flush fit with the outer frame, in keeping with the interior appearance of a traditional door. The door satisfies PAS 23 weather performance and PAS 24 security standards, and is available with low and ultra-low profile thresholds to meet Part M of the Building Regulations.
WHS Halo
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Triple-glazed external doors
Jeld-Wen has introduced the New Kensington range of external doors. The natural oak doors come in five designs and are triple-glazed. Glazed units feature bevelled glass with lead detailing and frosted and grey-tinted glass.
Jeld-Wen
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Aluminium glazing
Eight residential buildings in a £100m mixed-use scheme in Maynooth, southern Ireland, feature Metal Technology aluminium glazing. The apartments are designed by architect Brian O’Halloran & Associates as part of a retail and residential scheme by Dulcedo Developments. Metal Technology’s System 18-30 dual colour glazed doors and System 4-10 casement windows are set into the buildings’ brick and render facades. The glazing was made by Weathercare for main contractor Laing O’Rourke Ireland.
Metal Technology
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Secured by Design windows
Broxwood has won Secured by Design approval for its Scandinavian timber windows. Having gained approval for its top-hung fully reversible window, the company is considering submitting a sash and case equivalent and French doors to the process.
Broxwood
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Door coverings
JB Kind’s new Masterfoil door covering creates printed foil-faced flush internal doors with an authentic appearance. Masterfoil is available in either sleek oak or bethal cherry. The door is supplied with two matching iron-on strips. To eliminate the possibility of wood fibres ghosting through the foils, a smooth masonite substrate has been applied. Lock and hinge blocks are fitted as standard to both sides.
JB Kind
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