Barcelona, Spain – Established 70 years ago, Golmar has been a stalwart in the global market, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of door intercom systems. With a dedicated hub in the UK for the past two decades, Golmar Systems UK continues to uphold the brand’s legacy of excellence.

A Legacy of Service and Innovation

As an integral part of the Golmar family, Golmar Systems UK takes pride in maintaining uncompromising standards of service. Their commitment extends beyond mere transactions; it’s about fostering lasting relationships with clients. From door intercom systems to access control and CCTV, Golmar Systems UK ensures seamless integration and reliable performance.

Empowering Installers: Building a Network of Distributors

Golmar Systems UK recognizes that time is of the essence for installers. To expedite system installations, they are actively building a robust network of distributors. Whether it’s a standard configuration or a customized solution, Golmar Systems UK ensures swift access to quality products. Their expert team assists in specifying the right components, tailored to meet specific project requirements.

Collaboration for Continuous Improvement

In the spirit of innovation, Golmar Systems UK collaborates closely with Golmar in Spain. This dynamic partnership ensures a constant evolution of their product range. Feedback from installers and end-users is invaluable, driving enhancements with each new product release. Golmar’s commitment to improvement is unwavering.

The Golmar Advantage

• Style Meets Functionality: Golmar offers a compelling blend of aesthetics and practicality. Their Sixty5 range of panels exemplifies this ethos. Whether it’s the modern classic digital keypad or the sleek touch screen panel, Golmar bridges style and functionality seamlessly.
• Key Features:
  • Audio/Video Communication: Crystal-clear communication for enhanced security.
  • Call Progress Confirmation: Audible and visual cues keep users informed.
  • Door Open Confirmation: Instant feedback for peace of mind.
  • Coded Access: Secure entry with personalized codes.
  • Built-in Proximity Reader: Streamlined access control.
  • Aluminium or Steel Finish: Versatility to match any aesthetic.
  • Visitor Display: Deters unwanted intruders.
  • 2-Wire Technology or IP: Flexibility for diverse installations.

Conclusion

Golmar Systems UK remains at the forefront of innovation, offering competitive solutions that cater to both form and function. From cozy homes to sprawling apartment complexes, Golmar’s integrated systems redefine safety and convenience.

For more information, visit Golmar Systems UK and experience the future of door intercom technology.

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The company is the manufacturer of the Imago Lift & Slide system, the innovative sliding door hardware system that combines fluid, silent door movements with a large glazing area that frames the view.

Lift and slide mechanisms offer huge potential to complement the best in modern architecture, and Imago has proved popular in the UK since its launch in 2014.  With its slimline profile, an Imago door is relatively easy to manufacture but the finished product commands a premium price tag.

A key challenge is to ensure that the door system can carry the weight of all of that glass, to enable movement of the door in a safe and controlled manner.

That’s where the Imago hardware makes such a difference.  At the heart of the Imago Lift & Slide system is AGB Hardware’s Uni-V central locking profile.  This is engineered to remove any contact between the sash and the frame, for seamless openings and closings.  Similarly, the construction of the Uni-V profile permits wide working tolerances that maintain the Imago’s exceptional performance long-term, even with the natural deformation of wood.

It is crucial to the appearance of Imago that the hardware is essentially invisible.  For instance, the sliding top guide is inserted into the frame to hide every functional element from the outside.  Likewise, the frame of the sliding sash has been concealed to 74 mm thanks to a reduced backset lock.

Elsewhere, a thin aluminium profile creates the glass seat so that the lower transom of the fixed sash can be removed.  This ensures that the glass – and, more importantly, the view beyond it – become the central feature of the Imago Lift & Slide door.

Achieving thermal efficiency is also a critical factor in any contemporary door system.  Imago can be specified with the Climatech threshold, which offers minimal visual impact but guarantees incredible thermal performances, thanks to the innovative fibreglass reinforced material.

The final consideration is security for that essential peace of mind.  Imago incorporates AGB’s Poseidon advanced lock, while uses two opposite facing hooks and a central bolt, as well as a concealed security striker that is installed flush to the frame to complement the slimline design of Imago.

To find out more about Imago Lift & Slide Doors, visit www.chooseimago.co.uk

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Designed to capture the essence of dramatic landscapes, bringing exterior colour and pattern to an interior environment, these wood look doors bring genuine innovation.  

Dekordor Standard Duty (SD) finished foil has long been a preferred choice for specifiers, offering as it does, a consistent and economical door finish which is suitable for a multitude of applications from homes to offices, in both the new build and refurbishment sectors.

Now Visual Sensations create a totally new and unique Vicaima design that sets these doors apart from other products on the market.

The Visual Sensations collection comprises 3 totally new and distinct timber grained tonal choices including, Glacier, Canyon and Forest. Each of these is available in a choice of designs comprising flush vertical and cross-directional woodgrain (CDW), plus CDW with a contrasting inlay effect.

All doors are FSC certified for environmental peace of mind and can be supplied with a range of performance specifications including fire rated, acoustic and security as specification demands.  To complete the theme, Vicaima are also able to supply as part of a matching doorset (door, Frame and architrave) plus matching wardrobes and door panels where required.

Dekordor SD Visual Sensations are made on a to order basis and as such can accommodate a wide selection of configuration possibilities to make specification easy, with glazed options, pairs, over height dimensions, mobility widths and as part of door and frame kits and sets, to ensure that individual requirements can be appropriately satisfied.

If you want to change your interior landscape then look to Visual Sensations for something different.

For further details about Vicaima Dekordor SD Visual Sensations visit the Vicaima website www.vicaima.com, alternatively call 01793 532333 for a copy of the new literature or face samples.

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The average price of a home in England now stands as £299,000 which is a 6.4 percent rise in the 12 months to September 2015. Furthermore, new strict finance rules under the Mortgage Market Review has resulted in the number of people planning to buy a home within the next year falling to their lowest level on record.

As it becomes more difficult and expensive to buy a house, many homeowners are opting to improve their current property rather than move. Mary Duggan, a judge for the RIBA House of the Year award has noticed an increase in the trend for a broken-plan layout, leading to a demand for snugs and private spaces, partly due to the changes in the modern family, interests, lifestyle and technology. In fact, 60 percent of homeowners have identified creating additional living space as their main priority, with another 47 percent wanting a home office or entertainment room.

Adaptable living is not a new concept to P C Henderson. Fergus Pickard, Research & Development Director at P C Henderson comments: “We have worked to offer a range for sliding and folding door hardware that effortlessly divide a multitude of spaces both in the home and in the workplace.  There was a trend for joining the kitchen and dining room together; we all watched many of the TV shows that had homeowners reaching for their sledgehammers to create a desired open plan feel without thinking of the heating,  energy efficiency implications or how the space would work as a practical living environment with multiple occupants.”

“By using our residential range of sliding and folding systems, homeowners can combine both open and broken-plan living by neatly storing the room dividers when the spaces are opened for entertaining or socialising. When closed, the smaller rooms can be used for independent activities such as reading or catching up on TV shows or to simply reduce the space to minimise the cost of heating the property.’

Reducing energy costs is another factor to consider as the average annual household energy bill stands at £1,098 despite the wholesale cost of gas and electricity going down 37 and 20 percent respectively since 2014. Utilising room dividers in open plan spaces can help reduce heating costs as when closed, only the area in use needs heating.

P C Henderson is a member of the Door & Hardware Federation which represents all the key manufacturers and installers of industrial, commercial, pedestrian and garage doors and powered gates, as well as manufacturers of locks, building hardware and architectural ironmongery.

To download the latest digital brochure please visit www.pchenderson.com

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The company has completed the £200,000 fenestration contract awarded by main contractor CCG for the new Ronald McDonald House.  This ‘home from home’ facility provides free to use amenities and accommodation, including 30 bedrooms and plenty of outdoor green space, for families of sick children from all over Scotland.

Designed by architects Keppie on behalf of Ronald McDonald House Charities and day to day operator Yorkhill Family House Ltd, the facility is located on the new Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus – one of the UK’s flagship new healthcare development projects. Architecturally impressive whilst delivering a calming feel, the building is characterised by white brick and slate roof tiles, with the grey aluminium curtain walling and doors by CMS providing the perfect complement.

More than 65 windows were manufactured by CMS using Metal Technology’s System 8 curtain walling system for the outerframes and their 4-20 thermally broken casement system for the opening vents.  These large opening vents all feature parallel opening hinges to deliver much greater natural ventilation within individual rooms for a healthier internal environment.

CMS also manufactured and installed over seven entrance doors created using the Metal Technology 5-20D system.  These doors provide safe, secure access being supplied complete with Dorma panic hardware.

Stephen Anderson, Director of the Aluminium Division at CMS said: “We’re extremely pleased to have been involved in the construction of this outstanding new facility and we wish Yorkhill Family House Ltd every success with it.  The design is excellent and provides exactly the kind of high quality accommodation that is only right for families going through tough times.”

The Ronald McDonald House at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow is one of fourteen that the charity operates across the UK. It is a crucial facility within a hospital which handles around 90,000 out-patients, 15,000 in-patients, 7,300 day-cases and 35,000 A&E attendances every year.

For further information visit www.cmswindows.com.

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To serve the ground floor living area, an eight-pane screen was employed measuring 3m high x 1.2m wide. Within the master bedroom, which is located in the basement, a screen over 2.6m high x 4.5m wide with double doors was designed to fill the entire end wall. The biggest item was a large, partly angled screen designed to follow the line of the staircase. This rises from 2.1m to over 4.2m while measuring 4.7m in width and containing 2.6m high double doors that allow access into the light well at the bottom of the staircase.

All the windows and doors supplied were hot dipped galvanised and polyester powder coated in matt anthracite grey, RAL 7016. They were glazed with 24mm insulating double glazed units.

The W40 range of double glazed windows from Monk Metal Windows offers slim sightlines while meeting Building Regulations for weathertightness, air infiltration, water penetration and wind loading. The W40 range features dual air seals incorporated in the opening vents which greatly enhance resistance to air and water penetration.

Elaborate composite windows are fashioned using mullions and transoms to join single units together and tubular steel profiles can be added for strength or as a feature. A complete range of ironmongery is available while purpose made pressed metal sills, flashings and metal faced insulated infill panels can be fitted to the basic panel.

Henri Bredenkamp comments: “The intention was always to fully glaze as many of the facades as we could in order to let ample daylight into the new master bedroom and corridor but we wanted something other than the standard bifold look. We decided to use metal windows because they look interesting and have slim sight lines. Monk was one of the few companies that could provide the height of door we required. They delivered on time and the steel windows are of high quality; the client is very happy with the result.”

For further information on the Steel Window Association, please visit www.steel-window-association.co.uk or call 0844 249 1355.

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This specialist Top Reversible window design features a purpose-designed Sheerturn hinge and is ideal for domestic applications including escape windows as well as medium and high rise dwellings and office or hotel accommodation.

A range of transoms and mullions provide additional multi-light and stick construction curtain walling configurations to complement this user-friendly window design and deliver effective fenestration solutions for commercial buildings.

Sheerframe 8000 Top Reversible windows are part of an enhanced thermal performance range which offers specifiers, fabricators and professional installers the widest range of fixed and opening light combinations.  The 70mm window profiles are extruded from calcium organic lead-free Sheerblend impact modified PVC-U complying with BS EN 12608 and feature thermally-efficient Thermlock frame reinforcements, five separate insulating chambers and twin co-extruded weather seals to maximize weather performance.

Top Reversible windows can achieve U values as low 1.2W/m²K using standard 28mm double glass with Argon gas fill.  To exceed Part L of the Building Regulations, triple glazed low energy Zero Carbon windows with U values down to 0.8W/m²K are also available, using either 36mm triple glass with Krypton gas fill or 44mm triple glass with Argon gas fill.

The Sheerframe 8000 Top Reversible is fitted with the reversing Sheerturn hinge allowing the window to open out traditionally, retaining the advantages of a casement but reversing for safer cleaning from inside the property.  The window is balanced at all angles and has a locking restrictor on both the initial opening position and also on the fully reversed position.  Windows are manufactured to customer specification and the maximum recommended size for individual opening lights is 1250mm wide by 1500mm high.

Popular colours including Rosewood, Light Oak, Anthracite Grey, Black, Cream and White are held in stock at Sheerframe Ltd, with other colours available on a ‘made to order’ basis.

As an optional specification, this window can also be configured as a Side Reversible. The hardware for a Side Reversible is similar in operation but allows the windows to be opened on a horizontal axis.  This gives in excess of 90% open area and therefore can be used to achieve compliance with fire safety regulations.

www.synseal.com

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A special modification to CS 86 now allows the installation of glazing panels from the outside, avoiding the need to transport glass through buildings.

The development also allows the use of larger and heavier glazed panels, including triple glazing up to 500kg, offering greater flexibility in terms of both design and installation.

Pivoting openers with hinges fully integrated into the profiles have also been introduced. Depending on the position of the hinges, the pivot window can be supplied with a horizontal axis (max. 200kg), or a vertical axis (max. 160kg). The new system helps create a more flexible building design, allowing glass panes up to a maximum height of 2500mm.

Used extensively on energy efficient and BREEAM rated buildings, Reynaers CS 86-HI aluminium windows and doors incorporate a unique insulation that ensures extreme stability and enhanced water and air tightness. The performance of the system for air and water tightness has subsequently been upgraded to 300 Pa.

Several of the CS 86-HI window and door configurations achieve the Minergie^® and Minergie-P^® component labels, which corresponds to Passivhaus standards of a Uw value of ≤0.8 W/m²K. When it comes to safety, variants of CS 86 are also compliant with the Secured by Design initiative offering optimum levels of security and performance.

Marketing Manager at Reynaers Rebecca Cope said: “Not only do we try to reduce the company’s energy consumption and its emissions of greenhouse gases with our architectural glazing; we also contribute to limiting the energy consumption of new and existing buildings through the development of energy-efficient windows and doors. The overall insulation value of the system’s HI+ variant makes it one of the most energy efficient systems available.”

Further details are available from: Reynaers Limited, Tel: 0121 421 1999, or email: reynaersltd@reynaers.com, website: www.reynaers.co.uk.

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Following its dazzling debut at Grand Designs Live in London, the company has been overwhelmed with leads and enquiries for the radically styled range of frameless windows, doors, entrance glazing, French doors and a bi-fold door system.

A first in its field, the new Lumi collection is set to bring the seamless sophistication of iconic glass structure to the residential housing market.

Offering a frame-free, ‘wall of light profile’ the triple glazed system is distinguished by its fused ceramic colour border. This is available in eight different exterior colours and eight further interior finishes.

In development for more than two-and-a-half years, the launch of Lumi represents an investment of nearly a million pounds for the company – and its first step into the windows market.

As well as being available in a full suite of matching designs, Lumi has a host of construction and performance benefits:

• stormproof design with flush proportional glazing (the double rebate is completely hidden)
• 50mm triple glazed (6-4-4) toughened glass for maximum insulation and noise reduction
• 80mm GRP double rebate frame offers exceptional U-values – as low as 0.7w/m2k on fixed glazing panels
• Triple gasket seal
• Double euro groove allows for versatile hardware options, concealed hinges and window locks
• High security Winkhaus lock system
• Kitemark glass and Kitemark Lumi composite front door options
• Fab & Fix hardware
• Variable clear glazing options
• Concealed hinges offer smooth action, high weight load opening and wide opening

Lumi comes with a 10 year guarantee (structural, mechanical and colour fast).

Lumi windows are available as left and right opening options, fixed panes and top openers. External colour options are light blue, black, white, cream, light grey, Chartwell green, anthracite grey and slate blue. Interior finish choices are in halo white, cream, black, anthracite grey, AnTeak, Siena, Winchester and Swamp Oak.

www.apeer.co.uk

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Their range covers a broad selection of glass fitting options for Commercial and Residential installations offering solutions for both internal and external specification.

Barrier Components has been supplying architectural hardware for 28 years from their Essex facility.

For further information or assistance please contact the Barrier Components Technical Team on 01708 891515 or sales@barrier-components.co.uk.

Alternatively, visit their website at www.barrier-components.co.uk where the new brochure can be downloaded and products purchased on line.

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Vicaima Limited, are based on a 7 acre site in Swindon, Wiltshire and have built a reputation for the manufacture of quality and innovatively designed interior timber doors and doorsets. They supply customers throughout the UK and Ireland with both bespoke and stock products, the latter of which they distribute from their Swindon storage facility, which currently houses in excess of 100,000 doors.  Their products are widely specified, as they have solutions for both new build and refurbishment requirements in many different market applications. Vicaima doors can often be seen everywhere from luxury apartments to 5 star hotels and from commercial premises to public buildings.

Vicaima Group Chairman, Arlindo Costa Leite commenting on the development said, “This is an historic day for the Vicaima organisation, marking as it does the groups continued expansion globally and in particular strengthening our position within the quality design and performance end of the UK market”.

UK Managing Director, Barry Waddell is also excited by this latest announcement. “We have seen a major surge in the popularity of interior doors and associated joinery that demonstrates exemplary performance and design flair, something that Vicaima is well known for.  This investment will enable us to increase both our range flexibility and explore new markets for Vicaima products here in the UK and throughout Ireland”.   He went on to say, “Swindon has been the home of doors for many decades, our staff here are experienced and dedicated and together we look forward to helping our customers for many years to come”.

The Vicaima Group is a European and Global powerhouse in the interior and technical door market.  Based in Northern Portugal it has sites in Europe, South America, North Africa and of course the UK.  In addition to which they export of over 27 countries worldwide.  Their mission and focus is to conceive and manufacture doors that combine design, functionality and quality. Renowned for innovation, Vicaima creates and compliments trends, continuously re-inventing its products.  This forward thinking approach has been the recipe for their success and with such vision and determination the future of their UK operation is set fair for even greater success.

For further details about Vicaima Limited and their many product collections, visit the Vicaima website www.vicaima.com alternatively, call 01793 532333 for additional information.

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Andy Glass Windows has been serving domestic and commercial clients across the rural county with high performance door and window systems for two decades offering PVC-U and composite frames as well as erecting garden rooms and extensions.

In this instance, Andy Glass arranged the tremco illbruck training session on its contract at Stanton St John where it was due to fit frames fabricated from the Residence 9 suite of profiles. The old community building’s stone structure presenting the sort of challenge for which TP651 Trio tape was developed.

The demonstration by tremco illbruck’s Business Development Manager, Steve Wild, was also attended by the manufacturer’s Marketing Manager for Windows and Facades, Fraser Higgins (and trade publication, Clearview).

Explaining the advantages to installers, as well as the long term performance of the building envelope, Steve Wild said: “TP651 Trio not only offers a more thermally efficient solution over the majority of silicone based sealants, it also allows the frames to be fitted some 20% quicker because it is so easy to apply.

“TP651 is a pre-compressed sealing tape, comprising of open-cell polyurethane soft foam, which is then impregnated with flame-retardant synthetic resin. Importantly, it remains vapour permeable while offering very good airtightness to cut energy losses.

“The correct tape size is applied around the frame of the window or door and to the cills before the frame is offered up – and begins to expand, taking up any irregularities in the opening.”  In common with the manufacturer’s commercial offering – illbruck i3 – which has featured in numerous PassivHaus and BREEAM ‘excellent’ developments, TP651 Trio offers architects as well as installers the confidence that as-built performance will match up to design targets.

Andy Aspel, General Manager of Andy Glass Windows, concluded: “TP651 Trio was an ideal solution for the particular installation we were doing at Stanton St John’s village hall. Tremco illbruck had the perfect solution in order for us to fit the windows more quickly and with minimal disruption. Tremco 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 future installations.”

For further information on tremco illbruck, please visit www.tremco-illbruck.co.uk

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So where did it all begin and what have we actually achieved in those 10 years? 

The idea for Urban Front started much earlier than 2005, in fact it was 2003 that the seed was planted when the founders, Nabil and Elizabeth Assaf, were renovating a 1970’s house and couldn’t find a door that was contemporary enough and made out of wood.

Although both the founders knew nothing about doors, they decided to make their own and used it for their house. For quite a while after the door was fitted, lots of people would knock on the door to ask where it was from and the Assaf’s felt a niche was there to be taken advantage of.

Two years of research followed into the making of doors. Nabil was a banker and Elizabeth worked in television production however together they had developed property on the side for five years and completed a design course.

In 2005, after finding a company to make the doors for them, the Assaf’s launched Urban Front from a tiny office in Watford. It took another two years to set up a workshop in Watford and to start manufacturing in house. They’ve never looked back.

They were the first company in the UK to design a dedicated contemporary range of doors with high quality finishes.

Over the last six years, we’ve dedicated a lot of research and development time to our anti-warp highly insulated doors taking them from 45mm thick in 2005 up to 98mm (Passive House) in 2014.

We’ve concentrated time and effort on fire and security ratings, double and triple rebated doors with high insulation, sourcing from the best suppliers in Europe and beyond.

We’ve launched Pivot doors as standard production, large oversized doors, Passive House doors, painted and internal doors and garage doors all with a concentration not only on design, but on performance, and a dedication to high quality.

So what about the future? 

This year we are planning major security testing in addition to becoming FSC registered and we have our sights firmly on the USA.

Urban Front doors sell worldwide and are manufactured in Buckinghamshire, UK.

t: 01494 778 787

www.urbanfront.co.uk

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Tom Hebdige lives in a newly extended five-bedroom detached property in Wath-upon-Dearne near Rotherham with his wife and young family and wanted to maximise the light in his larger living area.

After being recommended HWL Windows Group by a friend, Tom realised the quality and value of bi-folding doors from the company and contacted the firm to arrange a consultation. The experts recommended a total of five bi-folding doors spanning 4.3 metres to maximise the living area and to help bring the outside in.

The ability to open up the whole of the back of the house was one of the main reasons why Tom chose bi-folding doors for the property. The seamless link between the home and the patio area of the garden will allow Tom’s family to make much greater use of this area as an extension to their living space.

To add to the feeling of airiness inside the home and to complement its contemporary aesthetics, Tom chose white bi-folding doors for the property. HWL Windows Group offers a comprehensive range of colour options for its aluminium bi-folding doors, which are available in any RAL colour, as well as the option of different colours to interior and exterior of the doors.

Tom Hebdige said: “We are delighted with our new bi-folding doors, they have brought so much more light in and it’s great that they can be folded right back to make a seamless link between the house and garden.  We were happy with the service from HWL too, receiving the bi-folding doors and having them fitted within just a couple of weeks. I’d definitely recommend HWL Windows Group and I would not hesitate to buy from them again in the future.”

HWL’s bi-folding doors help to keep energy bills down, as they offer a high level of thermal performance, achieving a u-value of 1.8 W/m2K that meets all Part L requirements.

Graham Howatson, Sales and Marketing Director at HWL, said: “Customers like Tom who are renovating their home and looking to add value appreciate the fact that we can manufacture bi-folding doors to meet their exact requirements.  This project was perfect for our bi-folding doors which have opened up the whole back of the house, enhancing the living area and lifestyle of the family.”

HWL Windows Group pre-builds and delivers its products as a single unit. The company performs pre-checks on all of its bi-fold doors before they are delivered to customers to ensure they are in full working order before installation. Available with as many as eight doors depending on the size of the project, HWL Windows Group’s bi-folding doors have slim profiles for enhanced sightlines and a fold away concertina style for a smooth operation.

HWL Windows Group has nearly 15 years’ experience in supplying doors, windows and conservatories for self-build customers and home renovators. The company offers a one-stop solution that includes design, manufacture and installation, along with two site surveys – one that is carried out during the initial quotation and another during the final manufacturing stage.

For more information, call 0113 244 9006 or email sales@hlwwindows.co.uk or visit the website www.hwlwindows.co.uk/self-builders.html.

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Paul explains: “We liked the look of Residence 9 windows, with their deeper frames and corners that looked more like joined wood, rather than the mitred corners you find on most PVC-u windows.  They also have an exclusive feel to them.  We were looking for an experienced company that could manufacture the windows to meet our specification and HWL Windows was able to come up with a solution and a price that met our budget. As they had already supplied a house in our area, we also knew they were a reputable company.”

The couple had been renovating their six bedroom property for a year, transforming the brick Georgian-style built house into a stunning family home.

HWL Windows Group provided a complete design, planning and project management service for the couple.  The project involved the production of 23 Residence 9 windows and three external composite doors with custom-designed stained glass lead effects to the top lights, plus a set of French doors to the rear of the property.

Paul explains: “It was very important to us that we retained the original character of the property, which meant replicating the same style of windows and doors.  The clotted cream colour we chose for the window frames matched exactly the original colour of the painted timber windows.   The front door style is the same too and it was great that HWL Windows was able to reproduce the stained glass panels above the door exactly as they were originally – they cast light into the house beautifully.”

Paul continues: “HWL did a very thorough job in planning the design and installation.  Tracy, the sales co-ordinator, picked up lots of points that needed attention, which could have been missed otherwise. They also beat a number of local companies with their pricing.”

Tracy Berry, Sales Co-ordinator for HWL Windows Group, said: “Residence 9 windows were the ideal choice for this project as they perfectly complement the style of the house.  The design and planning stage is really important and we pride ourselves in taking the time to ensure the windows and doors we produce met the project requirements exactly.”

HWL Windows Group has almost 15 years’ experience in supplying and installing high quality windows, doors and conservatories for self builders and home renovators. The company offers a complete one-stop solution to self builders and home improvers, which includes carrying out a double survey.  This is done at the initial meeting by its surveyor and again by its installation manager just prior to fitting to ensure the products specified are completely correct and the installation runs as smoothly as possible.

Residence 9 is a popular choice for homeowners in rural and conservation areas as it means the windows can have the authentic appearance of timber, but with the low maintenance and energy efficiency benefits of PVC-u. Residence 9 aims to replicate popular 19^th Century timber window designs, with the popular flush sash designs found in cottage-style homes.  This means being able to replace the windows in a heritage property with an authentic design and in a range of traditional colours, without losing the character, appearance and feel of the property.  Customers can also specify traditional features, such as Butt Hinges, that maintain the original aesthetics as well as authentic-looking ironmongery to provide a stunning finishing touch.

Residence 9 from HWL is suitable for everything from cottages in village locations, to period homes and authentic townhouses.  Some planning authorities have approved the use of Residence 9 in Conservation Areas and for historic properties because it has been specifically designed to replicate the original window designs from the period.

HWL has the expertise, knowledge and understanding of working with self builders and home renovators on a wide range of different types of homes and has hundreds of happy customers as testament to its service.

For more information, request HWL’s latest Definitive Collection brochure by calling 0113 244 9006 or emailing sales@hwlwindows.co.uk or visit the website www.hwlwindows.co.uk.

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Novista Riser doorsets are available as double or singles with either a three- or a four-sided frame. The four-sided frames are particularly suitable for use on riser doors and allow skirting boards to run uninterrupted below the door, thereby allowing the door to blend in almost seamlessly with the adjacent walls. The three-sided frames are suitable for storerooms and cleaner’s cupboards and the height of these can be adjusted to align with adjacent riser doors.

The Novista Riser doorsets are ideal for use in hotels as bathroom access doors, or risers, and also in commercial office buildings and apartments.

Ashley Burberry, Managing Director of Aspex UK said, “This new range demonstrates our commitment to providing our customers with the highest quality design solutions and helps to overcome the problem on many developments of unsightly riser cupboards. We have demonstrated over recent years that we are happy to, either partner with Europe’s best-in-class manufacturers, or to develop our own products to meet the requirements of architects, designers and developers alike.”

The new Novista Riser doorset range is designed, manufactured and tested to very exacting standards.

The doorsets are available with a fire rating of either FD30 or FD60, with both standard and concealed hinges, in either a three or four sided frame.

The Novista Riser doorset range is supplied in sections making the product easy to store, move around site and install. The system is very versatile and can be used within either taped & jointed or plaster skimmed walls.

For more information please visit www.aspex-uk.co.uk 

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Impervious to the elements, available ex-stock in a choice of traditional and contemporary designs, glazing patterns and colours, they’ll help prevent heat loss from, and add kerb appeal to, any property.

Custom made, fully finished, glazed and solid, internal & FD30 doorsets, across various finishes, complete the offering.

Leeds Plywood & Doors Ltd.
Midland Road, Leeds, LS10 2RJ
Tel: 0113 271 5151
Email: sales@lpddoors.co.uk
Web: www.lpddoors.co.uk

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When the Pilkingtons, who have three children, bought the 1900s semi-detached property, they could see the potential despite the small galley style kitchen at the back of the house. They decided to knock this down and build out into the large rear garden with a single-storey extension. Despite wanting a connection between the indoor and outdoor spaces, they were keen not to have bifold doors and, having looked at the different options, realised that a screen of steel windows and doors was the perfect solution.

Working with Steel Window Service and Supplies to refine the design, the couple decided to have two sets of double doors and a central panel of fixed lights which resulted in an impressive 5m wide by 2.7m high area of glazing. In addition, to separate the kitchen from the adjoining sitting room, they designed an internal screen measuring 2m wide by 2.6m high consisting of double steel doors with fixed lights on either side.

To fabricate the windows and doors, Steel Window Service and Supplies used W20 sections which offer narrow profiles and good sightlines. These were hot dip galvanised and were then finished in a factory applied polyester powder coating in RAL 7021 black/grey matt. The external windows were fitted with 16mm double glazing units while the internal screen was single glazed.

Simon Pilkington, a sports marketing consultant, comments: “We love the industrial look and the feeling of light and space that the steel windows give. They allow a great sense of connection between the garden and indoor living spaces and, despite the large area of glazing, they’re really effective at keeping in the warmth from the underfloor heating. Steel Window Service was great, not only with the fabrication and installation of the windows but in helping us get the proportions right, including everything from the size of the door to the kick plate along the bottom.”

For further information on the Steel Window Association, please visit www.steel-window-association.co.uk or call 0844 249 1355.

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HWL Windows Group was recommended by a professional contact within the industry who was aware that the company provided bespoke window and door solutions and had extensive technical knowledge.

Robin King, Production and Purchasing Manager at the Stable Company in York, said: “The project with HWL will involve the supply of windows and bi-folding doors for a large number of modular buildings for commercial use, normally as classrooms or educational buildings.  We were impressed with the manufacturing operation at HWL and their ability to turn around windows and doors to a high standard to meet our specification.”

The windows are specified to ensure the energy efficiency of the educational buildings.  The bi-folding doors to the front of the modular units have recently been supplied to a recent Stable Company project as fully finished grey to the outside and white inside, however may be required in a variety of finishes.

Paul Benn, Sales Manager at HWL Windows Group, said: “This is an exciting new contract win and we look forward to working with the Stable Company to meet their customers’ requirements. “

HWL Windows Group manufactures PVC-u and aluminium windows, doors and bi-folds for trade customers across the whole of the UK. With over 15 years’ experience, the company prides itself on delivering a level of customer service that is second to none, combined with a range of market leading products.

For more information, call 0113 244 9006 or email sales@hlwwindows.co.uk or visit the website www.hwlwindows.co.uk.

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Modus outward opening top hung and side hung casement, plus fully reversible windows, fabricated by H Jarvis, are now available to Secured by Design specification. In terms of doors made using the Modus profile system, the company’s inward and outward opening fully glazed double leaf French doorsets also meet Secured by Design.

H Jarvis also holds Secured by Design certification on the Eurocell Eurologik window and door profile system.

PAS 24:2012 is the highest industry standard set by BSI as a method of assessing the level of security. Only window and door products that achieve this standard meet the Police preferred specification ‘Secured by Design’.

“The Modus profile system offers our customers energy efficiency, value for money and distinctly different looks,” said David Glendinning, Managing Director at H Jarvis. “Gaining Secured by Design enhances this appeal further and adds to the impressive list of reasons why more of our customers are choosing Modus.”

“We were initially attracted to Modus because it looked so different to all the other sculptured and ovolo window profile systems currently in the market. We would like to thank Eurocell and BM Trada for the support they gave us during the process of gaining Secured by Design.”

Modus is the UK’s first fully integrated window and door system, available with three stunning sash design options. For companies looking for efficiencies it allows eight different types of windows and doors to be produced from a single system – a major advance in fabrication efficiency.

The profiles are available with 28mm and 44mm bead options, giving H Jarvis customers a choice of both double and triple glazed Secured by Design Modus windows. The triple glazed option achieves a U-value as low as 0.7 with a triple glazed unit and a 1.1 U-value achievable from double-glazed units.

The timing of this certification on Modus is perfect as the Government has announced its intention to introduce a single security standard applied to all new homes through a conventional mandatory building regulation requirement. The Government considers that the standard for security on windows and doors should be based on the provisions of British Standard PAS 24.

This is a well-established industry standard with a proven track record. PAS 24 sets standards for door and window assemblies including tests and specifications for locks as well as the robustness of the doors and window themselves. The new requirement will be known as Part Q and will state that the building must be designed and constructed in such a way that it adequately resists both unauthorised access from outside the building; and unauthorised access from within the building to flats within the building.

Windows and doorsets demonstrating compliance with the police ‘Secured by Design’ initiative will also meet the provisions of this Approved Document Q.

Ian Kernaghan, Product Manager at Eurocell, said: “With more homeowners looking to beat the burglar and the forthcoming Part Q of the Building Regulations, we are confident that the market will welcome a Secured by Design option on our Modus system. H Jarvis has responded to this demand and become the first to achieve this important standard. The company is now in a position to offer housebuilders, specifiers and homeowners something that they will not find anywhere else in the market.”

For information on the full range of product and services offered by H Jarvis, visit: http://www.hjarvis.co.uk or call: 01642 482366.

To find out more about Modus and how Eurocell can help you gain Secured by Design, call: 0800 988 3049, or visit the Eurocell website at http://www.eurocell.co.uk

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