»»“ MORE OF OUR customers are reporting an increase in demand for big glass units , in line with the growing domestic trend for wide-span glazed doors ,” explains Chris Alderson , Managing Director at Edgetech UK .
“ Super Spacer Premium Plus has led the way in light commercial IG units , so it ’ s a proven system for IGU manufacturers who are making
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more oversized units for residential wide-span bi-folding and sliding doors .
“ Systems companies differentiate themselves from the competition by talking about the extra frame height or width they can squeeze out of a leaf . Even with these big sizes , they are still hitting U-Values that are lower than the Building Regulation requirement of 1.8 W / m2K .
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AluFoldDirect Wide-span Bi-folding Doors with Edgetech Spacer
“ It ’ s the glass units that play a big part in delivering this thermal efficiency .”
Triple glazing increases energy performance but the additional 6mm pane of glass in a 1.8m x 2.1m door could add up to eight
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and a half stone , making fabrication and installation tricky . A lighter solution is to use ‘ clever doubles ’ with Super Spacer Premium Plus warm edge technology .
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