HARDWARE & SECURITY
Cost-effective alternative to triple glazing
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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE-BASED installation company T & K Home Improvements is singing the praises of TruFit - after introducing the expanding foam edge tape from Edgetech UK to its installations .
T & K Home Improvements is the sister company of PVCu fabricator Emplas and offers energy efficient windows , doors and conservatories to homeowners across the region .
Chief operations officer Paul Woods said : “ We needed an installation system that offered clean lines and dependable reliability that would outlast the guarantee on our Ecoplus range which has been developed using our own profile .
“ Traditional ‘ wet ’ sealants like expanding foam and silicone can fail after a period , but TruFit offers a completely dependable , energy efficient seal that maintains the high energy ratings of our windows .
“ It also offers customers a more cost-effective alternative to triple glazing . Our Ecoplus range , installed with TruFit , offers a premium installation to homeowners , with the levels of thermal performance they are looking for , without the added cost of triple glazed units .”
As part of Edgetech ’ s service , installation training using TruFit was provided to the fitting teams at T & K Home Improvements .
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LATIN TEMPERING
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GLASTON HAS CLOSED AN important deal for an FC Series flat tempering furnace with Chinook convection system to Comercial Dialum located in Santiago , Chile . Measured by size , this is the biggest flat tempering furnace that Glaston has ever sold in South America . The furnace will be delivered to Chile during summer 2017 .
Comercial Dialum is one of the leading architectural glass fabricators in Chile offering high-quality tempered and laminated glasses . In addition to their home market products are exported to Latin America and the United States .
‘ some early signs of positive development are perceptible in Chile , Peru and Colombia ’
COASTLINE IS WORTH ITS SALT
Hardware specialist VBH has added a new range of stainless steel door hardware to its greenteQ range . The suite will be branded ‘ Coastline ’.
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GREENTEQ COASTLINE COMPRISES 92PZ door handles , letterboxes , butt hinges and door knockers and has been developed in direct response to feedback from customers who required a stainless steel furniture suite for installations in aggressive coastal and / or industrial regions both in the UK and overseas .
All Coastline furniture is produced from corrosion resistant and hard-wearing austenitic stainless steel and is subjected to in excess of 1000 hours neutral salt spray testing to BS EN ISO 9227:2012 .
VBH Technical Manager Melvin Hutton says ‘ Customers were telling us that they wanted stainless steel versions of our standard furniture . The existing greenteQ Alpha 25 stainless steel door handles have become very popular over the last 12 months , but we also needed suited letterboxes and knockers which meet the same anti corrosion standards . We ’ ve now introduced these new products and a brand new butt hinge and have grouped them with the door handle to form the new and exciting greenteQ Coastline range .’
“ In South America , the glass processing market has been very slow during the past years . However , some early signs of positive development are perceptible in Chile , Peru and Colombia , especially for high-quality tempered glass ”, says Moreno Magon , VP , Sales and Service , South America .
The FC Series is well-known for high capacity , energy efficiency , built-in process intelligence and ease of use and above all for the premium quality of its end products . With its state-of-the-art Chinook convection system , the FC series meets all the requirements for demanding low emissivity glass coatings .
“ By incorporating an FC furnace , we will increase our production capacity , considerably reduce anisotropy and be able to process large glasses , which the local market does not currently offer ,” says Fernando Diez , Executive President and owner of Commercial Company Dialum . www . vbhgb . com
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