Clearview National October 2015 - Issue 167 | Page 54

DOORS&WINDOWS sponsored by [email protected] Online - just got simpler »»Phoenix Doors has launched its new website and customer on-line ordering portal, designed to make life easier for trade customers, specifiers and homeowners. With a clear, fresh and modern appearance, the combined website and customer online ordering system is simple to navigate and encourages users to explore the full range of PVCu and GRP composite doors from Phoenix Doors, part of MASCO UK Window Group. The new website also features the latest additions to the rest of the composite door range along with new glazing and style options for its extensive and ever-popular range of PVCu door panels. “Investment in online ordering demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that customers are not only equipped with an industryleading range of products and marketing material,” explained Haydon Statham, Phoenix Doors’ Sales Director, “but also the necessary support to enhance their b usiness and sales opportunities. “The new portal has been designed to ensure that the entire ordering experience is quick and easy, from bespoke design to quoting and ordering. It also allows customers to refresh their orders and transfer them from quotations to live orders – simply at the touch of a button! “We’re very proud of the extensive range we can offer, which also extends to stable doors, a door and a half and twin doors. I cannot think of another composite door company in the UK market that has a range as broad as the Phoenix one.” ‘we’re very proud of the extensive range we can offer’ Visit www.phoenixdoorpanels. co.uk Changes in Place to Support Fabricators »»Hardware specialist Winkhaus has launched a new fire door frame which in combination with the AV2 locking system will help fabricators meet both the changes introduced by the Approved Document Q and the upcoming CE marking requirements. The changes will require all doors supplied to projects that require planning permission restrictions, to hold the PAS24 security standard or comply with a number of other requirements aimed at improving security levels. Later this year, new CE marking regulations will also be introduced stipulating that all fire doors should eventually hold test evidence from an EN fire test method, as opposed to BS compliance. As CE marking falls into the responsibility of those placing the product on the market, fabricators could be faced with months of costly testing ahead. 54 » OCT 2015 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M Justin Harris Winkhaus commercial director, explains: “To help our customers comply we’re introducing FireFrame®, a new specialist composite door frame tested to the European Norms and capable of achieving FD30 and FD60 compliance.” “FireFrame® is lightweight and very fast to fabricate, with very low initial manufacturing set up costs. Overall manufacturing costs and labour time are very low compared to alternative products. “We can help fabricators meet all the new requirements with our FireFrame® and AV2 locking systems, which have been tested and are compliant with these regulations. This means fabricators won’t have to invest considerable resources in testing with the purpose of achieving compliance with Part Q and CE, but rather choose a proven solution from a trusted supplier.” Justin adds. ‘lightweight and very fast to fabricate’ Visit winkhaus.com/en-gb or call 01452 348575