Clearview North November 2013 - Issue 144 | Page 66

hardware&security

WHY TILT&TURN WINDOWS
CAN MAKE YOU WORK HARD
ON A HOT DAY... AND WHY
YOU DON’T HAVE TO.
Have you witnessed someone inventing their
own window stay design? We have.
One of the things about Tilt&Turn
windows is that, well... they can be tilted
and turned.
Most of the time, the tilt mode provides
satisfactory ventilation for most people.
You turn the handle, the top of the sash
moves inwards. This creates a gap through
which the outside breeze is free to flow. In
temperate weather it’s usually all the air you
need.
Turn mode? Well, that’s normally just for
cleaning. Unless... Unless it’s a very hot day.
Have you seen what happens with
Tilt&Turn windows when the
temperature goes above 25°C?

• A window, fully open, with a high-backed
chair positioned hold it there? We’ve seen
that.
• A large, heavy plant pot on the window sill,
placed to prevent the sash from swinging
closed? Seen that one too.
• A window sash propped and held in place
with a piece of wood? Yes, that’s another
one.

But do you know something?

There’s actually no need for all this
makeshift creativity because there is such a
thing as a built-in brake stay. It’s a standard
feature of the Roto NT Designo Tilt&Turn
system. Now, when you want to hold the sash
open in turn mode, all you do is move it to
the position you want, anywhere from 15 to
90 degrees, and turn the handle down into
the locked position. This engages the brake
stay, preventing the sash from moving in
either direction.
It’s strong enough to hold any sash steady,
even in a gust of wind.
So there’s no need for things to get knocked
off window sills, or for the sash to swing open
and make a dent in the plaster. And there’s
definitely no need to invent your own way of
holding the thing in place.
That’s just the kind of hassle-free way of
working you want on a warm summer’s day,
isn’t it?
The new generation of Roto Tilt&Turn
hardware helps you offer your customers
more benefits than ever before.

‘there’s no need for things
to get knocked off window
sills, or for the sash to
swing open and make a
dent in the plaster. And
there’s definitely no need
to invent your own way of
holding the thing in place.’
Discover more: visit the Designo II area on
the Roto website at http://ftt.roto-frank.
com/en/products/product-view/detail/rotont-designo/-/

CLOSERS MAKE PRESTIGIOUS GRADE
More than four hundred 3000 Series
concealed closers from Astra Door Controls
have been specified and fitted on one of
London’s most prestigious developments,
The Lancasters.
The Lancasters, on the northern edge
of London’s Hyde Park, took five years to
complete and has involved the renovation
of an entire terrace of fifteen magnificent
19th century houses. The development has
been carried out by Northacre PLC with
commercial property devel