All Doors and windows articles – Page 5
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Georgian-style windows
Mumford and Wood has designed and manufactured the Georgian-style sash windows and the complementary doorsets of this new-build house in Cornwall.
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Finger guards
About 30,000 children injure their fingers in doors each year. To address this, Leaderflush Shapland has developed Sentinel, an integrated finger protection guard for a wide range of applications such as schools, sports centres and public buildings. Sentinel is supplied as part of a complete doorset and also achieves performance ...
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Sliding doors
Portman Pocket Doors is launching a sliding door system that can save space and provide flexibility, particularly in applications such as kitchens and bathrooms.
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Security doors
Technocover has launched the Ultrasecure range of high security, composite doors designed to protect buildings against criminal attack.
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Doors seals
A combination of Lorient’s acoustic, smoke and fire seals has been installed at the Young Vic theatre in London.
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What it costs: Garage doors
Residential garage doors come in a variety of shapes, sizes, finishes and styles. Peter Mayer of ɫTV LifePlans considers their maintenance issues and lifecycle costs
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Aluminium doors and windows
Aluminium glazing company, Technal, in partnership with East Yorkshire Aluminium and Glass, is supplying more than 5,000 windows for a 4,200-unit student village in the University of Sheffield.
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Green flooring: Technik Floor
Panelised stone flooring system behaves as a single-surface layer and replaces cementious screeding
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High-performance timber windows
Green ɫTV Store launches the Ecocontract range of timber window for housing associations and developers with large-scale developments
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Security screens
Hillaldam Coburn has launched the Glidemaster as an alternative to roller shutters. The sliding panels are hung from an aluminium track, which allows more headroom and requires no floor channels.
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Roller shutters
Trellicor has launched the Roll-Up Serranda range of roller shutters. The units feature a manual override system to ensure they can always open from the outside, even in the event of a power failure. Made from aluminium and steel, the shutters have been designed to keep repairs and maintenance to ...
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Low U-value windows
Window maker NorDan has launched a new range of timber windows with U-values lower than those required by the ɫTV Regulations.
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Secure secondary glazing
Selectaglaze has installed secondary glazing units for Smyth House, Northampton, a home for women with mental problems who have been assessed as “medium risk”. The brief from St Andrew's Healthcare was to provide secondary glazing units with integral Venetian blinds that also allow access to the primary windows. Selectaglaze installed ...
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Sliding glass doors
Door and window control systems maker Geze UK is launching two stainless steel space-saving door systems designed for glass doors and suitable for a variety of buildings.
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Lift and slide doors
Gretsch-Unitas has developed the G-U HS Lift and Slide Door System that allows users of large full-height glazing to switch between use as a window or door.
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Window pains: Different ways windows can fail
Peter Mayer of ɫTV LifePlans analyses the different ways windows can fail and how to prevent them doing so. For a full guide to suppliers, log on to www.building.co.uk/specifier
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Eco-friendly flooring: Down to earth
What you see before you is not a luscious field but an eco-friendly carpet. And judging by the way the industry is heading, very soon all your flooring could be as green as grass.