Nick Dardalis 
Granada Secondary Glazing is one of the best known names in the UK, providing secondary double glazing products for residential and commercial property. A significant business in this product sector, Granada supplies their products nationwide to homeowners, the wider fenestration sector and companies involved in building refurbishment. About Granada Secondary …
Aluminium louvre doors are sometimes easy to overlook by installers as a specialist product, but often these are commercial door products, glazed with a suitable louvre system rather than glass units or aluminium panels. Advice, information and where you can use aluminium louvre doors. Where you can use aluminium louvre …
The Discover Air bifolding and sliding doors were launched on 29th November manufactured by Everglade windows at the Annual Glass and Glazing Awards held at the Park Lane hotel on 29th November. Discover Aïr promote on their website “captivating” “extreme” and “performance” in bifolding doors under this new brand. The …
For aluminium entrance doors, there is a huge amount of choice today. Some of the leading brands of doors come from some established and new names, offering a big choice of traditional and contemporary entrance doors in aluminium. Even composite doors such as Solidor and Virtu-al offer the homeowner doors in other …
Triple glazing is now making inroads with customers going into retail showrooms and asking about triple glazed windows more than before. Some customers are now also asking for triple glazing to products that have not been tested with a triple glazed unit, believing that simply the glass will improve performance. As …
The market for commercial doors continues to be a buoyant one with many trade manufacturers reporting healthy order books for this product. Specified correctly only a commercial door is suitable for shops, schools, office buildings or anywhere that requires a reliable entrance door. PVC entrance doors have only been designed …
Secondary Glazing offers huge benefits for both residential properties and commercial buildings. Despite the marketing of secure and energy efficient windows, secondary double glazing manufacturers such as Granada Secondary Glazing continue to grow and provide a wide range of secondary double glazing products. Secondary glazing provides many different benefits. Often, secondary …
Update November 2019. Since this article was written, automatic bi folding doors remain only available for the commercial market. Â These are the types of automatic bifolding doors you see in retail buildings, schools, hospitals and transport hubs. Â Therefore if you’re looking for automatic bifolding doors for your home, it’s unlikely …
The bifolding door market is buoyant but there has been little new in bifolding doors until now. However, aluminium remains the choice material for bifolding doors even with companies specialising mainly in upvc product. Even they acknowledge that aluminium bifolds are far superior to pvc for slimness strength and longer …
Many trade manufacturers embraced software to produce cutting lists, quotations and materials lists quite a few years ago now, but the retail side of double glazing, the front end still seems to be lagging behind. For nearly a year now I’ve been working with the Windowlink Focus Software from Whiteshill …
Commercial Aluminium Doors in a high traffic application with automatic operator As a general rule, a pvc door should only ever be fitted to a dwelling. Any other installation should be fitted with an aluminium commercial entrance door. Consider that our front entrance doors at home are opened and closed …
Aluminium or PVCu? Which is the better material for your new windows or doors? The reality is both PVCu and aluminium today create secure, energy-efficient and long-lasting windows. Aluminium windows are better for slimmer sightlines, a bigger choice of frame styles and far superior for contemporary patio doors. PVCu is …
The Double Glazing and Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme, or DGCOS is a rapidly growing organisation that works to offer consumer protection to those purchasing double glazing. Â Additionally, they work to help improve the negative reputation that many consumers continue to associate with the glass and glazing sector and double glazing industry. …
An excellent Article from Qualicoat on ‘Why Specify ‘Class 2’ and ‘Class 3’ Powders?’ Those in the aluminium supply chain will be aware of who Qualicoat are.  There are many who offer polyester powder coating in the market place, however not everyone is Qualicoat Approved and in powder coated aluminium …
Technal UK as part of the Hydro Group of companies has been established for over 50 years and supplies a very well respected and specified range of architectural aluminium curtain walling, door and window systems through its network of approved fabricators and installers. About Technal UK The Technal brand is …
Senior Architectural Systems are a highly regarded systems company offering a wide range of window systems, quality curtain walling and door systems and more recently a range of hybrid windows and fibreglass window and door products. First to the UK fenestration market across a number of services and products, Senior …
Smart Systems are the UK’s largest aluminium systems company providing a substantial range of residential and commercial glazing, windows and doors. Based in Yatton, Smart Systems extrude and powder coat aluminium profiles. About Smart Systems The Smart Systems name is well known in the fenestration sector for more than forty …
What sort of aluminium doors and windows maintenance is needed once your new glazing is fitted? Depending upon use, all aluminium doors and windows will require some periodic maintenance over time, but it should only be about once or twice a year. You should not assume once fitted, your windows …
In many buildings, the main entrance door must control traffic flow yet remain secure when closed. Aluminium commercial doors with magnetic locks provide an attractive, cost-effective and reliable door solution. What are commercial doors with magnetic locks? Commercial doors with magnetic locks are aluminium doors fitted with a proprietary magnetic lock, …
Panic hardware fitted to the final exit doors of a building has to perform the function of both allowing emergency exit (egress) when needed and also be secure.  Final exit doors are often misused as they can provide a ‘shortcut’; this often compromises security, especially if they do not lock …
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