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The Invisoglide Sliding Door by Smart Systems finally brings a 20mm and 26mm slim mullion bonded door into Smart’s sliding door collection. Because this door is a Smart product, it will sell well and bring a mid-range bonded door into the popular sliding door space. Whilst late to the Slimline …
The Glideline GS15 sliding door is a premium aluminium sliding door system designed for modern homes and commercial spaces. Featuring a thermally broken minimalist frame with a sleek 15mm interlock, it maximises natural light while maintaining high thermal efficiency. The system allows for multiple configurations, including two, three, and four-panel …
Alitherm 400 is a high-performance aluminium window and door system designed for modern residential and commercial applications. Fully compliant with Document L of the Building Regulations, it delivers excellent thermal efficiency, enhanced security, and a stylish design. With PAS 24 approval, a wide range of colour options, and a new …
Cortizo Casement windows do what they say on the tin. Slim, contemporary with overlapping or flush casement design. Well-made and fitted Cortizo casement windows have today’s required styling and sightlines. This review focuses specifically on the outward opening wide and top hung windows. Their adaptability and elegant design make them …
Cortizo doors are a popular choice for residential and commercial applications. There are two models, the Cortizo Bifold and the newer Cortizo Bifold Plus. For this review we will focus more on the Plus model but will cover the differences between the two as well. Whether for residential or commercial …
The ASE 51 PD Panoramic Sliding Door brings the outstanding Schüco brand name at a more affordable price point. This new sliding door looks fantastic, is very well designed, slides effortlessly and has the slim sightlines today’s customers expect. With its pleasing minimalist design, you also get the legendary Schüco performance and …
Introduction The Schüco AWS 80 SC window system represents the latest advancement in window design, offering a perfect blend of innovation, performance, and aesthetic appeal. Launched in 2024, these windows are designed specifically for the UK market, ensuring compliance with current and future Building Regulations, including the stringent 2025 standards. …
So good is Elite™ by Aluco, that we’ve awarded it the Door and Window Experts Website, Product of the Year, 2024. What is Elite™ by Aluco? Developed as a direct successor to the successful Exterior Collection, Elite addresses the limitations of existing steel-look products while introducing innovative features. The system …
Two brands often stand out when it comes to timber-look and flush windows: Residence 9 and Evolution Windows. Both offer timber-effect uPVC windows that replicate the charm of traditional wooden windows without the higher cost, longer lead times and perceived additional maintenance. Residence 9 vs Evolution Windows is frequently a …
Sunflex SF60 sliding doors, are the latest generation of sliding doors by Sunflex, one of the best sliding door manufacturers in the UK today. SF60 is an ultra-premium sliding door, at the very top end of the market, with significant advancements in sliding door technology, functional excellence and aesthetic appeal. …
Cortizo Cor Vision sliding doors are probably one of the UK’s most popular slimline sliding doors today. There are numerous manufacturers of these doors. Who makes, who fits, and installer expertise and knowledge are essential to getting the best possible Cortizo slider. How this popular door is engineered can also …
The new Origin OB-36+ Soho Bi-Fold Doors promise a different folding sliding door in the steel look. With ultra slim frames and a stylish Crittall®-inspired design, this new bifold door comes in several opening options whilst being elegant and chic, with the renowned Origin manufacturing quality and guarantee. Here is …
Attlas front doors present a level of construction quality typically found in much more expensive front doors. Attlas front Doors use the tried and tested Smart System, combined with premium-quality decorative panels. Every model offers a robust lineup of aluminium doors with pleasing designs, high-quality materials, and architectural quality hardware. …
Put Aluco steel look internal doors in your home or commercial building, and you’ll be rewarded with some of the best Crittall® style doors in aluminium. Aluco doors are beautifully made and hand-finished. Moreover, their overall styling and look, frame and bar sightlines make these arguably the closest to genuine …
With a build quality you often only see on aluminium front doors costing two or three times as much, Gerda front doors is a collection of very well-built and designed front doors, using either a combination of steel and aluminium or all aluminium. Quality materials, great design, attractive hardware, with …
Manufactured by Made For Trade, Korniche bifold doors are modern doors predominantly designed to appeal to the trade buyer and installer and heavily marketed as such because of the way they are supplied, supported, and their simplified installation. Homeowners benefit from a reasonably priced folding sliding door for standard installations …
Solarlux can be credited with inventing the modern bifolding door and already makes high-end bifolds in terms of design and quality. The new Solarlux Megaline takes what can be done with an already exceptional aluminium bifolding door to new levels. Megaline is unique in providing a bifold solution on projects …
Made by Alufold Direct, one of the leading aluminium trade manufacturers in the UK, the XENLITE roof lantern is ultra slim, contemporary in appearance and with a quality build, fit and finish. XENLITE provides homeowners with a stylish all-aluminium roof lantern with exactly the modern look new extensions or flat …
The latest product offering gorgeous aluminium glazing inside is the Origin OI-30 internal doors range. Beautifully made and featuring the signature details of classic metal doors, such as the grid-pattern and industrial, heritage or Art-Deco style. Origin OI-30 internal doors now provide an alternative product choice alongside the established Aluco …
The Cortizo brand name is firmly established in the UK for its super-slim slider with a 20mm mullion, called the Cor-Vision. For those not wanting the structurally bonded product and looking for a more affordable slider, Cortizo 4700 sliding doors provide an excellent alternative in a modern style that’s not …
When it comes to the ever-popular steel look in aluminium, it’s fair to say Smart Systems Heritage range is one of the best and longest established. Whilst predominantly an exterior system, Smart’s Heritage products are widely used internally. Now there’s the new Smart Systems AluSpace – a dedicated interior steel …
Made in the UK and available through a large network of fabricators and installers, the Alutech BF73 bifold door is affordable, high quality and matches the slim sightlines at the mullion of more premium systems. In this Alutech bifold doors review, there’s detailed information about the product, its benefits and …
Alitherm Heritage windows are the best-known and best-selling aluminium windows with a steel-look style. Designed by Smart Systems, the UK’s largest aluminium systems company, Alitherm Heritage windows were one of the first products in the steel-look market. This excellent suite of slim profiles re-creates steel-inspired windows. They are an excellent …
Launched in April 2021, the Origin OS-29 sliding door is an even slimmer model in the Origin range of sliding doors. This review gives more information about this modification to their existing OS-44 and OS-77 product. What is the new Origin OS-29 sliding door The OS-29 isn’t a brand new …
Our Solarlux Cero sliding doors review takes a look at this highly advanced slimline door. Cero capitalises on the current trend for minimalist architectural glazing and slimline aluminium. The Cero door sits amongst an elite set of sliding door products offering genuine architectural glazing. It also offers sizes at or …
Our Glasswin front doors review takes an in-depth look at this new brand’s quality, specifications and features. We also explain how this product can offer better profiles, options and colours than popular brands such as Origin, Smart Systems Designer and Spitfire doors. In creating this review, we’ve seen the products …
An independent system designed and made by Everglade Windows in London, aïr MOD windows provide a true alternative to Smart Systems, Aluk, Reynaers, Origin and other similar systems. The overall advantage of aïr MOD windows is their integrated design and components, taking the complexity out of specifying for installers and …
In the first Sheerline Windows review, we take a helicopter view of the system and explore some of its features. Garnalex Extrusions is behind the Sheerline brand. The Sheerline Windows review. Background There is a lot of window industry experience behind Garnalex and the Sheerline windows system. Prior to launch, …
Deceuninck already enjoys an excellent reputation in the UK and Europe with its range of PVCu windows and doors. New to the UK is the Decalu Aluminium range based on the already successful European systems. This article gives an overview of what you can expect with Decalu Aluminium by Deceuninck. …
Our Stellar bifolding door review takes an in-depth look at the new aluminium bifold by Epwin Window Systems. A current-generation bifolding door designed for the home or medium-duty commercial markets. What is the Stellar Bifolding door by The Epwin Group? Founded in 1976, The Epwin Group is listed on the …
In our Solarlux bifolding doors review, we look at what makes these German-made premium products , so desirable. As well as aluminium, Solarlux products come in wood as well as a combination of wood inside and aluminium outside. We specifically focus on the aluminium versions in this review; the SL82, …
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