The aluminium doors, windows and curtain walling products from Senior Architectural Systems are some of the most widely specified in the construction sector. The newest product from Senior is the PURe® Commercial Door. Senior Architectural commercial doors are also extensively used in commercial buildings such as schools, shops, offices and …
The Comar 7P.i CDE Secured by Design Commercial Door is the latest product from Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems. Comar is part of TPG-The Parkside Group. The new Comar Secured by Design commercial is ideal for schools, apartment buildings, shops, offices or other premises. Equally, it meets the needs of any …
Kawneer provides a range of door solutions for residential and commercial property. All Kawneer doors are designed with performance, high security, thermal efficiency and reliability. The Kawneer Entrance Door for residential and commercial applications. From a balcony door in a dwelling to a door set subjected to frequent and even …
When it comes to commercial aluminium doors, there are many reliable commercial entrance doors available from all the major systems companies. The theory behind a commercial entrance door is the hollow door stile designed to accept many different types of locks, latches, panic bars, access control systems and even magnetic …
Many systems companies offer a commercial aluminium entrance door. In most cases, commercial aluminium doors are narrow stile doors, designed to operate with a concealed overhead closer and bottom pivot. There are other variations on the commercial door such as those with a face fixed closer and pivot hinges. They …
Kestrel Aluminium Systems’ window and door systems have again demonstrated their suitability in a high use school environment. Phase two of Ashlawn Schools’ extension of their Expressive Arts Centre is now complete. This ultra-modern facility provides a teacher and student facility within this Warwickshire School. Aluminium windows and doors from …
If you are a door installer fitting entrance or exit doors to buildings that are not dwellings, are you still providing residential entrance doors? The specification of the right commercial door for business premises or a public building will often be the responsibility of the local door company. In some …
Look at any typical commercial door or framing system and you’ll find they use a 100mm frame. These were designed from the outset to accommodate the standard concealed overhead closer, or transom closer as it’s otherwise known. Commercial doors have largely remained unchanged since their introduction over thirty years ago. …
Drive through any town or city and it is often the case that you will see domestic doors fitted in shops and other public buildings. However according to current Building Regulations, the fitting of PVCu panelled or glazed doors is not acceptable because they cannot be specified with the hardware …
It is accepted by the construction industry, architects and reputable installers that when it comes to doors for public buildings, commercial doors are the most suitable and fit for purpose product. Commercial doors are governed by Building Regulations, British Standards and other legislation. One area where guidance and provisions are …
Visit any office block or other large commercial building and it is often the case that you will see aluminium commercial doors installed in plant rooms, boiler rooms or engine rooms. These often small rooms are tucked away at the sides and rear of many buildings housing compressors, air conditioning …
Commercial aluminium doors are frequently used as “controlled entry doors” or for general access control. General access control requirements mean that a building needs to monitor who enters and leaves a building rather than providing general free entry and exit. Typical examples include entrance doors to apartment blocks, factories, offices, …
Aluminium Commercial Doors are the correct product to install in any retail or high traffic environment. This is because the doors themselves and the hardware used on commercial doors has been tested and designed to ensure that it continues to perform despite the many people that can pass through a …
Fitting a front door or shopfront to commercial premises is a very different proposition to fitting residential doors. Whilst it is understandable that the small business owner would contact their local double glazing firm in the first instance, they could be creating a significant problem for themselves. That being said …
What is access control on commercial aluminium doors? Access control is the simple requirement of many shops, offices and other public building to control who can get in and out. A regular shop wants to welcome all its customers with a door that is permanently unlocked and allows any potential …
In choosing hardware for doors, whether internal or external, there is a huge choice of products available. With door sets requiring closing devices, locks, panic hardware, door handles, hinges, fire protection and automation, it can often be difficult to see a wide choice of products in one place. Product literature …
If your business premises are used by disabled people or even people with moderately impaired ability it is likely that even with manual doors they may find it difficult to operate them. Our article on the advantages of having automatic doors in your premises explains more about the features of …
It is not just the door closer, the glass or the weight of the door that can affect its ability to make it easy to use and comply with Part M and BS8300. The other important hardware fitted to the door such as handles, locks and hinges can also play …
Many businesses might consider automatic doors as a luxury or unnecessary expense when designing or refurbishing their building. But installing automatic doors to even a small shop can bring advantages you may not have considered before. You may think that automatic doors are only installed in large hotels, shopping centres …
Concealed door closers, transom closers or concealed overhead closers as they are also known are today widely used in all types of metal, wood or steel doors. Designed to provide a hidden solution to visible door closers they remain the first choice for shop doors particularly in aluminium, otherwise known …
A new commercial door has been launched by the well respected Senior Architectural Aluminium that offers several improvements over their existing well designed commercial door. Commercial doors must be used in any non dwelling environments where a reliable high traffic entrance door is required. If you are an installer that …
The aluminium commercial door is the number one choice for use in just about every type of commercial building. In commercial environments there are regulatory requirements in addition to aesthetic considerations; in particular doors may be required to open and close in a particular manner. In this article we’re going …
The latest generation of Jack Aluminium TD68 commercial doors substantially improves the existing design of these high-traffic aluminium doors for shops, schools, offices and commercial buildings. Easy to make, fast to fit and meeting all manner of specifications for front doors. Jack Aluminium Systems presently offers commercial doors improving substantially …
Aluminium Commercial doors are often required to perform an emergency exit function to commercial and public buildings. Where fire exit doors are required, they will be fitted with either push to exit panic bars (also referred to as crash bars) or push to exit paddle handles. Door closers form an …
Jack Aluminium Systems is a systems company providing a comprehensive suite of commercial and residential glazing systems. These are fabricated and supplied by a nationwide network of aluminium fabricators and supplied to the trade. Products available from Jack Aluminium Systems The range of products by Jack Aluminium Systems covers windows, …
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 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 …
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 …
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, …
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