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Listed below are all Doors, Windows and Shutters products that have appeared in Building Products recently. You can either view details by company (A-Z) or by Product which will list all Doors, Windows and Shutters in order of most recent to appear in the magazine

Richard Burbidge Ltd Fresh ideas for domestic balconies

Housebuilders and developers in search of fresh ideas for domestic balconies can now specify a range of outdoor colour balustrades from Richard Burbidge. Available off the shelf, Fusion Commercial outdoor balustrade is said to offer distinctive styling and flexibility of design, without bespoke costs and lead times. Based on a fusion of timber rails and metal newels, the range is available with a choice of three infill options: hardwood timber balusters, hardwood slatted panels or glass panels.

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Mumford & Wood Ltd Period windows and doors from mumford & wood

Period windows and doors from Mumford & Wood have been used in the sympathetic restoration of an 1810 Tudor-style hall in rural Kent. Materials have been chosen with great care to replicate features of the original building and to satisfy planning requirements. Almost every opening was different in size but the company's bespoke manufacturing processes are said to be able to easily cope easily with such problems even with low volume orders. Factory finishing with water-base paints and stains help to extend life.

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ASSA Ltd Closing doors

Extending its range of door hardware ASSA ABLOY has introduced the 330 series door closer to the range suitable for all internal doors. The series is a cam action door closer with an adjustable strength of power ratings 1 to 4. Meeting the performance requirements of BS EN 1154, BS 8300 and Building Regulations Approved Document Part M guidelines for opening and closing force. ASSA 330 is compatible with the company's door solutions range of electromechanical hold-open systems and supplied with DC194 sliding arm as standard.

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Securistyle Ltd Window and hardware maker securistyle

Window and hardware maker Securistyle, whose products are said to be widely used in the social housing sector, has developed an anti-manipulation door lock cylinder, which prevents 'bumping' - the latest form of burglary. Bumping has become a growing threat because the technique can be quickly learned, it does not require any special tools, and a large number of standard pin tumbler locks are at risk of being opened making home's vulnerable to attack.

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Mumford & Wood Ltd Premium timber window and doors from Mumford and wood

Mumford & Wood specialist manufacturer of premium timber windows and doors, are working toward Enhanced Security certification across the Conservation and Contemporary ranges. This follows significant investment in third party laboratory testing of windows that comply with BS7950 and doorsets to PAS24, for eligibility for the ultimate Secure by Design accreditation.

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Everest Ltd Windows and doors

Everest Commercial, windows and doors supplier to the commercial market, has recently completed its work at the old Stella Maris Hotel in Tilbury, formerly a hostel for merchant seamen. Everest surveyed the site, and prescribed their uPVC casement window sitting on a bespoke aluminium pressed cill, and provided a product specifically designed to suit the changes within the building structure and to take account of the necessary building regulations, such as fire check walls. In total, the supplier provided for 40 flats including a number of doors from both its aluminium and uPVC ranges.

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Pilkington Architectural Coastsl clarity

Passengers at Oban Ferry Terminal are being treated to views of Scotland's coastline while they wait for their ferry to arrive, thanks to the structural glazing system from Pilkington, the Pilkington Planar. The new terminal building incorporates more than 300m² of the Planar system. The insulating glazing units incorporate 15mm toughened Pilkington Optifloat as the outer pane and 6mm Optitherm as the inner pane with a 16mm air gap. Jerry Almond, project manager at the subcontractor who installed the system, said: 'Pilkington Planar met the challenge of minimising the amount of steel used in the glass support structure to maximise transparency. The result is a spectacular structure that gives the terminal a lighter, more natural appearance.'

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Vista System Ltd Welcome to composite doors

Hall 5, Stand B52 For the first time, Vista Group will be showing its Welcome Collection of composite doors Vista's composite doors are fitted with a five point high security Millenco lock, a 70mm bespoke triple seal outer frame with one bubble gasket and two brush seals offering optimum weatherability and low, part M compliant thresholds. Available in many colours, styles and glazing options, they offer the look and feel of traditional timber doors. They come with accreditation to PAS 23/24 and Secure by Design, and a ten year guarantee.

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Kawneer UK Ltd Life is just a BREEAM for office tenants

When the architects were tasked with achieving a good BREEAM rating for an office block that required a striking glazed building façade, they selected Kawneer’s curtain walling and structural glazing. The seven-storey building in Plymouth uses Kawneer’s dry-jointed curtain walling over most of the elevations, complemented by structural silicone glazing, a range of windows with polyamide thermal breaks which are said to offer exceptional thermal performance, and narrow-style doors. The £11million steel frame design and build by Kier Western was on the 2,000m² site of council apartments and a community park and is now a prominent feature on a significant gateway into the city centre. The glass lift and staircase which are clad with Kawneer’s structural silicone glazing are landmark features on it. Michael Board of architects Lacey Hickie Caley said they specified Kawneer: 'Because of the use of its structural silicone glazing with a curtain walling system. 'The curtain walling, silicone glazing, windows and doors, which interact with stone and metal rainscreen panels and through-colour render, were all supplied in metallic grey and installed by SIAC with a brise soleil system.' The building was also intended to look like a glass block, which was another reason why Kawneer was selected.

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Kawneer UK Ltd Enhanced curtain walling system

Architectural aluminium systems supplier Kawneer has enhanced its AA100 curtain walling system with the launch of structurally glazed (SSG) and horizontally capped (HC) options. The SSG option allows a flush appearance to the exterior of stick frame curtain walling to be achieved without the use of visible facecaps. As well as being more visibly pleasing, says Kawneer, it is also more cost effective due to quick installation and reduced time fabricating and installing pressure plates and facecaps. Constructed with structural silicone sealant and an integrated channel profile around the perimeter of the glazing unit, the system utilises toggle clips positioned on the mullions and transoms, to locate into the channel profile and provide the mechanical retention to secure the pane to the curtain wall. It can accommodate glazing infills of up to 37mm. The HC system is a flexible option for specifiers offering a variety of distinctive facecaps to highlight horizontal features of a building envelope.

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