Clearview National April 2015 - Issue 161 | Page 37

DOORS&WINDOWS

New mainframe
boasts 8-chambers
Sheerframe 8000, the very latest
suite of lead-free 70mm window
system profiles from the pioneers of
thermoplastic extrusion, now offers
a new 8-chambered mainframe
option designed to provide an
array of specification benefits.
»»Available in
popular contour styling, the new
8-chambered mainframe is slim
in appearance with a large face
of 52mm to complement the
60mm intermediate frame and
the 70 x 70mm large frame.
When used in combination
with a 5-chambered sash fitted
with an expanded PVC foam
Thermlock frame reinforcement
and 44mm Argon gas-filled
triple glazing, the 8-chambered
mainframe window specification
will comfortably deliver an A+
WER “zero carbon” thermal
performance with an impressive
U-value of just 0.8 W/m2K.
With a 14mm wide rebate
upstand and a 56mm glazing

area, the Sheerframe 8000
system offers a future proof
choice of 28mm, 36mm, and
44mm double and triple glazing
along with a glass bonding
platform built in from the start.
“The 8-chambered
mainframe gives greater
structural strength and
enables fabrication of largespan windows requiring
no reinforcement in most
cases,” comments David
Strang, Sheerframe’s Group
Key Account Director, “and
this new Sheerframe 8000
profile specification is also a
winner in terms of reduced
cost and superior thermal
performance.”

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