Clearview National August 2015 - Issue 165 | Page 36

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New composite door profiles
REHAU has announced that its new composite
door outer frame profiles are now available
to the whole of its fabricator network.
»»Customers can now have a
new 62mm profile suitable for use with a
44mm door slab and a new transom for
fabricating a fixed light above, as well as an
existing 72mm outer frame profile so they can
choose the right solution for them.
Marketing and Technical Director Gareth
Jones says: “The profiles help to complete
our range at a time when the composite door
market is continuing to boom. REHAU
customers can now offer slimmer sightlines
and at the same time offer profiles which suite
perfectly with REHAU TOTAL70C side lights
and matching window installations.”
Additional benefits of the new profiles are
they work neatly with all of the most widely
used low thresholds on the market and feature
standard brush pile height.
The new transom can be either mechanically
jointed or welded and because it is part of the

REHAU TOTAL70C range, it is compatible
with a wide choice of glazing beads so that
customers can choose any size of glazing unit
for the fixed light.
Gareth added: “Customers selling a
whole house of windows and doors can now
offer REHAU profiles throughout without
compromising on any aspect of the fabrication
or the installation.”
The new door profiles, which were
previewed at last year’s FIT show, have
until now only been available to buy as
finished frames from a limited number of
specialist door manufacturers but REHAU
is now making them available to all of its
customers.

‘making them available to all’
www.rehau.co.uk

Heavyweight Champion
»»AluK (GB) has
introduced the new BSF70
HD aluminium folding door
system, providing its customers
with a unique offering that will
help to expand their business
opportunities.
The superior new BSF70
HD features a heavy duty roller
and top guide to accommodate

heavier glass load to an impressive
130kg per panel. The increase
in panel weight means that
fabricators will now be able to
offer their customers a door
system which can carry heavier
double or triple glazed panels,
improving the thermal efficiency
and acoustic insulation of their
homes.

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BSF70 HD also comes with
a built-in alignment pin within
the hinge assembly to provide
accurate and permanent panel
positioning. This added feature
strengthens the panel at each
roller, making the installer’s
job trouble free and provides
accurate permanent positioning.
Furthermore, the BSF70 HD has
an improved bottom hinge carrier
design incorporating stainless steel
rollers with high performance
needle bearings, offering the end
user safe, quiet and effortless
operation.
Graham Hurrell, Commercial
Director, AluK comments:
“Having reviewed products
available on the market, we are
pleased to provide our partners
with the unique offering of the
new BSF70 HD aluminium
folding door system. Combining

the highest standards in
performance with innovative
design features, it gives fabricators
the chance to offer their
customers a unique and market
leading product.”
The new BSF70 HD has been
rigorously tested, achieving over
25,000 cycles with each panel
weighing 130 kilos. The inherent
strength of aluminium combined
with AluK’s unique thermally
broken profile ensures maximum
performance and robustness,
allowing the BSF70 HD folding
door system to stand up to the
challenges of everyday use.
AluK continues to support
the new BSF70 HD with a
dedicated product page, www.
aluk.co.uk/BSF70HD, as part of
the company’s ongoing partner
support programme offering
technical and sales support.