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GLASS&SEALEDUNITS
Reduced Sightline
IGU Issue Addressed
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coverage regarding the manufacture and
compliance of some reduced sightline insulating
glass units, the GGF has addressed the issue
from a technical and GGF policy perspec tive.
If we find that a member is operating
outside of the GGF Rules because of other
authorities’ failings then it is the GGF’s duty
to both guide that member and address the
root cause that is putting that member under
pressure to act in a way that takes them
outside of the GGF Rules.
Reduced sightline units is an area that is
simply not a case of black or white. Break the
GGF Rules for your own advantage without
cause then you are expelled. We must uphold
the highest standards for the sake of the GGF
and its members.
But if a member is part of a supply chain
that puts pressure on them to supply or fit
products that may breach standards then the
GGF must do two things:
1. Give definitive technical and legal advice
to member - we have done that in this
case.
2. Highlight to other parties that unless
they uphold the same standards then
inevitably this will isolate our members
and make them vulnerable. Architects,
planning authorities, heritage groups,
Chartered Trading Standards Institute all
have a part to play to address an issue that
affects us all.
The GGF has referred one manufacturer
to Trading Standards and although they
will not confirm whether or not they have
investigated and given they are still trading
the same products, it can only be assumed
that Trading Standards have yet to deal with
the case.
The GGF has recently published a new
guidance document;
Insulating Glass Units (IGUs) -
Conforming to the Construction Products
Regulation (CPR). http://www.ggf.org.uk/
publication/insulating_glass_units_igus_
conforming_to_the_construction_products_
regulation_cpr
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