Clearview National February 2019 - Issue 207 | Page 46

PROUD SPONSOR OF DOORS & WINDOWS
DOORS&WINDOWS
Handsworth jewellers take
a shine to door company
» » WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESSES
seeking positive feedback from customers,
Warriors Doors, a Secured by Design member
company that specialises in manufacturing
secure entrance door sets, has achieved a real
‘gem’ of an accolade.
Out of the 12 jewellery shops in Soho
Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, close to the
City’s landmark Jewellery Quarter, Warrior
Doors has supplied and installed its bespoke
doors to nine of them.
It’s no wonder that Warrior Doors, a
Birmingham-based company, is receiving
commissions both on its doorstep and from
high value jewellers, banks and bullion dealers
when its doors have withstood attacks by
sledgehammers, axes, battering rams and ram
raids by vehicles.
The company’s goal is to maximise security
without compromising on light or visual
aesthetics providing a unique range of high-
specification security doors that have surpassed
the most rigorous security testing to achieve
certification to LPS1175 Security Levels
2, 3, 4 (version 7).
Even Warrior Doors’ SR2
standard composite glazed
doors have withstood vehicle
ram raids and can block a
9mm round. Warrior Doors
is the first company in the
country to have achieved a fully
glazed door to LPS1175 security
level 4 (SR4) that can open either into or
out from a building.
Managing Director, Brett Barratt, said that
spending on security is often underestimated
and not considered as an investment in the
business until the full impact of a robbery is
experienced first-hand. “The real costs are to
people involved who can be traumatised by
the event for months, if not longer,” he said.
Loss of high-value stock, whether it’s cash,
diamonds, gold and watches can have a huge
impact on the business continuity and in some
cases the business never actually recovers,
forced eventually to close down.
Brett explained: “Warrior
Doors has been able to provide some of
the highest quality security doors available
without compromising on the exacting
demands of jewellers towards aesthetic
appearance and maximum vision into their
shops.
“We have worked with a range of high
value retailers including jewellers and bullion
dealers, helping them to feel the benefits of
being protected by a high security door from
Warrior Doors.”
www.warriordoors.co.uk
New Guidelines for Composite Fire Door Sales
» » SALES OF COMPOSITE FIRE DOORS
were suspended following the issue of a press
statement by the MHCLG that named a
number of manufacturers whose products had
failed to comply with Building Regulations
after testing was carried out as part of the
Grenfell Tower investigations. Following
early discussions with the Government, the
ACDM and its members took the decision to
suspend sales unilaterally until evidence could
be shown that manufacturers and suppliers of
such products were testing in full compliance
with the Building Regulations, in addition to a
number of other criteria.
Now, following three months of intensive
discussions between the Association of
Composite Door Manufacturers (ACDM)
and Ministry of Housing, Communities &
Local Government (MHCLG) to resolve
the industry’s self-imposed moratorium on
composite fire door sales, an agreement has
been reached to allow sales to resume.
New guidelines state that fire door set
manufacturers must have primary test
evidence illustrating that products have passed
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the required fire tests from both sides, with
written confirmation from the test house
confirming this result.
Additionally, a director from the
manufacturer of the doors should write a
confirmation to the supplier of the door
blank, enclosing successful bi-directional test
evidence confirming that the door sets they
intend to manufacture and supply will use,
without exception, only the components
within the door sets tested. Continued supply
of door blanks will continue only when such
evidence has been provided.
Andrew Fowlds, Chair of the ACDM, says
that the discussions have been lengthy, detailed
and challenging but with a positive outcome:
“The cost to the composite door industry
during this period has been very heavy, with
a number of casualties in terms of jobs and
revenue. However, as long as all manufacturers
of such products have completed bi-lateral
testing in strict accordance with the Building
Regulations, and provided the necessary
written confirmation to their supplier, then
supply may resume. This is essential to prevent
further damage to an industry that is already
severely weakened and suffering job losses, but
which has reacted positively and responsibly
by voluntarily withdrawing from the market
until this resolution could be found.”
www.acdm.co.uk