Clearview National July 2016 - Issue 176 | Page 64
HARDWARE& SECURITY
MEETING THE NEW BUILDING
REGULATIONS SECURITY RULES
»»VALUABLE ADVICE ON
how to meet the new security
requirements within the English
Building Regulations has been
published by the Door &
Hardware Federation (DHF),
which represents the UK’s leading
manufacturers of door and window
hardware and locks.
For the first time, the Building
Regulations require new homes
to incorporate measures to resist
unauthorised entry by casual or
opportunist burglars.
The DHF Guide to Approved
Document Q of the Building
Regulations advises architects,
specifiers and housebuilders how
the new provisions of Document
Q can be met, specifically by
choosing doors and window
hardware that meet the required
standards.
The guide also gives
comprehensive information on
how the performance of doors
and windows can be checked and
assessed.
The new security obligation
under Document Q covers main
entrance doors, windows and
interlinked doors to integral garages
in houses. It also covers external
entrance doors to apartment blocks
and to individual apartment doors
that open into common areas.
Document Q states that doors
and windows will meet the new
security requirement if they are
sufficiently robust and fitted with
appropriate hardware.The DHF
Guide provides practical guidance
on how this can be achieved.
In particular, the guide describes
how all easily accessible doorsets
providing access should comply
best practice guide
with PAS 24:2012 or other
standards that provide similar or
better performance to ensure they
are secure.
In the case of bespoke timber
doorsets, the guide details the
security standards required for
construction materials and door
hardware components including
locks, hinges, letter plates, door
limiters and glazing.
The guide also lists the applicable
standards relating to windows to
meet the Document Q obligation
that all easily accessible windows
and rooflights should be secure.
DHF General Manager and
Secretary, Michael Skelding, said:
“Door and window suppliers
now need to demonstrate to the
housebuilder that the products to
be installed meet the requirements
of Document Q. In addition, Building
Guide to Approved Document Q of the Building Regulations
2010 - England
Security of dwellings
Control Officers will need to check
and assess the evidence offered
by the contractor to determine
whether the installed doors and
windows comply with the relevant
standards.
“The DHF guide recommends
that third-party certification is
obtained from a UKAS-accredited
certification body that has checked
and assessed the evidence relating
to the doors and windows.”
www.dhfonline.org.uk
CELEBRATING SASH WINDOW SUCCESS STORIES
WITH INSTALLATION OF THE MONTH COMPETITION
»»ARE YOU AN OUTSTANDING UPVC
sash window installer with an uncompromising
commitment to quality work and exceptional
service? Then flourishing sash window
fabricator Roseview wants to hear from you.
Celebrating a phenomenal six months, in
which it made a landmark first FIT Show
appearance and upgraded its best-in-class
uPVC sash window the Ultimate Rose,
Roseview is now turning the spotlight on its
valued trade clients, with the launch of its
Installation of the Month competition.
Roseview marketing manager Mike Bygrave
explains, “With the Rose Collection, we’ve
created the most authentic, highest quality
uPVC sash windows available. Naturally,
that means that we’ve been lucky enough to
attract some of the best installation businesses
in the country as customers – and now, we’ve
decided we want to celebrate them and their
achievements.
“Each month, we’ll encourage our installers
to email or tweet pictures of their best work.
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If you tweet, make sure to use the hashtag
#sashcomp. Myself, our MD Willie Kerr,
and others here at Roseview will review the
submissions – and the one that impresses us
the most will be named our Installation of the
Month.
“Any project involving our Charisma
Rose, Heritage Rose, or Ultimate Rose is
eligible – so if you’ve recently completed a
Rose Collection installation you’re particularly
proud of, please don’t hesitate to get in
touch.”
The Rose Collection has been precisely
engineered to match a classic timber verticalsliding sash down to the finest details, without
compromising on energy efficiency, thermal
insulation or ease-of-maintenance.
Competitively priced and highly versatile,
the Eurocell-based Charisma Rose is the
perfect fit for price-sensitive commercial
contracts. The Heritage Rose, based on
the REHAU system, is often accepted in
conservation areas, and can be fitted with our
run-through sash horn as an optional extra.
Incorporating run-through sash horns and
timber-style mechanical joints as standard, the
Ultimate Rose has been used to compliment
historical buildings all around the country
- including Parkwood Hall School in Kent,
Brighton General Hospital and Ross on Wye’s
Castle Lodge hotel.
For more information call Roseview on
01234 712 657 or visit www.roseview.co.uk