Clearview National March 2015 - Issue 160 | Page 64
HARDWARE& SECURITY
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Three Elements of a Premium Quality Door
Now, presuming you have found a
unit of the right material, style and
colour, Roto Frank suggest these are
three of the most important benefits
when manufacturing a door:
1. Security & Safety
It is most people’s prime
emotional concern: the feeling
their home is adequately
protected against intruders.
However, as well as keeping
unwanted visitors out, you also
need a door that allows you to
get outside quickly in the case
of an emergency, a fire being the
most likely imagined scenario.
2. Sealing
Keeping wind and rain
and, in some cases, floodwater
out of the home is obviously
important. Plus, there is no
point in having good thermal
performance if the door isn’t
kept permanently, tightly shut.
A good weather seal also helps
reduce noise, keeping out traffic
sounds and whistles due to
wind.
3. Long-term
Reliability
A door should be reliable
for at least ten years, and can
last much longer if properly
maintained.
Three sides to
every door
To be assured of those three
benefits, you need to consider
three aspects of the door. These
are the locking side, the hinge
side and the threshold. The first
two have always been important
of course, but that third one,
the threshold has become
increasingly relevant in recent
times as more doors are specified
in line with accessibility
requirements.
The Locking Side
When it comes to door locks,
no range of products would be
complete without manuallyactivated, mechanical systems.
Traditionally, these are either
completely cylinder-operated,
in which the user turns the key
several times to lock or unlock the
door; or they can be of the liftlever type. These locks allow the
user to lock the door by lifting the
lever handle and then making one
turn of the key.
For cylinder-operated locks,
the Roto Safe C range has all you
need. However, if your customers
would like to take advantage
of the convenience of lift-lever
operation, check out Roto Safe
H.
The Roto Door Safe A category
includes all of the automatic
multi-point locking systems for
doors. By “automatic” we mean
doors that lock themselves with
minimal input from the user.
An example of this is the Tandeo
system, in which the main locking
points on an entrance door all
click shut in the manner of a
central latch. This immediately
provides a high level of protection
against unauthorised entry. For
night time locking, the cylinder
can be used to further deadlock
the system.
Then of course there is the
wide range of electromechanical
options under the Door Safe
E brand. With the Eneo C/
CC system, you can lock and
unlock a door without having to
find your keys. The system can
be configured using a one-click
remote control, Bluetooth mobile
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phone connection and even
fingerprint recognition as well as a
PIN code keypad.
For every cylinder requirement,
there is the Roto Cyl-Tec range,
which includes keyed-alike
and knob-turn variants of all
cylinders. Six-pin technology
and 240,000 combinations are
just two of the reasons why Roto
cylinders comply with Grade 6 of
the EN 1303 standard.
The Hinge Side
Any door is only as reliable
and as secure as its hinges.
Butt-type hinges may be seen as
the more basic option, however
the Roto Solid B range of butt
hinges offer a number of benefits,
especially for the installer. They
are adjustable in three directions,
and by just one person alone.
They have pre-assembled parts to
reduce installation time.
For heavier-duty applications,
there is the extensive Roto Solid S
range of surface-mounted hinges.
This includes models that can
be used on doors up to 160 kg.
Roto surface-mounted hinges are
available for PVCu, aluminium
and timber profiles.
The Threshold
Last but not least, everything
for this area can be found in the
Roto Eifel range of thresholds for
barrier-free doors.
Eifel T is the threshold for
main entrance doors; Eifel TB
works on Turn-Only terrace and
balcony doors. As with all Roto
door products, these thresholds
are designed with both the
fabricator and end user in mind.
For the manufacturer, there are
15 installation depths to choose
from, covering 40 to 140mm.
Striker plates can be inserted
straight in without having to
modify the threshold profile.
For the homeowner, the
products provide resistance to
driving rain and a high level of
isothermal efficiency. They are
also designed to reduce the risk
of condensation forming around
the base of the door. If weathersealing is proving difficult to
achieve, check out the Automatic
Floor-Door Gasket Texel, which
seals the threshold by moving
downwards as the door is closed.
The level of attention to
detail that has gone into the
development of the Roto Eifel
range is reflected in the range
of Accessories available for the
system.
For more information visit
www.roto-frank.com