HARDWARE & SECURITY
Reinvented
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SEEMINGLY UNCHALLENGED , BIfolding or fold and slide doors have been the headline product in the industry for the last ten years .
Fully meeting consumer and commercial demand for large areas of glass to deliver the maximum amount of natural light and the sense that the inside and the outside of a building are almost one , it is little surprise that their popularity has grown so rapidly .
But now , an old industry favourite is making a comeback . The Lift and Slide Patio Door has been reinvented , with outstandingly innovative technical gearing providing benefits to the customer hardly possible even on the most advanced bi-folding door .
General Manager at Siegenia Adrian Vicker takes up the story “ The Siegenia
Portal HS Lift and Slide Patio gearing is truly outstanding ”.
“ It encapsulates everything you would expect from German engineering and has been designed to be the most complete system imaginable . It provides a real opportunity for large Lift and Slide Patio doors with an opening width of up to 12 metres- for so long a real favourite in the industry to enjoy a real resurgence and to take back market share from bi-folding doors ”.
“ Individual sashes on PVCu , Timber or Aluminium Doors up-to twelve metres wide gives the fabricator something completely new to think about and offer the end user – a single operation of a handle to open up a complete façade of their building with the utmost ease ”.
“ Such is the advanced level of technology designed into the product that it has a soft close damper built in to it – as you might have on a kitchen drawer for example - meaning that the door even at its largest size simply slides gently back into the locking position and all of this from a single movement of the handle ”.
“ There are other great features too – sashes up to 400kg and available with a barrier free low level threshold - the ECO PASS which allows you to just manufacture the “ goal posts ”.
“ The gearing is available in optimum production modules to help the fabricator avoid waste during the production process ; it has night ventilation built in and handles are available in a vast range of colours including white , cream , brown , black , bronze , silver and titanium ”.
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