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JANUARY 2016 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
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LABSS APPROVAL GRANTED
The recently-introduced Celsius Solid Roof system from
Synseal is now fully approved and registered by the
LABSS (Local Authority Building Standards Scotland)
as checked for compliance with Scottish Building
Regulations under certificate number EWS550.
Construction of a completely new
solid roof or replacement of an
existing conservatory roof with a
retrofit solid roof involves a statutory obligation to submit a Building
Regulations application. The scope
of Synseal’s updated certificate
number EWS550 now covers England, Wales and Scotland to facilitate mandatory legal technical
compliance procedures for site
locations in all three countries.
The thermal performance specification
to meet Scottish Building Regulations is
more demanding and the required U-value
of 0.15W/m2K (calculated to BS EN ISO
6946:2007) is achieved by supplementing
Celsius Solid Roof’s standard Envirotile,
breathable membrane and 142mm Kingspan TEK structural insulated panel roof
assembly with a Kooltherm K18 insulated
dry lining plasterboard internal finish to
provide an additional non-bridged layer
which is 42.5mm overall in element thickness.
“The market opportunity for retro-fitting
existing tired old conservatories is significant and our fast-fitting Celsius Solid Roof
has a traditional all-timber core construction to provide a truly warm yet relatively
lightweight structure that will not unduly stress existing conservatory window
walling structures and foundations,”
comments Synseal’s Head of Marketing,
Mark Schlotel. “Celsius Solid Roof has
been carefully designed to avoid excessive
loadings and weighs the equivalent of our
popular Global or K2 aluminium/PVCu
conservatory roofs glazed with toughened
roof glass.”
www.synseal.com
Switching
Secures
Customers
North East Panels has
switched to Avocet’s
new ATK snap secure
lock.
The Washington-based
company, which produces
over 400 completed door
units per week will be fitting
the new TS007 3-star rated
and SS312 Diamond accredited Euro cylinder on all of
its Secured by Design doors
with immediate effect.
In addition, Avocet’s Affinity door handle is now being
fitted as standard on all its
SBD doors and its bar handles are to be used across all
doors.
Jimmy Wood, North East
Panels’ national sales man-
‘selecting a new
supplier was
straightforward’
ager, said: “Having made the
difficult decision to switch
suppliers, the job of selecting a new one was straightforward.”
Key among these products
was Avocet’s new ATK lock.
Designed to deliver the
ultimate protection against
lock-snapping, ATK features
Avocet’s patented locking
cam system, which secures
against common forms of
attack such as snapping,
bumping and drilling.
The new range also
includes one of the only
Sold Secure and Secured
by Design rated thumbturn
locks on the market. Incorporating Avocet’s new click
secure system, it makes
use of a positive click turn
action, which means it can’t
be bypassed with the wire
tools that make a great deal
of other thumbturns a major
security risk.
ATK also comes with a
standard key, which allows
all leading locksmiths to
produce them quickly and
easily, and end-user registration is not required.
www.avocet-hardware.co.uk