Pro Installer September 2014 - Issue 18 | Page 40

40 SEPTEMBER 2014 PRO INSTALLER PRO PRODUCTS www.proinstaller.co.uk illbruck proving to be a winner at all angles Following on from Tremco illbruck’s successful FiT Show promotion ‘Have One on Us’, an initiative giving installers the opportunity to be trained free of charge in the use of illbrucks system designed to maint ain the A-Rating of domestic windows when fitted, Clearview magazine was invited to attend the installation training session of one of the promotion winners, Andy Glass Windows, Oxford. Tremco illbruck is already a prominent supplier in the commercial window and construction market, offering a range of innovative sealant products for window installation, facade construction, and other internal and external building applications. The business recently took the decision to target a selection of their window sealant products towards the domestic window replacement market and utilised the FiT Show exhibition to showcase their range. Clearview travelled to Oxford to join Andy Glass Windows at their training and installation session. Andy Glass Windows has supplied and installed a range of commercial and domestic installations including windows, PVCu and composite doors, bi-folds, garden houses and house extensions in local areas around Oxford for the last 20 years. Andy Glass Windows chose to install triple glazed windows, fabricated from the ‘Residence 9’ profile system.The flush fitting sash style system takes on the characteristics of a traditional 19th century sash timber window and was a great choice for the type of property being installing into, a stone built village hall, about the size of a domestic property. Clearview was also joined by illbruck Tremco’s marketing manager, Fraser Higgins and business development manager, Steve Wild. Fraser commented “The FiT Show, ‘Have One on Us’ promotion was a storming success, with a great deal of interest from many installers coming on to the stand to enquire about our domestic market product offer, in particularly the Trio TP651 tape, and associated products” “The TP651 Trio is used for sealing joints and corners around a window or door and gives amazing air-tightness which in turn offers excellent thermal insulating properties, maintaining the windows ‘A’ rating with no leakage around the frame.” Steve continued. Part of Tremco illbrucks promotional offer to the installer was to supply all their products free of charge for the training project and give the installer on-the-job technical training on how to apply the products and install the windows. Steve explained the benefits of using TP651 Trio when installing a frame, “The TP651 Trio not only offers a more thermal efficient solution over the majority of silicone based sealants, it also allows the installer to install the frames 20% quicker because of the way in which it is applied” “TP651 is a pre-compressed sealing tape, comprising of open-cell polyurethane soft foam, which is then impregnated with flame-retardant synthetic resin. The different vapour diffusion properties are achieved through a unique, one sided patented impregnation, it also utilises the properties of water-vapour permeable sealing, making it less permeable on the inside of the application” “The correct tape size is applied around the frame of the window or door and to the cills, before fitting to the aperture. The tape starts to expand once taken from the coil and expands to securely seal the frame within minutes.”Steve concludes. Illbruck TP651 Trio allows installers to fit and forget their window or door structures, reducing call backs, and a similar system (illbruck i3) is proven in the commercial sector where companies have been using illbruck sealants on installations with great success for several years. illbruck’s technical staff has now carried out visits to sites with more than 20 different companies who responded to the exhibition promotion and the trials of the product have been extremely well received. Installers are able to compare the benefits that TP651 Trio gives over silicone sealing and current feedback is that the companies which have been given the opportunity to trial the product will continues to use it on other installations. Andy Glass Windows general manager Andy Aspel, commented “The TP651 Trio tape was an ideal solution for the particular installation we were doing at Stanton St John’s village hall. Illbruck had the perfect solution in order for us to fit the windows more quickly and with minimal disruption. Illbruck’s technical staff were superb, offering fantastic guidance and knowledge. We were seriously impressed with the products we used and will definitely be using them on our installations.” The TP651 Trio is suitable for most domestic applications including PVCu and Timber windows and the system is featured in their latest brochure ‘A-Rated Insulations for Domestic Window Systems.’ To find out more visit www. illbruck.com/en_GB/solutions or call 0191 419 0505, or email [email protected]