QUICKSLIDE’S LASTING FIT SHOW LEGACY

Fit Show Visitors Get Up Close And Personal With Ggf Group

The Glass and Glazing Federation and its associate bodies encouraged visitors to come and ‘press the flesh’ at the FIT Show to learn more about the organisations, their teams, and the support they offer the industry. Glazing companies from all corners of the sector took the GGF at its word and used the opportunity to find out more about the GGF, FENSA, BFRC, Installsure, and RISA.

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visiting our stand at FIT were particularly interested in learning more about our newly launched Pulse Testing to assess trickle vent requirements on a property. The launch of this service has been a huge help to installation businesses previously worried about the change in Building Regulations and it was clear to see at the show, just what a difference this service makes.

Amidst a veritable ocean of GRP-skinned entrance doors at this year’s FIT Show, Gerda Doors were alone in utilising steel and aluminium for the facings, mounted on engineered, aluminium frames and insulated using PU. Not that the use of metal skins was obvious from their appearance. For whilst the security performance of Gerda doors is impressive, the elegant, contemporary designs and quintessentially British Hawkstone door, belie their robust construction.

There was a real buzz around Quickslide’s ‘Engineering future innovations’ stand at this year’s FIT Show, as visitors flocked for the exclusive unveiling of the newest incarnation of its flagship Legacy vertical slider, which was revealed for the first time at the show. Featuring refined run-through horns and a new slim-line meeting rail, the enhanced Legacy VS will be available later this year. At just 37mm, the slim meeting rail is over a centimetre narrower than its standard counterpart and one of the slimmest and most traditionally styled on offer.

“Period detailing such as timber-look mechanical joints, seamless run-through sash horns, an authentic curvy ovolo frame and deep bottom rail make the Legacy VS almost indistinguishable from the traditional timber designs on which it is designed,” said Quickslide’s Managing Director Ben Weber.

“With this new slim-line meeting rail and the improved run-through horns it will be even harder to spot the difference between our Legacy VS and an actual timber sash window.”

A representative from Mighton, which has partnered with Quickslide, was also on hand at the stand, with information about Avia’s secure intelligent sash fastener that has been launched as part of the Legacy VS range. Designed especially for sash windows, this lock can now be requested as part of the initial window spec. It enables homeowners to tell at a glance of their phone whether their windows are locked or unlocked, and alerts can be set up to be sent to Apple devices, providing peace of mind away from home.

Visitors were also able to find out about Quickslide’s new dual foils for sash windows, as well it’s new aluminium offerings, including heritage doors, AluSpace’s super slim aluminium interior door system and Indi-fold, the versatile aluminium slide-andstack door system exclusive to Quickslide.

Ben said: “This year’s FIT Show was hugely successful and enjoyable, welcoming so many familiar and new faces to our stand to see the future of fenestration.

“Our big news was the unveiling of our new, enhanced Legacy VS – but the whole show itself is a real legacy in our industry and always a highlight in our calendar. Well done to everyone who once again made the FIT Show such a great event.”

Tom Butler, Head of Sales & Marketing at the GGF explains: “We want to be more transparent and accessible to the glazing industry, so were keen to use the FIT Show as a chance to show visitors the extent of our collective support in meeting legislation, addressing the skills shortage, providing responsible recycling schemes, and making sure glazing remains part of the conversation when it comes to the green agenda.”

The GGF was pleased to share with visitors several new initiatives including the Skilled Pathways Scheme, Window of Opportunity research and a timber and pilot glass recycling programme to add to its already successful PVC-U and aluminium recycling schemes. Tom continues: “Home improvement companies

“We were genuinely thrilled that so many visitors to FIT took us at our word and came to our stand to find out more about us. It was great from our perspective to meet the people that are making and installing windows, doors, and conservatories every day. We learned a lot from them, and we are pleased to say that visitors were pleasantly surprised by the vast range of useful and practical services the GGF and its associate bodies now have to offer.

“Our staff were kept busy throughout the FIT Show, discussing all of the initiatives and support services that it provides for every level of the glass and glazing industry, and even taking bookings” concludes Tom, “but we look forward to supporting even more companies with these initiatives following the show.”

Distributed exclusively in the UK by Pioneer Trading, Gerda doors offer market leading thermal efficiency and security that is unrivalled at its price point. Crossrange specification includes multi-point locks, three bolt main locks, anti-burglary vertical bolts, anti-theft pins and optional auxiliary locks for added security. Thermal performance is as low as 0.8 W/m² K for solid doors, futureproofing against the widely predicted values anticipated to follow the next uplift in U value requirements within Approved Document L of the Building Regulations.

Attention to detail is emphasised through the standard provision of keys for every door. Gerda supplies two installer keys, with five homeowner keys supplied separately in a sealed pack. When the installation has been completed, the first use of by the homeowner of any key from the sealed pouch, renders the installer keys useless. This feature is believed to be unique amongst door manufacturers.

A further example of Gerda’s commitment to innovation is the Tedee smart lock, the world’s smallest smartphone-controlled door lock. Tedee provides the convenience of advanced smart-security but interestingly, utilises the existing lock cylinder and hardware, retaining conventional keylocking to provide reassurance to users. Gerda is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of locks and security products, producing ‘white label’ products for other brands. The partnership with Pioneer Trading has allowed Gerda to tailor its residential door range to suit British tastes in colours and designs as well as meeting and exceeding UK and Irish performance standards and compliance requirements. As an example, Gerda has developed the Hawkstone classic four panel, glazed door style for the UK market, in addition to the contemporary designs that have proved popular with UK buyers.