Door Industry Journal - Spring 2020

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Entrance & Bi-folding Doors 102 THE door industry journal spring 2020 Distinction Doors Launches New Glazed Cassette Leading composite door supplier, Distinction Doors is pleased to introduce its new 9D Quarter Glazed cassette. Launched in response to customer demand, the new snap-fit projected cassette will be a popular choice for the company’s Stable Door and will offer increased design flexibility for five other door styles. The 9D Quarter Glazed launches with an obscure glazing range – Clear, DD-Cots and DD-Stipp. The Mini Blind and two decorative glass options will follow. The new cassette provides customers with consistency in colour and design, while consumers will benefit from its superior aesthetics. Colour options include Black, Blue, Green, Red, White, Distinction Anthracite Grey and Distinction Chartwell, alongside stains, Rosewood and Gold Oak. Bespoke colours are also available upon request. Distinction Doors coats its cassettes using paint with the same batch number as its associated door blank to ensure a perfect colour match, where applicable. The 9D Quarter Cassette will be available for 44mm doors only. Design options for the cassette measuring 606.4mm wide x 623.5mm high, include Stable RES05; New England ES10; Rustic Renown RR17; and three contemporary options - ESC39, ESC40, REC39. www.distinctiondoors.co.uk New Security Standards for TD68 TD68 thermal, commercial door from aluminium systems specialist Jack Aluminium has passed the STS202 test, making it one of the most secure aluminium commercial doors on the market. Jeff Pearson, Sales & Marketing Director at Jack Aluminium explains: “For a growing number of architects and specifiers, PAS24 accreditation isn’t enough. There is real demand for an aluminium commercial door set that had passed the STS202 standard, and as we already had the robust, secure TD68 door, it made sense to continue pushing it.” “I’m thrilled to say it passed with flying colours. The STS202 test is brutal and focuses on continuous attacks on the glazing and the beading as well as attacks on the locking systems with large jemmies. The great news for fabricators? There is no difference in the door fabrication process. No additional locks, no additional rebates, no additional design solutions were applied – it’s the standard TD68 door. “I’d like to say a big thank you to the team at RED Systems in Neston, who identified that this higher security standard was becoming more and more prevalent in the marketplace. Like us, they were fully confident that the TD68 system could cope with the rigours of this test. The test doors were fabricated by the expert services of Paul Evans Architectural in Leeds who as always did a superb job of manufacturing the TD68 door sets for the test.” Jeff adds: “Input from our customers is so valuable to us to ensure that we are delivering the products they need. RED Systems supported us all the way through this process and their attendance at the various tests was instrumental in achieving the STS202 – BR2 level standard. “STS202 is another important standard to add to the long list of accreditations that the TD68 holds. This door goes from strength to strength – it’s the ideal solution on projects where higher security standards are being specified.” For more information visit www.jackaluminium.co.uk or call 024 7646 7449