Refurb Projects September 2018

GLASS & GLAZING
Kawneer launches a super-robust and super-thermal
commercial entrance door
Manufacturer introduces the AA®190 TB door to its portfolio.
An entrance door with classleading
thermal
performance that is so
robust it is offered with a
lifetime guarantee has been
launched by Kawneer, the leading
UK manufacturer of architectural
glazing systems.
Kawneer’s AA®190 TB door
features welded corner construction
– the strongest aluminium door
construction available, with each
corner having four separate weld
points, each of which has a ‘lifetime
guarantee’. Rigorous testing has
verified its exceptional strength and
durability, making it suitable for use
in severe-duty applications as
defined in BS 6375-2: 2009.
With regards to weather
performance, the system has Class 2
(300 Pa) air permeability, Class 3A
(100 Pa) watertightness and Class C2
(800 Pa) wind resistance, results that
are based on an open-in double
door with butt hinges and rebated
threshold.
An all-purpose door for use in
high-traffic areas and automatic
entrances, it is as suitable for
internal as it is external applications,
for refurbishment as well as newbuild,
and for all sectors, particularly
education, healthcare, commercial,
and leisure and retail. With security
hardware it meets Secured by Design
criteria.
The door is designed to accept
glass units up to 43mm thick, with a
maximum leaf weight of 120kg with
an overhead closer and a maximum
of 200kg using the floor closer, all
with leaf sizes up to 1320mm wide
and 3000mm high.
As well as its high strength and
robust properties, the AA®190 TB
door also provides improved thermal
performance. A whole-door thermal
transmittance of Uw = 1.7 W/m2K
can be achieved with a glass centre
pane of Ug = 1.0 W/m2K.
The AA®190 TB door is offered
with a finger guard pivot stile as
standard, providing child-friendly
reassurance, safeguarding against
injury to fingers that might be
accidentally caught between the
hinge stile and frame.
Independently tested to PAS 24:
2016 for the enhanced security
performance of single and doubleleaf
external doors, the enhanced
security is available for both pivot
and butt hung doors which can
feature panic hardware.
A range of multi-point lock
options provides security solutions
for all applications including panic
doors and electronic access control.
There is also a range of thresholds
including drained low thresholds
compliant with the Equality Act 2010.
For ultimate design flexibility the
AA®190 TB door is available as
single-leaf and double-leaf in openin,
open-out and dual-action swing
doors suitable for automatic
powered operation. Additionally, the
AA®190 TB door can be used with
automatic sliding or bi-parting
entrance systems.
Naturally, the door is available
with its own thermally broken
framing system – 451PT, which
suites with other Kawneer
fenestration solutions.
All door options are available in
an extensive range of single or dualcolour
finishes.
The AA®190 TB door is extruded
and thermal breaks added before
painting and in-house fabrication –
all in the Kawneer factory at
Runcorn.
Kawneer’s new AA®190 TB doors
have already been specified by
architects Foster + Partners at
Central Square in Cardiff, including
on BBC Cymru’s HQ.
Tel: +44 (0) 1928 502500
www.kawneer.com
Schueco Jansen renovation window is the preferred solution
Janisol Arte 2.0, the secondgeneration
renovation window
from steel systems specialist
Schueco Jansen, is proving
popular with architects because of
its enhanced specification, improved
performance characteristics and
ability to satisfy the aesthetic
concerns of local authority planners
and conservation officers.
Now being seen as the preferred
solution for many refurbishment
projects, especially those involving a
listed building, elegantly ‘retro’
Janisol Arte 2.0 offers an enlarged
range of profiles with slim sightlines
from 25 mm. A wider choice of
glazing bead shapes – right-angled,
bevelled, scotia and flat – makes it
even easier to find an exact match
for the steel windows being
replaced.
Furthermore, since laser-welded
profiles can now be added to
standard Arte profiles, mullion spans
can be significantly increased, so
enabling the Janisol Arte 2.0
window to accommodate much
larger areas of fenestration.
Available in all the opening types
commonly encountered in both preand
post-war industrial buildings,
maximum vent weights have
increased to 150 kg thanks to the
introduction of state-of-the-art, 3D
adjustable stainless steel hinges.
Another benefit is that simpler
fabrication techniques reduce
manufacturing time by up to 85%,
meaning that six and a half Janisol
Arte 2.0 vents can be produced in
the time it took to make a single
vent in the previous system.
Special new foam profiles
located between the glass and the
frame mean that the insulation in
the Janisol Arte 2.0 window has
been significantly enhanced and
following the introduction of insert
profiles – which also speed up
fabrication times – results in
drainage that is even more reliable.
In addition, because all Janisol
Arte 2.0 profiles now go through the
latest ZF 100 galvannealed hot-dip
process, corrosion resistance has
been improved and processing
weldability enhanced.
Finally, as well as standard,
premium-quality steel profiles, clients
can opt for Janisol Arte 2.0 profiles in
high-grade austenitic 1.4401 stainless
steel or Corten steel, completing a
specification that is thought to be
unmatched by any other renovation
window on the market.
mkinfobox@schueco.com
www.schueco.co.uk
10 SEPTEMBER 2018, REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS