Feb/March 2020

Door Updates
6 Day Doors, the latest venture from the Essex-based Chigwell Group, promises
to deliver market-leading aluminium bi-fold doors in under a week.
The company is offering Smart Visofold 1000 bi-fold in grey, white and black in six
days, with other colours available on a longer lead time.
Explaining how 6 Day Doors have managed to commit to such a short lead time,
managing director Sunny Singh said: “Frankly, I think the industry has got used to
having to wait nearly three weeks for aluminium doors, and so no-one’s felt the need
to invest and speed that process up.
“What we’ve done is simple. Using the resources and expertise of the wider Chigwell
Group, we’ve acquired some cutting-edge machinery and manned it with some
For further info on all these door updates and more, visit www.total-fabricator.co.uk
6 DAY DOORS VENTURE LAUNCHED
experienced and highly motivated fabricators. It’s certainly not easy, but it’s not hugely complex either – if you’ve got the willpower to do it, it can be done.”
The company is offering other products on longer lead-times, including the Smart Visofold 6000 bi-fold and Visoglide Plus patio door. www.6daydoors.co.uk
NEW COASTLINE BROCHURE FROM VBH
Hardware specialist VBH has created a new six-page brochure to help explain the benefits of
its greenteQ Coastline range of stainless steel entrance door furniture.
The range includes pull handles, lever and knob handle sets, letterboxes, door knockers and butt
hinges, all in hard wearing stainless steel. All products are available in brushed stainless steel, with
the levers, knockers and letterboxes also available in polished stainless and PVD gold finishes.
Coastline lever handle sets, letterboxes and knockers are interchangeable with their counterparts
in VBH’s standard greenteQ Suite of door, window and patio furniture so it is easy for fabricators to
upgrade to stainless steel, with its 25 year surface guarantee, when required. vbhgb.com
VBH has created a new six-page brochure to explain the
benefits of its greenteQ Coastline entrance door furniture.
VISTA CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF SUCCESS
Composite door manufacturer and PVC-U panel supplier,
Vista, is celebrating its 25th birthday in 2020.
Composite door manufacturer and PVC-U panel supplier, Vista, is celebrating its 25th
birthday this year.
Vista has been supplying fabricators across the UK and Europe since 1995 and the Wirral-based
company is one of the longest standing infill panel manufacturers. In the composite door market
Vista offers the XtremeDoor, one of the most high-performance composite doors available.
Vista’s managing director, Keith Sadler, said: “We’d like to say a huge thank you to all our past
and present customers for the last 25 years and we’re looking forward to building on what we have
achieved so far and enjoying even more success going forward.” www.vistapanels.co.uk
HARDWARE MEETS FD60 FIRE SPEC
Committed to improving fire safety in all buildings, Yale Door and Window Solutions has successfully
tested a number of its products to meet the FD60 fire door specification.
The FD60 specification tests doorsets to withstand at least 60 minutes protection against fires. Yale’s
AutoEngage multi-point door lock, KM TS007 1-star Cylinder, TS008 letterplate and TS007 2-star handle were
collectively fitted and tested on a 54mm door with Lorient’s intumescent seal, passing the test requirements of
BS 476-22:1987 and exceeding the FD60 time test by an additional 25%.
This doorset assembly now allows architects, specifiers and OEMs to be FD60-compliant, helping to defend
buildings against the spread of fire. www.yaledws.co.uk
36 T F FEB/MAR 2020 CONNECTING THE WINDOW, DOOR & ROOF FABRICATION SUPPLY CHAIN