Updates For further info on all these door updates and more, visit www.total-fabricator.co.uk 'GET READY FOR THE UKCA MARK' URGES MD Wojciech Brozyna, MD of Aluprof UK, is urging manufacturers selling external fire doors in the UK to ensure that all their products are reassessed through UK Approved Bodies before the end of this year. In an article, (which can be read at www.total-fabricator.co.uk), Wojciech (pictured right) states how, following Brexit, the UK now sits outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and as a result has launched its own ‘UKCA’ conformity mark. This, says Wojciech, means that all products produced (inside or outside the UK) for UK use must carry the new UKCA mark. Both the CE mark (widely used throughout the EU) and UKCA marks can be used this year, but from next year (2022), all products sold in the UK must carry the UKCA mark. Wojciech writes: ‘In Northern Ireland, manufacturers have their own UK(NI) mark to comply with, which must be used alongside the CE marking. Whilst Great Britain will accept the UK(NI)+CE marked products known as ‘unfettered access’, products manufactured in Northern Ireland only need to carry the CE mark if they are to be sold solely in the EEA. Part of the reason for the difference in Northern Ireland is that whilst Northern Ireland sits within the EEA, from the 1st January <strong>2021</strong>, it is now outside the EU Customs Union. It must be reiterated that for products manufactured and sold in Northern Ireland, they must always carry both the CE mark and the UK(NI). ‘The ‘product’ from the ‘end fabricator’ must be CE marked (accepted up to the end of <strong>2021</strong>) and/or UKCA marked. This refers to all the parts that make up the final product from various suppliers such as the framing system, glazing and hardware. This must be declared in one document and on installation, it is not possible to substitute any part. The product, such as supplied in a firescreen, including doors and glazing, is supplied to site complete in a fabricated form. Glazing can be supplied separately on a stillage but must be supplied by the ‘end fabricator’. ‘The door and sidescreens, or top-lights, must fall within a single overall frame, it is not possible to declare and UKCA mark a coupled door frame to a side screen or toplight. The company installing the product on-site may be another company who has sourced the product from an ‘end fabricator’. It is the manufacture of the installed product that carries the responsibility for the UKCA marking by ensuring that the installer follows detailed installation instructions.’ aluprof.co.uk DISTINCTION LAUNCHES NEW FIRE SYSTEM Distinction Doors has introduced a new, fully compliant FD30 composite fire door system through new brand, fds (fire door systems). The new system, Neuma fds, has consistently proven fire resistance with 44 individual test specimens subject to 22 bi-directional fire tests, achieving an average of 45 minutes integrity. The fire door system was independently tested to EN1634-1: 2014 by EU notified body test houses. To address variables in test laboratories and prove consistent performance, Neuma fds experienced the same test methods across three countries and was installed in both rigid and flexible supporting wall construction. Every fire test was filmed. All submitted doorsets featured the same letterplates, viewers, and auto-throw lock to underpin the need for consistency in testing. A variety of overhead door closers were also tested. Neuma fds not only demonstrates integrity against fire but also delivers on ambient smoke control (EN1634-3:2004), security (PAS24:2016), weather (BS 6375), sound insulation (Approved Document E) and thermal performance (Approved Document L). www.firedoorsystems.co.uk ONLINE SUCCESS FOR HALLMARK DOORS Hallmark Doors and Panels has recorded a threefold increase in orders since the first lockdown and, as a direct result, has been able to make investments in the business totalling £1m. When the sudden shift online happened in 2020, Hallmark was in the fortunate position of already having what it describes as a ‘market leading’ web presence and online ordering system in place, created by The Consultancy. This, it believes, has been key to its achievements. Paul Spencer, Hallmark’s sales director, said: “We’ve been working with The Consultancy for more than three years and during that time they have built us a brand-new website, created a dedicated ordering portal and delivered bespoke online door designers for both trade and retail window customers. These were already helping us to support existing customers and win a significant number of new ones before the pandemic, but the real exponential growth for Hallmark came in 2020, which is when we were able to see the true value of the investments we had made.” www.theconsultancy.co.uk 32 T F APRIL/MAY <strong>2021</strong> CONNECTING THE WINDOW, DOOR & ROOF FABRICATION SUPPLY CHAIN
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