DOORS Designed
excellence BOSGmbH Best Of Steel frames are the key to improving your specification for door sets, providing your clientswith durable, flexible and surprisingly attractive solutions. Providing your contractorswith frameswhich are fast and easy to fit andmanufactured away fromsite in environmental and quality controlled conditions. BOS products are central to the process of specification because the frame houses and accommodates all of the door elements. Fromthe simplest door function to themost complex; features such as access control, sophisticated locking and door automation are all part of the technology of the frame. Think ‘frame first’ and you are already on the right path. To assist you in this regard, the company provides an ‘Architect Consulting Service,’which offers complete systemsolutions for the door/frame element and produces CAD drawings at short notice. For more information email
mj@bestofsteel.co.uk or telephone 0800 014 8985
Phoenix Fire Doors prove theirworth
Norfolk Frames Phoenix Fire Doors, part of their City Collection of GRP Composite Doors for the social housing sector, are being praised for helping to save the lives of the occupants of a block of flats, including disabled residents, froma serious fire outside their homes in the early hours of
themorning.Melanie Allen of Derby Homes explains: ''Thiswas a significant fire that started when amotorbikewas set alight at one-thirty in themorning, in the entrance to a block of four flats. Fire crewswere quickly on the scene after the alarmwas raised. However, the Norfolk Frames residential fire doorswere key to saving the residents fromserious injury.'' Norfolk Frames Phoenix Composite Fire Door sets are manufactured to the highest standards of quality and are independently certified by UKAS accredited test laboratories using destructive testing in order to prove the door sets structural performance andmaterial behaviour under severe fire conditions. The range of doors is offeredwith 30minute and 60-minute fire ratings. For more information visit
www.norfolkframes.co.uk
Shedding newlight
on door design Glazed interior doors can make a real difference to rooms and corridors, whether by providing clear visibility for safe access or to add a touch of designer flare to an otherwise plain door. Either way Vicaima can now offer rapid delivery of desirable and functional glazed options for housing, hotels, commercial and public buildings. Choosing Vicaima factory glazed doors means more choice for house builders and developers trying to stand out from the crowd. Innovative styling includes intricate multi- pane glazing, bold full width openings or even vertical strips. These openings are further embellished with glass variations such as bevelled effect, plain and even sand blasted glass patterns.Where performance is crucial to the door design in locations such as commercial and public buildings, factory glazing makes perfect sense. For more information telephone 01793 532 333, email
info@vicaima.com or visit
www.vicaima.com
NEWARRIVAL AT ST PANCRAS INTERNATIONAL
The St Pancras Grand Brasserie, Oyster and Champagne Bar - located alongside the Eurostar platform of St Pancras International - has installed Fireco's hard wired System X with Dorgard X wireless fire door retainers to legally and safely hold open fire doors and enhance access without compromising fire safety. The Brasserie is a very busy environment, with waiting staff constantly moving from the
kitchens to dining areas often carrying heavy trays. Dorgard X legally and safely holds open fire doors and enhances access, automatically closing them in the event of a fire emergency. When the fire alarm sounds, Dorgard X receives a signal from System X to release the fire doors, preventing the spread of fire and smoke. Formore information telephone 0845 241 7474, email
sales@firecoltd.comor visit
www.firecoltd.com
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