Tradelink, the UK’s leading supplier of doors and windows to the trade has moved to address the latest tightening of the Building Regulations, by adding the Smart Alitherm 400 system to its range of aluminium solutions; suitable for commercial contracts as well as new build and refurbished residential properties.
Offered in flush or chamfered styles and with a wide choice of colours as well as hardware options, the Smart Alitherm 400 is also the first thermally broken aluminium system on the market to feature the manufacturer’s pioneering co-extruded glazing gasket. This means the quick-glaze beads are supplied with the gaskets post-extruded into the profile, speeding up the fitting process as they are simply tapped into place on site.
The excellent weather and thermal performance of the windows is matched by that of the matching Smart Alitherm 400 doors, which are available in both single and double as well as open-in or open-out configurations.
Smart Alitherm 400 can also be combined with Smart’s designer door panels and the company’s range of standard door furniture, including colour-matched lever handles and the Quantum range of stainless steel hardware, to create elegant and contemporary entrance doors.
The Divisional Head of Special Projects for Tradelink, Stuart Walker, comments: “The Smart Alitherm 400 is an advancement on the 300 system and responds to the latest changes in the Building Regulations’ Part L making it possible to meet the enhanced requirements. So now with the new standard offering you can achieve a U-value of 1.6 W/m2K and an ‘A’ energy rating without upgrading to triple-glazed units. This means it meets the new, limiting value for new build work as well as the energy rating for replacement projects.
“Having the gasket already integral to the extrusion definitely offers a time or labour-saving benefit to the installer and brings aluminium back in line with UPVC alternatives. The combination of better thermal performance and improved installation characteristics, as well as the excellent security and stylish appearance, makes the Smart Alitherm 400 an attractive proposition for our trade customers serving the commercial as well as residential sectors.”
The Smart Alitherm 400 range of doors and windows is available with a lead time of three to four weeks while, across its production base in Cambridgeshire, Tradelink has been investing in increased stockholding to ensure its operations are more resilient and can keep up with customer demand.
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