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Chamfered energy efficient windows and doors, designed for new build housing and replacement installations PVC-U windows and doors

Contemporary clean lines - high quality performance The Shield PVC-U window and door system is fully chamfered, with a clean, modern look particularly suitable for commercial applications. Shield is a fully BBA accredited and kitemarked 70mm window system designed and manufactured to exceptional standards. Shield internally glazed featuring a 28mm ovolo j bead With a contemporary chamfer to profile edges that is consistent across window and door sections. Shield has a clean, uncluttered aesthetic that is suitable for both domestic and commercial applications. Shield was first launched as a...

New Build Shield is the perfect solution for developers looking for cost-effective, high performance windows for new build projects. Available in 16 foiled colours alongside White, Shield also comes with a wide range of chamfered and sculptured beads that can help change the aesthetics of the finished window.

Cost effective energy efficiency Combining energy-efficient frames and insulating glass is critical to deliver the required overall window thermal performance. Whether the BFRC Window Energy Rating scheme or the FENSA U-value route is selected as a route to technical compliance. Shield PVC-U window and door products designed by Synseal, coupled with sealed IGU products manufactured by Global Glass, are the ideal choice for a thermally efficient specification, giving peace of mind that installed units will keep on performing, year after year. Window Energy Ratings Window Energy Ratings are...

Sealed insulated glass units, custom-made to project specifications Global Glass can supply double glazed (DGU) and triple glazed (TGU) insulated units in a range of tinted colours and coatings to suit each project, including clear and patterned glass types, solar coated glass, Low-E glass, low maintenance and Argon or Krypton gas-filled options. Sealed unit construction options are aluminium spacer bar, warm-edge spacer bar and warm-edge super spacer bar, with either polyurethane or butyl hot-melt secondary seals Shield domestic specification windows and doors are typically glazed with...

'U'-value specifications The flexibility of the Shield window system enables various window specifications to be used to achieve a given target'U'value.This enables you to specify the combination of glazing and frame style that offers you the best value for any given project. This enables the correct solution to be found for every project, up to and including Passivhaus standards. Specifications to achieve'U'value targets Specifications to achieve a 'U'value of 1.6 Planibel A/Air/Float Warm Edge Pilkington K/Argon/Float Warm Edge Glass: Total+/Air/Float Warm Edge Warm Edge Warm Edge Warm...

Specifications to achieve'A'and'C'Window Energy Ratings (WERs) Planibel A/Argon/Low Iron iss:Total+/Argon/Low Iron Glass: Total+/Air/Float Glass: Total+/Argon/Total+/ Argon/Low Iron Building Regulations Compliance The sub-sections of Building Regulations Part L (2010) refer to different building types and itemise U-value thermal performance. Standards for refurbishment of existing buildings are more exacting and provide options for using WER'whole unit'calculations in place of the established U-values. It is anticipated that a B-rating will replace the C-Rating to become the minimum WER...

PVC-U material benefits Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC-U) is a major thermoplastic material, which finds widespread use in building, transport, packaging, electrical/electronic and healthcare applications. PVC-U has been in commercial production since 1933. It now accounts for about 20% of all plastic manufactured worldwide, second only to polyethylene. The UK produces approximately 500,000 tonnes of PVC-U per annum. The recycling of PVC-U is relatively straightforward, as both production waste and post consumer windows can easily be recycled back into new energy efficient PVC-U products. Unlike...

Shield PVC-U window and door profiles carry a 10 year guarantee. In addition. Shield system profiles are BSI kitemarked and BBA assessed, with manufacture and supply carried out under ISO9001 quality management systems. Every aspect of Synseal's manufacturing processes, from blending to extrusion, injection moulding to foil finishing, from product design and development to full-manufacture of vertical sliding sash windows and conservatory roof kits, is undertaken on-site in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire. Production techniques are largely automated and testing is computerised to ensure a...

Recycled windows for sustainable home building The Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) has been developed by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) and Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) to introduce sustainable building practices for new homes. It is intended as a single national standard for the industry, to drive continuous improvement, greater innovation and exemplary achievement in sustainable home building. Homes are measured against design categories, rating the 'whole home'as a complete package. Design categories included are: Health and well being...

One of the benefits of PVC-U as a material is that it is readily and economically recyclable like all other thermoplastic materials. The primary aim of recycling is to elicit a net environmental benefit through reducing the use of primary resources and/or diverting resources from landfill. There are 3 types of waste we recycle into new windows: We pride ourselves on running efficient manufacturing processes with scrap levels under 5%. We also ensure we recycle all of the manufacturing waste we produce back into environmentally sustainable products. Fabricator off-cuts We take our fabricator...

Shield windows and doors - a wealth of options The Shield range includes top hung or side hung casement windows, tilt and turn casement windows, multi-light combinations of fixed light and opening windows, residential doors, double doors and patio doors.