Aluminium Panels offer many benefits in building design.

The Link, Thamesmead is one project enhanced with the use of aluminium panels.

Aluminium Trade Supply has focused largely on aluminium door, window and curtain walling systems as well as hardware and standards.  However there is one growth market and that is for aluminium panels. You may not automatically think about aluminium panels, but they remain a staple part of fenestration especially in curtain walling and for doors. [...]

Is the Passivhaus Window the Next Energy Rating?

With energy ratings set to change again, the Passivhaus window could well be our future Standard Product.

With energy ratings set to change again, the Passivhaus window could well be our future Standard Product. A rated windows are now pretty commonplace.  Not only do most window companies have to sell them, most customers expect to find them and buy them.  More companies sell A rated windows as standard than ever before. It [...]

Hybrid Windows and Doors. Part 1

Composite or Hybrid Windows offer the advantages of aluminium externally and beautiful wood internally

Hybrid or Composite Windows and Doors. Composite or Hybrid Windows offer the advantages of aluminium externally and beautiful wood internally Hybrid Windows will most likely be the next big thing.  There are already established businesses in the UK such as Velfac, Scandinavian Window Systems and Senior Systems, all with an established product range available now. [...]

A Rated Windows Condension Issues

Failed double glazed units will demonstrate condensation between the panes of glass.

Aluminium Trade Supply regularly follows the blog of Renegade Conservatory Guy by Matthew Glover and we recommend you also read his excellent blog if you don’t already do so. With all the promotion of A rated windows at the moment and all the issues surrounding energy ratings for doors, triple glazing and more, I really [...]

New Door Energy Rating Schemes in September 2011

This month will see the British Fenestration Rating Council bring in the BFRC Door Energy Ratings Scheme (DER). This has been on the cards for a while and the energy rating label will apply to all sorts of residential doors such as standard swing, french doors, bi-folding doors, sliding folding doors and patio doors. The [...]

Window Energy Ratings vs Triple Glazing Debate

Energy Rated Windows

Whatever your views the WER vs Triple Glazing Debate is set to continue. What will you do? The debate regarding WER’s and Triple Glazing is set to continue for a long time to come.  Is this whole issue simple a selling and marketing tool? Will WER’s simply be overtaken by triple glazing in time to [...]

Triple Glazing Part 5

Triple Glazing

Much can be done to reduce heat loss in our homes overall apart from replacement triple glazed windows In the final part of our posts on Triple Glazing we continue the discussion. It is interesting to see how other countries are looking at the energy efficiency of windows.  I know of one manufacturer in Switzerland [...]

Triple Glazing Part 4

Wood Composite Triple Glazed Windows

There is no doubt that triple glazing offers advantages over double glazing but it is the energy efficiency of the building as a whole as well. So does triple glazing make sense? It seems that in the years to come triple glazing will be a factor and many companies are out there at the moment [...]

Triple Glazing Part 3

Triple Glazed window

Ensure that triple glazing is right for you if sound insulation is the key factor In Part 3 of our posts on triple glazing we look at the sound insulation advantages triple glazing can offer. With double glazed units, sound insulation can be improved by having a thicker pane of glass to the inside of [...]

All about Triple Glazing, Part 2

Energy efficient home

The construction of the triple glazed unit is important in offering the energy saving and sound insulation benefits In our second post on Triple glazing, we look at the structure and assembly of it.  Much of it is similar to the construction of double glazed units but there is more behind it and not simply [...]