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Permadoor Previews Eco Option Composite Door at CIH Exhibition
Permadoor, the composite door specialist, will be showcasing its specialist eco option addition to its GRP composite door range at this year’s CIH Housing Exhibition.
Visitors to stand C169 will be amongst the first to see the new eco option composite door, which features a door frame fabricated from RECO22, an innovative framing system, which is the first of its kind made from 100% post-consumer waste PVC-U, fully closing the recycling loop.
The frame profile also has an aesthetically appealing white wood grain effect finish, which complements the door leaf.
In addition, Permadoor is now offering every door glazing style in three options, including an argon gas filled sealed unit which, in some models, can achieve U-Values of as low as 0.7W/m2 K.
Says Adrian Sunter, Permadoor's National Sales Manager: "The launch of RECO22 is a breakthrough in reducing CO2 emissions for the door industry. Independent Research figures indicate that recycled profile has only 6% of the carbon footprint of a PVC-U profile using virgin material."
"We aim to demonstrate at CIH how the frame and certain door cill options of Permadoor's new eco option door can be supplied with recycled composite material (RCM) as a cost effective and sustainable alternative to steel or aluminium reinforcement."
"Specifiers will also be able to see how choosing the eco option, does not mean a compromise on aesthetics, to maintain or even increase resident satisfaction, itself is an important measurement of procurement efficiency."
Permadoor's Reco22 doorframe with RCM reinforcement and dedicated hardware is compliant to PAS23 and PAS24. The standard is a requirement for compliance with Secured by Design 2009, which is a prerequisite for all sectors of social housing and to maintain insurance protection.
Part of the Epwin Group, an independent British business with substantial manufacturing and processing plants in the UK, Permadoor has a full suite of accreditations including ISO 14001 (environmental), ISO 9001(quality) and OHAS 18001 for health and safety.