Door parts and accessories
The following CPD materials have been assessed and approved by the RIBA.
Learn how to better specify the correct hinge for the right application. This presentation offers guidance on door specification, legislation, Building Regulations, fire and safety in use, CE marking, MANDEC and the Equality Act.
SIMONSWERK has over 35 years’ experience in the manufacture of high quality brass, aluminium and stainless steel hinges for doors, windows and conservatories. Ranges include fully concealed systems and solid brass hinges with concealed bearings and load capacity to 160kg.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45-50 minutes
This CPD seminar focuses on five key learning aims and addresses the concept and significance of performance door blanks. It looks at the appropriate documents that make up Building Regulations, and its limitations and conflicts. It also allows specifiers to develop an appreciation of door testing and rating for such things as fire and acoustics, as well as demonstrating how this is driven through the increasing demands of legislation. Finally, it examines latest developments in door blanks.
Established in 1757, James Latham plc has been importing and distributing timber and wood-based panel products to the UK for more than 250 years. Under the continuing direction of the Latham family, the business – whose current management team includes a number of eighth generation family members – has developed into an industry-leader in panel products, hardwood, hardwood flooring and joinery quality softwood, and now offers one of the most comprehensive and varied product ranges available in the market today.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes
The purpose of this seminar is to provide architects with an understanding of: the principal components of sliding and folding door hardware; their modes of operation; how to successfully specify sliding and folding door hardware; specification pitfalls; relevant standards, and; examples of successful applications.
P C Henderson has long been acknowledged as a world leader in the design and manufacture of sliding gear systems for sliding and folding doors. Henderson products are very versatile and can be used in a multitude of applications, moving everything from wardrobe doors, glass panels, timber doors, warehouse doors, shop fronts and gates.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: one hour
This seminar offers architects and designers all the information needed to create flexible and versatile space solutions when specifying door gear. The learning aims include: what sliding and folding door gear is, where it can be used and why one would use it, together with some advantages of the systems; materials used, and; specifying the correct system, including the first steps of specification, the specification process itself, and specification considerations.
Hillaldam Coburn Ltd is a leading UK manufacturer of sliding door systems and offers a wide range of products to suit domestic and commercial applications, from kitchen cupboards to aircraft hangers. It has a history of commitment to quality and technical development. Products are always produced to the appropriate British Standards and constant testing ensures that quality is maintained. A programme of product improvement is regularly reviewed and updated.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: one hour