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Not convinced it's a blown unit, really difficult to tell but it's potentially the Low E coating or just a really dirty unit inside, I'd be on the phone with the supplier and get them out to replace it. If it's not on the external or internal panes that can be cleaned it fails GGF guidelines on glazing units. Your supplier will be replacing them tbh, they'll raise a complaint to their glass supplier.

Speak to your supplier(s), few options about including concealed door closers.

I should emphasis, that it isn’t across the board and depends where you are but ask 10 different BCOs from 10 different areas and you’re likely to get 10 different answers. Not just on this but in general. A prime example is these full height turn and tilt windows (turns first, tilts second). Rejected initially with customer being informed they “must” install a balustrade. A bit of a fight with BC and eventually accepted a simple child restrictor as above diagram. Exactly the same principle, flat out rejected everywhere else. Slightly unique here due to the external venetian blinds required and nowhere to fit a balustrade but still accepted.

They’re a law unto themselves at times but I agree with them when that call is made, EEWs should not be key lockable.

They can and they do, they’ll accept a push button lock but not key lockable.

I have to stick my hands up, I’m wrong on that and I’ll check if/when that changed. As in my experience and from what I recall BCs reject key lockable handles in escape windows. You can’t escape if the handle is locked from operating and no key is present.

No minimum height but there is a maximum height (1100). Escape windows cannot have lockable handles unless a push button handle. Doors above ground are fine but they cannot open into fresh air without being guarded for protection from falling (balustrade). If opening out onto a balcony for example, then no fall protection, just glazing protection as the glass is below 800. Edit: Apologies, should have mentioned that your supplier should be telling you all this @MikeSharp01 They are correct in that it’s your / architects / contractors responsibility to ensure regs are met. However, they should be fully aware of the regs and ensuring they comply.

To note, 800 from FFL for glazing is about safety primarily and not about protection from falling, unless above ground floor. Which is where the 1100 comes into play for fire escape. The opening window cannot be above 1100 (might be 1150, need to check). If it is a fire escape window it cannot be below 800 without restriction and if it does, it can’t be a fire escape window and must be higher than 800 without restriction. Which means it cannot be lockable either but you can get away with using a push button lockable handle.

Those should all be treated as safety glass for protection against falling to EN12600 class 3 or BS6206 class C. Most BCs will want the inner pane to be laminated to withstand 0.74kN others will accept toughened inner and outer pane to be circa 6mm. As the openings are below 1100 from FFL, they will look at fire escape (if required) plus safety to prevent someone from falling via the opened window. Edit: for fire escape, the window when opened must have an obstructed area of 0.33m2

You just need to give your SAP guy the performance declaration. They don’t (shouldn’t) need individual items calculated uvalue. On your sheet, you should account for the sides (jambs), top (head), cill (bottom) Uf values. Jambs and head are likely to be the same but the cill is likely to be different. You should also use the psi value for the spacer bar and that should be good enough for the Uw but in all honesty, your window supplier should be able to give you each window value calculated to ISO 10077-1. I’d be concerned if they couldn’t.

They are a decent enough window, around the same as Rationel, Velfac but not really had a great dealing with them tbh. I can’t really give as much insight.

That a CSCS card is not a legal requirement? https://www.cscs.uk.com/about/

There isn’t any legal means to use FENSA or CERTASS all they are, are self certification to building control. That they have been installed by someone “that knows what they are doing”. You can request building control to check yourself, you don’t even need to do that and it’ll cost about £150/£200 at point of selling.

There is actually no legal requirement for them on any site 😉

Honestly? None but knowledge and experience essential tbh. You need a CSCS card. However, every supplier recommends fully trained/certified product installers to install their product. It’s not rocket science but it’s not an easy job, can be physically demanding, with long hours, long distance travelling, constant B&B/hotel and lots of time away from family. I would say that knowledge of the buildings, materials used, equipment (which all require training and certification on) is required.

Quick update, we eventually received the daughters number, one of our install teams are going out on Sunday to survey and we’ve had numerous offers of free doors, trims, mastic etc. The auld man is going to be treated well, and he’ll have a well finished and nice looking door after this. Kent news apparently want to cover the story but that’s not what we’re all doing this for. The window industry might have a bad rep and rightly so on occasions but it is also full of really nice and helpful people. I’ll post an update once it’s surveyed/installed. To those that donated to the just giving page, it’s not reached it’s target, it’s unlikely to be needed and I’ll find out whats happening with the donations. Thank you.

If they’re suggesting that, then the system must have really poor performance and changing the glass ain’t going to do shit tbh. A shit frame is still a shit frame.

Why would you? It’s not needed for the reasons you have said.

Wish I could but I don’t have any of their details.

We’ve got the door covered and trims installation etc. sorted. Just waiting on confirmation of address etc and it’ll be taken care of. but yeah @Temp @joe90 couldn’t agree more.

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/andrew-whitelaw?utm_term=jBN9ZGDDk

Click link above, post is open to all. I don’t know exact location unfortunately.

Damn right it’s fraud, really angry and if I can help I will. link to the guys facebook page with more info. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159427619507149&id=550087148

I don’t have much info to go with but one of the dads in a group I’m in has started a crowdfund to help a 90 year old man out who has been totally ripped off. Massively ripped off and makes you really angry and sick. They have installed this as an external door, you can’t even lock it. I have nothing but I can use to help. Looking to see if anyone in the kent area might have something that they can help with. I wish I was joking but this is no joke from what I know. I’ll get the crowdfund link but I’m more hoping someone has a door they no longer need, that “might fit”.

Bracket fix, why would you want to screw through the frame? Only screw through the frame if no other alternative in all honesty. Removing the beads, you'll need to be careful removing the excess silicon, if you catch the edge of glass and it shatters, it's a new pane required. Toughened glass's weakest point is the edges. You'll also need to be careful when putting the bead back on and pinning it, the pin should arc back away from the glass and usually would be done in factory with different type of nail gun. You'll need to do this with a hammer and pins and straight and will need to be careful not to nip the glass. You'll then need to silicon again as it looks like a wet sealed system. Why would you need to remove the glass to install multipoint lock keeps? Does the door not already have multipoint locking?