GT Securi-Panel Enhances the Security of Bead Glazed Panels in PVC-U Doors

GT Windows says that it has been a well known fact that many people within the window industry have had concerns regarding the use of bead glazed door panels and security. Some panel suppliers have correctly introduced reinforcement sheets sandwiched in the centre of panels which means that intruders could not easily cut their way into a property through a panel.

However, there was still an issue relating to the integrity of PVC-U doors bead glazed with panels. Systems companies and fabricators would acknowledge that the most difficult product to submit for security testing is a panel glazed PVC-U door. PAS 24 testing subjects doors to rigorous hard and soft body impact testing as well as human intervention techniques which many panel glazed doors failed i.e. until GT Windows introduced a simple solution namely the GT Securi-Panel.

GT Securi-Panel is a panel fixing component manufactured from high carbon steel and is designed to be used specifically with door panels containing 5mm thick reinforcement sheet sandwiched in the centre. The GT Securi-Panel component is located onto the reinforcement and is then screw-fixed to the internally beaded door frame. Fitting the concealed Securi-Panel component effectively renders the removal of the door panel virtually impossible without destroying the door frame. The GT Securi-Panel component was developed by GT Windows Limited in collaboration with a systems company and a panel producer.

Fitting conventional glass retention clips has provided a good measure of security but installers seeking additional enhanced security will find in the GT Securi-Panel component an effective solution. With 5mm thick reinforcements incorporated in door panels combined with robust GT Securi-Panel components the window industry can now confidently market and install PVC-U doors bead glazed with panels, knowing that security is no longer an issue.

Doors glazed with 5mm reinforced panels and the appropriate numbers of GT Securi-Panel components, correctly positioned, have successfully passed ‘hard and soft body impact’ tests and human intervention tests in accordance with PAS 24.

It is a measure of its success and popularity that several systems companies have specified the GT Securi-Panel components in their technical manuals.

GT Windows Ltd has designed and produced a number of security accessories that have been specified and used by many major systems companies, trade fabricators and retail installers in the window industry. GT's products include the new thermal Lug-Fix launched recently, Securi-Clips and Stay-Guards.

For further details of GT Securi-Panel components and other products available from GT Windows telephone Graham Taylor on 01242 527260 or 07850 228679 or e-mail: grahamgtwindows@btinternet.com

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