10 January 2025
To meet the regulatory requirements, window and door manufacturers often have to work with suppliers to find the best solution that is not only compliant but also provides a finish that meets homeowners’ expectations. A good example of how collaboration works best is illustrated by Quickslide’s forward thinking to develop the Modular Vent working in partnership with Glazpart – the UK’s leading glazing components manufacturer.
Based in West Yorkshire and operating from state of the art facilities in a 150,000m2 space, Quickslide has supplied installers UK wide with some of the best windows and doors on the market for over 20 years.
Quickslide’s high quality products and flexibility to cater to homeowners’ bespoke requests give them a real edge in the market but it is their innovation for which they are renowned. Two decades ago they introduced the affordable traditional styled vertical sliders made from modern materials that offered both high thermal efficiency and security.
Quickslide use Glazpart’s award winning Link Vent for all their products except for their PVCu Vertical Sliders, a product which the fabricator is very much synonymous with! The Legacy PVCu Vertical Slider is Quickslide’s flagship product and one, on which they have built their reputation.
When it comes to vertical sliders, fabricators face an additional challenge to get full compliance at the same level as casement windows while retaining the classic heritage looks. Quickslide offers ‘heritage without compromise’. Which means offering the best in industry-leading standards of performance in an authentically styled traditional window.
In partnership with Glazpart, Quickslide developed a bespoke vent solution for their Legacy VS range to enable all their welded vertical sliders of more than 1055mm in width to carry 12,000 EA in a single window, meeting the Building Regulation (Approved Document F) requirements for ventilation in England, Wales and Scotland.
Sandra Berg, Marketing Manager of Quickslide commented, “It’s not just a trickle vent to us. We manufacture premium heritage products with a traditional look, which is why it’s important the vents were colour-matched and woodgrain foiled to match the wood effects of our windows and doors”.
Glazpart’s Modular Ventilator provides trickle ventilation in accordance with the Building Regulations Approved Document F1.
The product has undergone a radical redesign to improve the performance and aesthetics of the product and to bring it in line with the latest regulatory changes introduced in June 2022.
As part of the review, the vent is also available in a wider range of colours and finishes.
The product is specifically designed for “Through Profile” PVC-u applications using a 19mm routed slot. All ventilators are “Clip” fixed with the advantage of rapid fitting to profiles.
The unique feature of the modular vent is the potential to assemble the ventilation EQA you need by clipping the modules together before fitting to the windows.
The Modular Vent’s key features
- The highest performing trickle vent for watertightness at 1000 Pa
- Spring Clip fitting (No Screws) (Saves time per window to install)
- Unique closure mechanism provides for adjustable ventilation with a positive action
- 2000 EQA performance for each module fitted
- LABC certified
- Available in 100s of colour options and combinations
- One of the shortest width trickle vents on the market
- Perfect for heritage style windows
To increase further collaboration Quickslide became Glazpartners in Spring 2022, when the award winning customer support programme was launched by Glazpart at FIT Show in Birmingham.
On the partnership with Quickslide, Dean Bradley, Glazpart Sales Director commented, “We are delighted that Quickslide are Glazpartners and that we provide ventilation solutions for their market leading products. Our collaboration and innovation to produce the Modular Vent is the perfect example of how working together can deliver great results.”