Glazpart, the leading plastic component manufacturer, is delighted to announce the official launch of “The Glazpartners Programme” – designed to promote the value of customer relationships in the fenestration industry.

The new initiative has already been embraced by a significant number of Glazpart’s customers, from systems houses to fabricators and installers through to distributors and trade counters.

Dean Bradley, Sales Director of Glazpart explains, “This is an exciting new marketing initiative for all companies in the supply chain. Our aim is to promote close customer relationships and to highlight that by working together for mutual benefit, we can continue to develop and deliver products to meet the business’ needs and fulfil the market’s demands.”

The Glazpartners Programme offers the following benefits for all participating companies.

• Listing, logo and promotional article on the bespoke Glazpartners webpage
• Product display and branding on Glazpart’s stands at trade fairs and events (including FIT Show 2025).
• Joint articles for the trade and regional media
• Use of the Glazpartners Logo
• Promotion via social media channels

Dean Bradley adds, “It is now more important than ever for companies to work more closely together to face the many challenges in our industry. In the glazing supply chain, where availability is key and compliant products are a must it is invaluable to collaborate and develop market solutions and opportunities. I am delighted that so many companies have signed up to be Glazpartners and invite others to join.”

If you are interested in becoming a Glazpartner, please contact Dean Bradley, Sales Director 

Dean Bradley of Glazpart says the changes to Part F of the Building Regulations will make trickle vents the hardware that both fabricators and installers have to get their heads around – and use for an upsell.

Bradley writes, everyone in the window & door sector will be aware of the impending changes to the building regulations especially the requirement for trickle vents to be used on most new windows installed.

The lack of ventilation and the harm it does has been ignored by both installers and homeowners – and fabricators, of course. Add a lack of information and education and there has been little incentive or motivation to improve the environment in dwellings.

So the government has decided to act. Not only does poor ventilation damage the internal environment, it damages health. The NHS is aware that better ventilation could save it a small fortune.

The government’s view is that there is a need for regulation to address the issues informed in part by a study that shows that very few homes meet the current minimum ventilation provisions recommended in ADF 2010: 2006.

The government audited 55 sites for compliance to ADF and only 2 sites complied to the 2006 regulations.

Fact Sheets

On 27 June 2019, the UK became the first major economy in the world to set its net zero greenhouse gas emissions target in law. To achieve this by 2050, updates to Part L and F of the building regulations come into force as of 15 June 2022.

Naturally the pace of change and ongoing debate around this has caused much disruption among the construction sector. Particularly concerning are tightening background ventilation requirements under Part F, with the Government making trickle vents mandatory for many new frames. In response, REHAU has developed these simple fact sheets as a reliable aid.

Rehau has worked with Glazpart to supply the 4000 link vent to assist window installers and specifiers with complying with part F of the building regulations – which changed last June in advance of the 2025 Future Homes Standards.

Part F covers ventilation. The change saw effectively made trickle vents mandatory within replacement window frames in existing dwellings and specified frames in new builds.

In response, Rehau has incorporated Glazpart’s new trickle 4000 Equivalent Air Area (EQA) link vent into its existing range alongside the company’s bigger 5000 EQA and the smaller 2500 EQA Link Vents. Its compact size alongside the inclusion of fixing clips enables easier and faster installation into window frames and sashes. The 4000 link vent has the advantage of easily complying with habitable, kitchen and bathroom ventilation regulations (8000 EQA).

Covid-19 is a new strain of Coronavirus which spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop a serious illness.

Covid-19 is a new strain of Coronavirus which spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop a serious illness.

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Following the Government announcement at the weekend we just wanted to reassure you that we are open for business as usual, and we will be despatching orders as planned. If you have an order outstanding with us but circumstances have changed and you need to change the delivery address please get in touch.

Glazpart Ltd takes the safety and wellbeing of our staff, customers and suppliers seriously. Due to the pandemic we carried out an extensive risk assessments on our sites some months ago and have instigated a number of measures to ensure everyone’s safety, these include…

• Installing hand sanitiser stations throughout our premises

• Installing protective screens throughout our office and relevant production areas

• Checking the temperature visitors when entering the site

• Introducing signage across the site encouraging social distancing and recommending best government practice

• Maintaining all doors in an open position to reduce contamination

• All staff in addition can wear a mask whilst on site at their own discretion.

• We’re also registered as a location on the NHS Track and Trace system and we are displaying the QR code across the site

We have great solutions to protect our staff and visitors all inline with Government guidance.