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Swish launches easy make, easy fit, slim-line bi-fold door
SWDS/088 February 2010

Swish Window and Door Systems has launched a new slim-line bi-fold door offering, delivering significantly improved aesthetics and manufacturing and installation efficiencies.

Designed to go head-to-head on aesthetics with aluminium and timber products, the new bi-fold door from Swish replaces door profile opening leafs and face mounted track and hinges with traditional aluminium track roller system and concealed hinge mounting.

This delivers significantly improved sight-lines – half of current mullion widths. In addition it eliminates the need for mitre sash ‘T’ and ‘Z’ combinations and includes a low threshold option. Weather performance is also improved with the introduction of flush closed door leaf perimeters.

Speaking ahead of the door’s consumer launch at the National Homebuilding and Renovating Show at the NEC in March, Paul Lindsay, general manager, Swish Window and Door Systems, said the new offer combined technical innovation with increased consumer appeal.

He said: “The system eliminates many of the problems associated with other PVC-U bi-fold door options and elevates it in terms of aesthetic appeal on a par with much more expensive aluminium and timber systems.

“It gives our customers a strong sales platform in a growing market. Bi-fold doors have huge consumer appeal and we have a product that has been developed specifically to tap into that demand.”

This includes a number of manufacturing efficiencies, not least the elimination of the ‘Z’ and ‘T’ sash welding and preparation requirement. A simpler outer frame also makes fabrication easier while assembly has been simplified cutting costs for the fabricator.

Installation is also easier because there is no need to allow separately for upper and lower face mounted tracks as the new fully integrated design provides a more robust solution.

Paul added: “We have done a complete re-design, eliminating the things that made manufacture or installation of previous designs more challenging and simplifying the process, engineering in enhanced aesthetics and performance at every turn as part of that process.”