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11/05/2012

Blairs Fire Escape Secured By Design

Blairs Windows have again led the way in innovative timber window design by achieving Secured By Design status for a Fire Escape Window.

Allan French of Blairs stated: "The Blairs Double Swing window is a fantastic solution for many applications. Looking like a sliding sash but able to have both sashes safely cleaned, tested for airtightness, water tightness and winds election to hurricane standards this is a remarkable product.

"To then take this product, which is 20% cheaper than sliding sash windows, and test them against a sustained burglar attack is phenomenal. We have achieved the Police Preferred Specification of Secured By Design and have been awarded an SBD License. We are on the SBD website, which is the real acid test.

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"What I'm really excited about is that NO other manufacturer has invested in developing and testing a Fire Escape window to achieve both the weather performance but also the SBD standard. Our investment programme has continued to deliver world class products with full certification in product performance."

To see the Blairs full range of SBD products from sliding sash to fully reversible and Tilt and Turn windows, visit the Blairs website www.blairswindows.co.uk or contact Allan and the sales team on 01475 721256.

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