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Aluminium bottom guide track for sliding doors

Posted on 1st May 2014 by helen

A slim low profile full length bottom track and guide for timber sliding doors. The threshold channel has radiused edges allowing for easy wheelchair or push chair access and complies with the Equalities Act (old DDA). The 801s guide is … Continue reading →

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Self adhesive brush strip available for dressing up your Hideaway pocket door kit

Posted on 28th April 2014 by helen

Use this self adhesive brush strip for the gap between the Hideaway pocket door and your timber jambs. The brush will fill a gap up to 7mm wide. They come in 5m lengths, which is enough for a standard door … Continue reading →

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HOPPE AR226 double door selector

Posted on 25th April 2014 by helen

The HOPPE AR226 door selector enables a pair of self-closing doors with rebated meeting stiles to close in the correct sequence automatically, no matter which door is opened first, thereby maintaining the fire resistant seal.  For use with power size … Continue reading →

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Temporary Dwellings in Disaster Zones Built From Cardboard Tubes

Posted on 28th March 2014 by helen

A Japanese architect has won the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize for designing a range of buildings for refugees of natural disasters.  Shigeru Ban uses long cardboard tubes to construct “low-cost but dignified housing” which he first proposed in 1994 in … Continue reading →

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A fire door test at Lorient

Posted on 21st February 2014 by helen

Members of the Institute of Architectural Ironmongers were treated to a fire test at Lorient UK‘s headquarters in Newton Abbot today.  The furnace was fitted with two miniature hinged 30 minute fire doors (FD30s) each with reinforced vision panels.  The … Continue reading →

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Projeto 150G spotted on C4 comedy drama Babylon

Posted on 10th February 2014 by helen

Doorstuff enjoyed Channel 4 police comedy-drama Babylon which premiered on Sunday 9th February – especially when we noticed the sliding gear on the new Director of Communications’ office door in the fictional London Met’ s PR Department was a 3 … Continue reading →

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EUROSPEC CST1015 bathroom indicator & turn

Posted on 8th January 2014 by helen

We stock this 50mm diameter x 8mm thick indicator with coin release and thumb turn for use with a bathroom lockcase or mortice deadbolt on bathroom doors.  It provides easy locking of the door whilst allowing emergency access with the … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on 6th January 2014 by helen

We would like to wish you a happy & prosperous New Year for 2014. Before we get back into the daily rhythm of informational web posting, I thought I would share the lyrics of this lovely song with you (imagine … Continue reading →

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Q: Will the snow effect my delivery?

Posted on 21st December 2010 by helen

(21 Dec 2010) Doorstuff Statement: After being snowed-in yesterday, only Tuffnells are collecting from us today, so there are limited dispatches.  While UPS and Tuffnells are doing their best to get our deliveries to you on time, they are at … Continue reading →

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A digital lock to fit a specific door?

Posted on 16th September 2010 by helen

Q: (from Sharon) I have a solid pine door with a door depth of 34mm (I have measured this several times and it is definitely 34mm or maybe just slightly less) – do you stock a digital door lock that … Continue reading →

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