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Built for the ground floor.
Shopline shopfronts

Shopline is the ground floor framing system: 50mm profiles, 100mm frame depth, anti finger-trap stiles and Document M compliant thresholds. It is a non-thermal system, and we will say so rather than let you find out at building control.

50mmProfile sightline
100mmFrame depth
24 – 28mmDouble glazing
Doc MCompliant thresholds

Say the awkward thing first

Shopline is a non-thermal system. There is no thermal break in the framing. For a shopfront, a school entrance or a severe duty commercial door that is normally exactly right, because the doors are opening and closing all day and the thermal envelope is being handled elsewhere. But if somebody has told you Shopline is a thermally efficient system, they have not read the brochure.

Thresholds

Document M compliant thresholds are available, which is the detail that matters on a public building and the one most often missed at quotation stage. If your job has an accessibility requirement, raise it at enquiry and we will specify the threshold properly.

Doors it takes

Swing, rebated, automatic swing and automatic sliding. The framing also accommodates all Smart windows and horizontal sliders, so a shopfront with an opening vent above it is one system rather than two.

Detail

Anti finger-trap stiles and concealed transom closers as standard, with sightline options at head, midrail and cill so the proportions can be set to the elevation rather than to the system.

Specification

The numbers, as published.

SYSTEM
Smart Systems Shopline
PROFILE WIDTH
50mm
FRAME DEPTH
100mm
THERMAL
Non-thermal system. Complies with Doc. L for thermal transmittance
GLAZING, SINGLE
6mm to 12mm
GLAZING, DOUBLE
24mm to 28mm
DOOR TYPES
Swing, rebated, automatic swing, automatic sliding
THRESHOLDS
Document M compliant thresholds available
DETAIL
Anti finger-trap stiles, concealed transom closers, sightline options to head, midrail and cill
SASH INSERTS
Accommodates all Smart windows and horizontal sliders
APPLICATION
All ground floor treatments and severe duty doors
MATERIAL
Aluminium alloy 6060/6063 T5/T6 in condition F22 to NBN P21-001 and DIN 1725
SEALS
EPDM to DIN 7863, TV 110 NFP 85301, ISO 3994
FINISH
Polyester powder coat to BS 6496 and APA-Qualicoat guidelines. Anodised satin or bronze with EWAA/EURAS-Qualinod label
FABRICATED
Cut, machined and assembled at Unit 7, Marden, Kent
FIGURES
As published by Smart Systems

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The Emmegi twin-head saw in the GXG Aluminium factory at Unit 7, Marden, KentEmmegi twin-head saw, Unit 7
Inside the factory

One building, from bar to finished frame.

The saw, the machining centre and the benches are all in the same unit in Marden. Nothing goes out to a third party and comes back late. If you want to see where your order is, you can stand next to it.

Where
Unit 7, Guardian Industrial Estate, Pattenden Lane, Marden, Kent
Cutting
Emmegi twin-head saw
Machining
CNC machining centre
Assembly
Built and glazed on the bench, in the same building
Profiles
Smart Systems
Supplied to
Twelve counties, Kent to Devon
Visitors
Welcome. Ring first and someone will walk you round
Come and see it
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© GXG Aluminium · Trade aluminium fabricator · Marden, Kent
GXG Aluminium is a trading name of Gilham and Gilham Glass Co. Ltd, company 05369985. Invoices come from Gilham and Gilham.