Twenty powder-coated aluminium sample bars fanned across a dark studio surface with anodised bronze at the centre, lit square-on so the matt, satin and Sablé textures are distinguishable.
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Colours
213 RAL colours plus anodised, in matt, satin or textured, with dual colour inside and out as standard.
- Stock colours
- 24, no charge
- Other RAL
- Adds 2 weeks
- Powder coat
- 60–80 microns
- Qualicoat Class 1 and Class 2 approved
- 1000 hours salt spray tested
- Coating guaranteed for 10 years
The whole colours square on and filling the frame, in the single colour throughout configuration, shot level in flat overcast light against a plain wall so the proportion and the frame-to-glass ratio can be read without perspective.
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Close detail of the meeting line at eye level in raking light, tight enough that the joint and the seal are legible, with the background thrown out of focus.
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The hand-level detail: powder-coated to frame ral photographed in use on the matt, 30% gloss finish, close enough to show the surface texture and the fixing, with a hand on the handle for scale.
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From inside the room looking out through the colours, the unit open where it opens, late afternoon light on the floor, so the product is seen the way it is lived with rather than the way it is sold.
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The colours at dusk from outside, closed, the room lit behind the glass, so the finish and the glass line read against the light.
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Specifications & options
Colours
Description
213 RAL colours plus anodised. Powder coating goes on at 60 to 80 microns and is Qualicoat approved; anodising is 20 microns and will not chip. Dual colour is standard, so grey outside and white inside costs nothing. Matt at 30 per cent gloss is the most-specified finish on Sharp jobs. Qualicoat Class 2 polyester goes on exposed and coastal elevations inside the 120 road miles we cover. The 24 stock colours run inside the standard programme; other RAL and anodising add about two weeks. The coating carries the same 10-year guarantee as the installation.
Specify it when
Decide once the system and the glass are settled. Colour changes appearance and about two weeks of programme, and nothing about performance.
Specification
- RAL range
- 213 colours, plus anodised
- Stock colours
- 24, no cost, no added programme
- Powder coat thickness
- 60-80 microns, polyester
- Approval
- Qualicoat Class 1 and Class 2
- Anodising
- 20 microns; natural, bronze, black
- Gloss levels
- 30% matt, 70% satin
- Texture
- Sablé fine texture
- Dual colour
- Standard, no cost
- Salt spray
- 1000 hours to BS EN ISO 9227
- Coating guarantee
- 10 years
- Lead time
- Stock colours inside the 6-8 week programme; other RAL and anodised add 2 weeks
Configurations
- Single colour throughout
- Dual colour, inside and out
- Colour-matched hardware
- Colour-matched rooflight kerb and flashings
Finishes
- Matt, 30% gloss
- Satin, 70% gloss
- Sablé textured
- Anodised natural, bronze or black
- Metallic
Hardware
- Powder-coated to frame RAL
- Satin stainless
- Matt black RAL 9005
- Antique bronze
Performance
- Weather
- 1000 hours salt spray; Qualicoat Class 2 for coastal and exposed elevations
- Thermal
- No effect on Uw. A black frame on a south elevation runs about 30 degrees C hotter than a white one in summer sun; allow for expansion on runs over 6 m
- Durability
- 20 micron anodising will not chip; powder coat touch-up carried out on site
- Security
- Coating applied after machining, so PAS 24 test evidence is unaffected
Twenty powder-coated aluminium sample bars fanned across a dark studio surface with anodised bronze at the centre, lit square-on so the matt, satin and Sablé textures are distinguishable.
1:1More in details
Cross-section of a triple-glazed unit held vertically in a gloved hand against a bright window, sharp focus on the two black warm-edge spacers and the argon cavities, background thrown fully out.
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Glass
Close-up at 45 degrees of a matt black lever handle and concealed hinge on a half-open aluminium door leaf, morning light raking across the finish, the five locking points visible along the open edge.
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Hardware
A Chiswick sash window and a Marylebone steel screen photographed together in the showroom glazing zone, one set behind the other, shallow depth of field holding the sash sharp and the steel soft.
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Collections
Two door corners set side by side on a white sweep — a 52 mm bi-fold sightline on the left, a 20 mm slim-sliding interlock on the right — with a steel rule laid across both for scale.
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