Aluminium Window Services Ltd provide replacement parts for most types of aluminium joinery, hardware including internal and external doors or windows, shower doors etc. Our focus is the DIYers and home handy person who are replacing or repairing their own joinery, and who want to save on trades person fees. We provide hardware for new joinery and many of the older obsolete styles. We believe it is important that you have the option of repairing or replacing with original parts hence our wide range of available parts. In our on line product catalogue you will find hardware, fittings, rollers,stays,handles,hinges, flashings and other parts (over 200 products) to service your aluminium door and window joinery (all pricing includes GST) If you can not find what you require, please contact us or visit our shop and we will try and locate the parts you need. We stock a wide range of different aluminium joinery manufacturers hardware and are able to source from many different suppliers.
Contact us and if possible supply a digital image, description or sketch of the part required, as we may be able to source them for you. If the part is no longer available we may be able to advise on a method of modification or replacement without having to replace the full joinery unit. If you need help in fitting the parts we can arrange contact with qualified and experienced trades people to assist you. Aluminium Window Services Ltd Products and Services: Aluminium door and window hardware Aluminium joinery repair advice Aluminium joinery wedges and backing rubbers Flashings head and sill Security fittings - restrictor stays and security stays Retail and trade client accounts On line and shop sales Access to experienced and qualified aluminium joinery trades people Customised door and window manufacture. Innovation & Attention to Detail = Superior Doors FIND REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION AGENTS Superior Doors is a family owned and operated business based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Over the last 25 years, Superior Doors is proud to have grown to become New Zealands largest interior door manufacturer. All products are manufactured in New Zealand, by New Zealanders, using all New Zealand sourced and supplied raw materials. Our reputation is based on offering the best service, the most innovative products and highest possible quality. Superior Doors was the first New Zealand door manufacturer to use ribbed polystyrene cores, offering far higher levels of impact resistance, integrity, thermal insulation and sound deadening when compared to the standard honeycomb hollow cores offered by our competitors. Superior Doors revolutionised the industry when it was the first New Zealand door company to manufacture and offer Steel Reinforced doors. Superior Doors invested heavily into new technologies, meaning that Superior Doors has one of the widest and most flexible ranges of products and sizes available. We have the largest range of standard grooved doors available, plus we offer pretty much any custom grooved designs you can think of.
We can supply almost any custom or special size doors and we manufacture some of the largest oversized doors in New Zealand, at the highest quality possible. Copyright 2015 Superior Doors Ltd (SDL) all material, images, artwork and copy on the SDL website is the copyright of SDL. Sometimes it’s the smallest details that leave the most lasting impressions. Sleek, gently curving handles feel comfortable in your hand, while more solid angular styles accentuate a contemporary home. Locking fittings in a range of finishes and colours can add seamless functionality to your living spaces, ensuring your home looks good as well as helping to ensure you’re safe and sound.There is an ever-growing focus on space saving and innovation when it comes to building. Television shows like George Clark’s Amazing Spaces certainly fuel this. Shipping containers are becoming more popular in residential buildings. Most often they are used in new builds or as non-attached additions like sleep-outs, granny flats and offices.
Fitting out a shipping container is not too different to fitting out any building. They can be a high spec or they can be simple. People often perceive building with containers to be easier or cheaper than traditional building, but it’s not always the case. Rather the key advantages in using containers are around strength, durability, being transportable, having an existing self-supporting structure to work with, and security (containers can deter thieves). Containers can be built off-site and delivered. Once consent is approved, the build time is much less than a traditional build, with less tradespeople on-site. The modern design and look of containers are also attractive. An internal timber frame is erected so that plumbing pipes, electrical wiring and insulation can be installed before walls are put in. Heating systems, air conditioning and recess lighting can all be added. Container flooring is usually 35mm marine plywood. It can be polished, or new flooring like carpet or vinyl can be put down on top.
Containers Direct’s Mark Bohan has worked on many residential projects using shipping containers. Job budgets vary greatly but he says building with containers is generally not as cheap, or as easy, as people often think it will be. “Depending on your budget, it could be a container for an office with just a door and a window, while other people want to make a statement with their container,” Mark says. An extension he was involved in used a shipping container to increase the living space of an old, small villa in central Christchurch. A shipping container priced well on this job. The space created was significant to the small size of the house. So overall it worked well. “Those little old cottages are quite small and it can be expensive to extend them, Mark says. “The building extension the client was going to do would’ve cost about $100,000. They were looking for a cheaper option and a container is around $40,000.” One of the container’s walls was removed so it could join onto the cottage.
The other walls were mainly glass and bi-fold doors. The extension was at the back of the house so the area could be kept private, with outdoor flow. A new roof was built from the peak of the house to align the container extension with the existing building. The new roof was needed regardless of the type of build. Aside from the cost, another advantage in using a container for the extension was not having to do so much restoration to the existing building. This would have been needed with a traditional extension. “The original house has had a lot of issues because of its age and before doing an extension these would have had to be sorted out first,” he says. “It would have been a whole lot of extra work.” The container was craned in over the cottage. Costs all up came around in at around $2,500 per square metre. Containers must comply with the building code of compliance just like any other extension. Consents need to be obtained through council. Currently Mark finds that there is not much consistency with consents issued.
“Recently we had four consents with council at the one time, three passed and one didn’t,” he says. “Sometimes it’s just not understanding the method of the design.” A nationwide multi-proof design of containers is being worked through with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. A multi-proof design would aim to streamline the use of shipping containers for housing. The design would likely to be an 80 to 100 square metre, three-bedroom house using six containers. It would price around $200,000. Odin Madsen of Sea Containers NZ is involved in building a house in Taupaki using nine containers. He says demand for containers runs in waves regionally around the country. Recently he spoke with someone wanting a container for their Grey Lynn backyard for the winter months that could be moved to their bach over summer. The transportable element of shipping containers is certainly a drawcard for many. Another reason people go for the containers is the feel good factor, reusing something that is second hand.
Others want the rustic look. He says the strength of containers effectively makes them earthquake proof. They’re so strong, at our depot we load about eight containers high, they weigh about 2.5 tonnes each so the bottom one is taking a huge amount of weight.” A key to a job well done is to have containers professionally designed and hire professionals to do the renovation. The finish is so much better than when people go DIY with containers. “When you start cutting into them, like with a large ranch slider, the wall of the container can flex in the wrong environment,” he says. “It’s so much easier and safer to have it cut properly off-site and covered, away from the elements; a container needs to be kept dry and straight when cut.” Airflow is important in containers just like any building. He recommends a 20mm space behind insulation. People often opt to install a whirly bird proof ventilator to help with ventilation. Use marine paint if the container will be near the ocean, to protect the surface from damage from sea spray and/or sand.
A popular container option is an open-side container, where one whole side pulls out. Most often people fit them with bi-folds and aluminium joinery. Another option is where one wall can be lowered to open the container up and the wall becomes a deck. Cavity or sliding doors also work well in containers. As do pull-down double beds and anything compact; generally space saving is a focus. Although people are often surprised at how much space there actually is in a container. Containers make a great talking point for people who live in them or work with them. “There is really big interest in containers, people often say they have always thought about doing a container build themselves.” This article by Carolyn Brooke featured on page 92 of Issue 015 of New Zealand Renovate Magazine. New Zealand's first and only magazine solely dedicated to home renovations. Get in touch with Refresh to discuss your home renovation project If you would like to discuss options and ideas for extensions, please use the enquiry form on this page to provide us with your contact details.