HomeLifeStyle Brochure | Abacus Windows

HomeLifeStyle W I N D OWS , D O O RS & M O R E

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Product: Sliding Sash Colour: White

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Windows

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C A S E M E N T W I N D OWS

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C A S E M E N T W I N D OWS - B E V E L L E D & S CU L PT U R E D

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F LUS H W I N D OWS

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S L I D I N G S A S H W I N D OWS

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T I LT & T U R N W I N D OWS

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B AY W I N D OWS

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F U L LY R E V E RS I B L E W I N D OWS

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Doors

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E N T R A N C E D O O RS

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PAT I O D O O RS

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F R E N C H D O O RS

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B I -FO L D D O O RS

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Conservatories & Orangeries

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CO N S E R VATO R I E S & O R A N G E R I E S

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The Details Make the Design

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CO LO U R - T H E P O SS I B I L I T I E S A R E E N D L E SS

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F I N I S H I N G TO U C H E S - H A R DW A R E & S E CU R I TY

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M A K I N G YO U R H O M E M O R E E N E R G Y E F F I C I E N T

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B R I T I S H D E S I G N E D , WO R L D L E A D I N G

04-05 | Introduction

Your windows and doors enhance your feeling of home by bringing light, energy, and comfort into your every day.

HomeLifeStyle We strongly believe that home is a feeling, life is an integral part of your home and style is a must.

Your windows and doors enhance your feeling of home by bringing light, energy, and comfort into your every day. It’s your HomeLifeStyle, and it begins with a series of choices that make up the bigger picture.

And while home updates aren’t always a choice, they always present a moment to let your imagination blossom and create something that feels completely you.

Product: French Door & Window with Sash Bars Colour: Beck Brown

06-07 | Windows

Windows Product: Fixed Casement Window Colour: White

08-09 | Windows

With a multitude of sash sizes and opening styles, casement windows give you the freedom to shape your window around your style.

Casement Windows An architectural flourish to energise your home.

Casement windows are the most popular and versatile window style with hundreds of configurations and options to create the perfect window to suit your home.

Casement windows can be configured from a single sash to several sashes, depending on the size of the aperture. Openers can be added to one side, both sides, top or full frame to offer different degrees of ventilation.

Product: French Casement Window Colour: Cream

10-11 | Windows

Product: Top Hung Casement Window with Georgian Bars Colour: Cream

Your Style, Your Way

Product: Side Hung Casement Window External Colour: Agate Grey

Bevelled

Sculptured

Angular lines give bevelled

Softer, rounder lines, lean towards

windows a clean, modern look.

a more traditional look.

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Flush windows form seamless lines with your exterior walls and create secure and soundproof insulation for your home.

Flush Windows Versatile style teamed with innovative performance.

Flush windows fuse the best of both worlds, evoking the elegance of traditional timber with the remarkable efficiency of modern uPVC materials. This is a style that demands zero compromise and works for every home.

Flush windows form seamless lines with your exterior walls and create secure and soundproof insulation for your home.

With a variety of colours and optional features, like heritage hardware and Georgian bars, it’s an innovative and authentic choice for character properties and contemporary homes alike, making it the most flexible window on the market.

Product: Flush Window with Georgian Bars Colour: Chartwell Green

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Sliding Sash Windows Modern design with traditional architectural character.

Oozing the timeless character of

homes alike - with the ability to

heritage timber windows with all

customise your window to your

the advantages of contemporary

home. The style dates back to 1669

design and function, the sliding

and is a quintessential element of

sash window has always been a

British architecture. Now, technical

classic choice.

advances and modern design mean

Sliding sash windows are perfect for any home, exuding elegance in period properties and modern Product: Sliding Sash with Georgian Bars Internal Colour: White Woodgrain External Colour: White Woodgrain

the sliding sash marries tradition with ultimate performance.

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Tilt and turn windows offer outstanding security with four locking points, coupled with pleasingly clean lines for easy upkeep and exceptional style.

Tilt & Turn Windows Breathing versatility and security into your home.

Achieve the ultimate calming, comfortable atmosphere in your home with tilt and turn windows.

Tilt and turn windows provide the ideal solution for homes where window safety and window access may be an issue. Its four locking points deliver outstanding security, coupled with pleasingly clean lines for easy upkeep and exceptional style.

Your window, your way. With two methods of bringing a fresh breeze into your abode, the tilt and turn style allows you to experience maximum ventilation with minimum outside noise.

Product: Tilt & Turn Colour: Anthracite Grey Woodgrain

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Bay Windows Experience the world from a new perspective.

Product: Bay Window with Sash Bars Internal colour: White External colour: Pebble Grey

Expand your space and inject

Excellent ventilation, varying styles

character into your home with the

and configurations, and the gift

addition of a bay window. Flooding

of extra space thanks to the larger

your room with natural light, bay

internal window ledge area, add up

windows exude real charm and create

to make a bay window the perfect

a strong visual feature in any room.

way to frame a spectacular view.

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Fully Reversible Windows 180 degrees of clarity.

Open up new levels of visibility, cleanliness, and style with fully reversible windows. The perfect choice for apartments or flats from the ground floor up.

This style is a sleek alternative to sliding or tilting windows. You’ll encounter satisfying access to both sides of the window through a fully rotating panel designed to facilitate effortless cleaning and ease of use.

Enjoy the full advantage of your reversible windows as they shield you from external noise and fill your home with fresh air and sunlight.

Product: Fully Reversible Colour: White Woodgrain

Enjoy the full advantage of your reversible windows as they shield you from external noise and fill your home with fresh air and sunlight.

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Doors Product: Engineered uPVC Door Colour: Dark Green

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Entrance Doors Step into outstanding style, security, and solace.

Completely customisable. Ultra-efficient. Super-secure. Just a handful of reasons to upgrade your home with a new entrance door.

A new door elevates the entire look and feel of your home. And with a generous array of styles, colours, and glass designs, it’s your moment to show your flair. Carve out your very own refuge from the bustle of the outside world. The right door brings security, efficiency and true tranquillity to your life.

Product: Engineered uPVC Door Colour: Cream

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Product: Residential UPVC Door Colour: Golden Oak

The Choice is Yours Residential uPVC Doors The perfect choice for both side and back doors. With a variety of glazing and configuration options to suit every space.

Engineered uPVC Doors Provides a solid and secure alternative to timber with endless design and style possibilities.

Composite Doors Their intelligent design makes them resistant to weathering and virtually maintenance free.

Product: Composite Door Colour: Steel Blue

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Patio Doors Invite the outside in.

Upgrading your lifestyle has never

allow you to see less frame and more

felt more natural. Patio doors invite

of your outside space.

the outside in to create a new kind of lifestyle, bringing a fresher and lighter atmosphere to your home.

Sliding patio doors give you a greater sense of space and an uninterrupted view of nature. Their slim sight lines Product: Patio Door Internal colour: Cream External colour: Silver Grey

Setting the standard for insulation and ease of use, our patio doors glide open effortlessly, to optimise your view and elevate your sense of wellbeing.

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French doors come in a range of colours and woodgrain finishes to exquisitely complement the style and type of home you inhabit.

French Doors Where beauty meets function.

A stylish way to welcome light in and create the feeling of more space in your home, French doors are an elegant threshold between your interior space and the great outdoors.

Framing your garden while protecting your home from the elements, French doors come in a range of colours and woodgrain finishes to exquisitely complement the style and type of home you inhabit.

And with the possibility of combining your French doors with sidelights and windows, this choice is equal parts functional and beautiful.

Product: French Door with Sash Bars Colour Internal & External: Anthracite Grey Smooth

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Bi-Fold Doors Synergy between spaces.

Create synergy between living and

opening to the outdoors. Discover

natural spaces with contemporary

new levels of versatility, durability,

Bi-Fold doors.

light, and access when you elevate

Concertina folds flex and glide to add aesthetic and functional form to your home, making the Bi-Fold an ideal

Product: Bi-Fold Door Colour: Anthracite Grey Woodgrain

your home with Bi-Fold doors.

34-35 | Conservatories & Orangeries

Conservatories & Orangeries Product: Top Hung Casement Window with Georgian Bars & French Doors Colour: Cream

36-37 | Conservatories & Orangeries

Conservatories & Orangeries A room with a view.

Live luxuriously in natural surroundings

And while they originated to cultivate

with the addition of a conservatory or an

tropical plants and fruits, conservatories

orangery.

and orangeries now serve to grow the

Whichever you choose, you’ll enrich your home’s ambience and value while expanding your living space and flooding your interior with daylight.

External Colour: Cream Internal Colour: White

potential of your home by opening up a brand new place to entertain, unwind, or connect.

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The Details Make the Design Product: Casement Window with Sash Transom & Engineered uPVC Entrance Doors Colour: White Woodgrain & Cream

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WHITE RAL COLOUR: 9003*

WHITE WOODGRAIN RAL COLOUR: 9010*

CREAM RAL COLOUR: 9001*

CHARTWELL GREEN RAL COLOUR: -*

PEBBLE GREY RAL COLOUR: 7032*

AGATE GREY RAL COLOUR: 7038*

BASALT GREY RAL COLOUR: 7012*

SILVER GREY RAL COLOUR: 7001*

SLATE GREY RAL COLOUR: 7015*

ANTHRACITE GREY RAL COLOUR: 7016*

ANTHRACITE GREY SMOOTH RAL COLOUR: 7016*

ANTHRACITE GREY RAL COLOUR: 7016*

BECK BROWN RAL COLOUR: 8022*

IRISH OAK RAL COLOUR: 1011*

GOLDEN OAK RAL COLOUR: 8001*

ROSEWOOD RAL COLOUR: 8017*

16 Irresistible Colours The possibilities are endless.

With 16 irresistible colours to choose from, including woodgrain and matt options, your windows and doors become another means to introduce personality and flair into your home.

Every colourway exudes a natural aesthetic to match or contrast every style, from classic right through to contemporary and industrial.

Bold, neutral, earthy, modern - with such freedom of choice, which direction will you take?

Make a statement inside and out.

Admiring the colour of your windows shouldn’t be left just for the passersby. Frame your room and enjoy colour inside too.

Ask your installer for more information on colour combinations.

*Please note RAL references should be used as guidance only.

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Urn style door knocker

Casement handles

Sash knobs

Lever handles

Letterplates

Finishing Touches

Safe & Secure

Individual taste, styles and preferences will influence not only

For enhanced security and peace of mind, all VEKA systems

the windows and doors you choose, but the finishing touches

meet PAS24 and the Secured by Design (SBD) standard.

too. It’s about creating a statement, enhancing kerb appeal, and bringing your personality to life through your home.

PAS 24 is a standard of testing to measure the security performance of windows and doors to ensure they can resist a

Whether you are looking for a contemporary feel or prefer a

level of attack from an opportunist burglar. Secured by Design

more traditional approach, there is a range of hardware for

(SBD) is an initiative that organises accreditation for products

you. All are crafted in a variety of high-quality colour options

on behalf of the Police. To be awarded an SBD Standard, the

that perfectly complement across both windows and doors.

product must meet requirements to prevent crime to a ‘Police

Ask your installer for more information.

Preferred Specification’.

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U-Values

Making Your Home More Energy Efficient The windows and doors in your property are just one part of the puzzle when it comes to achieving an energy efficient home.

The energy performance of a window or door is influenced by a wide range of factors, so it’s not easy to gauge by just looking at

You may see a U-Value quoted on a product’s energy label or promotional materials. This is a measure of how easily heat passes through the product and contributes to how efficient the product is. But this is not the complete measure of efficiency, and you need to take the overall energy label rating when considering the product’s energy saving potential.

Sustainability Not all plastic is bad. When it comes to windows and doors, uPVC is the most energy efficient amongst its peers. Plastic is an insulator unlike wood which is porous, whilst aluminium can cause thermal bridging and increased condensation.

how it’s made. Fortunately, there’s a rating scheme to help you find

The window and door industry has made huge strides in the

the best one.

recycling and reuse of uPVC; it has given old frames a value, so they avoid simply being scrapped in the nearest skip.

The energy efficiency of each window or door is categorised using

A typical uPVC window frame lasts around 35 years, and it

an energy-rating scale from A++ to E. The complete product (frame

can then be recycled up to ten times, giving it a true lifespan

and glass) is assessed to allow for heat loss, draughts and solar

of 350 years.* After that, it can then be made into other things

gain, giving a rating that indicates the overall impact of installing the product in your home.

that don’t require such high quality uPVC. Imagine what your window could be one day.

VEKA plc is committed to creating sustainable systems and in 2022 recycled content accounted for 28% off all total uPVC extruded. *According to the Building Research Establishment (BRE)

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British Engineering Backed by German Quality.

Headquartered in Germany and family owned since 1969, VEKA has been leading the global development of uPVC window systems for over 50 years. VEKA UK is in the historic mill town Burnley, Lancashire, where it designs, engineers and extrudes high quality systems, using its own unique mix of uPVC. VEKA is just one part of a window’s journey to your home. Skilled fabricators and installers add their stamp of quality and craftsmanship, to bring products that create the perfect HomeLifeStyle.

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