The Window Company (Contracts) has just become a ‘Glazpartner’ – in recognition of the fact that Glazpart is now the award-winning commercial installer’s preferred supplier of trickle vents.

The ‘Glazpartnership’ was confirmed at the recent FIT Show with both a The Window Company (Contracts) branded Portico door and a U70 window featuring on the Glazpart stand – both fitted with trickle vents from the Link Vent range.

David Thornton, Chair of the award-winning commercial installer, The Window Company (Contracts), commented: “Even before the updates to Part F last year, we were already using Glazpart trickle vents on virtually all the windows we fitted in both new build projects and our long-standing social housing replacement contracts.

“We’ve now standardised on the new Link Vent products for all our windows because this is the one that has been best received by residents who, in our experience, almost always appreciate the benefits of the passive ventilation they provide. Despite the rumblings in some part of the industry that householders would resist trickle vents, we have only ever had positive feedback.”

What stood out on the FIT Show stand – as well as the brilliant yellow colour – was the fact that The Window Company (Contracts) had fitted a Link Vent in the door they had supplied for the stand. David Thornton added: “In social housing applications in particular, trickle vents represent probably the simplest and lowest cost way to increase ventilation and reduce the risks associated with damp and condensation. By demonstrating how easily you can fit a vent into a door as well as a window, we wanted to show that you can extend those benefits into hallways and shared spaces.”

The Window Company (Contracts) has joined a growing list of UK fabricators who have also become Glazpartners and will provide market and product feedback as well as receiving marketing and communications support.