Fitting Contacts To Upvc Door

[billythebellbox]

to a 68K conservatory - that was scary LOL

what? the high resistance

[james.wilson]

Elmdene make a nice G2 non sealed, flush and surface contact.

[Guest anguscanplay]

Elmdene make a nice G2 non sealed, flush and surface contact.

you got a model number ?

[james.wilson]

ELM-QFT(GN)

Thats the green resistored variant, ie galaxy (1k, 1k)

[Guest anguscanplay]

ELM-QFT(GN)

Thats the green resistored variant, ie galaxy (1k, 1k)

argh its got resisters then, though you`d found the holy grail

[lawandorder]

I have always managed with normal surface contacts, you fit the contact at the top of the frame but inside the profile so it's hidden when the door is shut.

Sometimes there isn't enough room to fit the magnet on the dorr with sufficient clearance so I take it out of the housing and bed it in silicon.

You need to use some creative drilling to hide the cables but it's worth it.

Incidentally I once fitted an alarm in a house that had Everest doors, these were pre-drilled for standard 20mm flush contacts, all you had to do was remove a couple of blanking plugs.

Happy days!

[fertilebert]

I have always managed with normal surface contacts, you fit the contact at the top of the frame but inside the profile so it's hidden when the door is shut.

Sometimes there isn't enough room to fit the magnet on the dorr with sufficient clearance so I take it out of the housing and bed it in silicon.

You need to use some creative drilling to hide the cables but it's worth it.

Incidentally I once fitted an alarm in a house that had Everest doors, these were pre-drilled for standard 20mm flush contacts, all you had to do was remove a couple of blanking plugs.

Happy days!

Yep I think you do 'em the same way i was contemplating, thanks for the help guys, you can probably consider this topic answered now ta .

[james.wilson]

i will m sure they do a double pole variant angus.

[amateurandy]

Everest doors, these were pre-drilled for standard 20mm flush contacts, all you had to do was remove a couple of blanking plugs.

Not any more I suspect. My new Everest back door certainly didn't have that, and looking at the locking mechanisms I can't see how they would do it.

[whistle]

Elmdene make a nice G2 non sealed, flush and surface contact.

CQR make one just like the Grade 1 suface contact but its grade 2 it has a small tamper switch instead of one of the spare terminals.

Seen it at ifsec this year and looked good for domestics.