New locking systems
Nico Manufacturing has launches a special range of locking systems to meet social housing standards.
Within the social and sheltered housing sector, there is a drive towards creating well-designed and sustainable homes. This is encompassed in a number of initiatives, such as 'Housing for Life' and 'Lifetimes Homes Standard', which set out a series of criteria for specifiers and builders.
The objective of such schemes is to ensure that homes can accommodate or be adapted for an occupants' changing circumstances. If, for example, residents become disabled or as they grow older.
In the case of windows, it is important that people with limited mobility can see out of windows and have easy access to window handles. Lifetimes Homes Standard, for example, specifies that Wheelchair users should be able to operate at least one window in each room and handles/controls should be no higher than 1200mm from the floor.
Normally, windows have a locking system with central handle. However, such a configuration may mean that the handle is too high to open. To solve this problem, Nico has launched a series of extensions for use with its locking systems that enable the gearbox – and handle – to be offset to a lower position.
