Hardware supplier VBH has introduced a new range of marine grade 316 door pull handles. The new pulls, which are part of the architeQ family of stainless steel door furniture, are described by VBH as ‘the perfect choice for composite and timber entrance doors.’
The handles are available with 90° and 45° projection from the door face, and in sizes from 330 up to 1800mm.
Concealed fixings provide the option of fitting handles back-to-back, or on one side of the door only. There are fixings available to suit composite, wood, aluminium and PVCu doors.
Marine grade 316 stainless steel builds on the benefits of grade 304 austenitic stainless with a different composition of metals that includes the addition of molybdenum. This toughens the material and enhances its corrosion resistance properties.
architeQ pull handles have achieved 1000 hours in a neutral salt spray solution without signs of corrosion. VBH advise that this easily outperforms the industry standard, which calls for 480 hours resistance.
Armed with this performance data, VBH are confident to offer Marine grade 316 pull handles with a 25-year surface finish guarantee as standard.
VBH marketing manager Gary Gleeson says “We have been supplying our greenteQ austenitic stainless steel pull handles for many years, and our customers really appreciate the quality and performance. However, we always aim to give choices, so VBH customers now have the option to upgrade to 316 stainless for particularly tricky conditions or as standard.
“The architeQ and greenteQ stainless steel pulls are the perfect handles for doors fitted with any of our slam shut door lock options.”
