BARRIER COMPONENTS LTD
UNIT 8 DOLPHIN POINT
DOLPHIN WAY
PURFLEET
ESSEX RM19 1NR
Tel: 01708 891515
Fax: 01708 891516
Suppliers of: Folding Door Gear, Sliding Door Gear, Sliding Glass Door Gear, Glass Door Hardware, Sliding Door Systems, Shower Door Systems, Door Gear, Sliding Glass Door Hardware, Folding Door Systems,
BARRIER COMPONENTS supply weather seals, brush strips, glass hardware, sliding door hardware and more. We stock products that incorporate the latest technology ensuring that they are simple to fit and built to last. At Barrier Components we can provide top quality hardware products at the best price. We are dedicated to saving you time and money by briging the best deals on sliding door hardware, gate hardware, etc.
Barrier Components are widely recognised in the marketplace for the supply of high quality hardware and our goal is to provide a one-stop-shop providing high quality and good looking products. We strive to source new and innovative products from around the world.
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Brush Strips and Seals
For many applications from Glass Doors to Industrial Doors. Can be fitted as guides and retainers and used for sealing against air, light, dust and sound.
Swing Doors
Barrier Components have a vast range of swing door hardware from glass hinges for frameless cabinets and shower doors to timber door hinges.
Sliding Doors
Barrier Components mission is to provide our customers with state of the art products at competitive prices. Our interior sliding doors are ideal for wardrobes, hatches and cabinets. We have a range of sliding door gear to meet your specific requirements.
Folding Doors
Barrier Components stock folding door hardware to suit a range of applications from wardrobe folding door systems to interior and exteriors folding door systems with hardware for top hung or bottom roller applications.
Door Handles
Barrier Components offer an exciting range of tubular stainless steel handles for architectural and commercial installations.
Glass Hardware
Our glass hardware is of high quality and total design flexibility together with ease of installation.
Shower Enclosures
We offer a range of hardware for frameless glass shower enclosures consisting of hinges, clamps, reinforcing bars and more.
Balustrade Systems
Barrier Components can provide good looking and easy to fit systems that enable the installer to fabricate structural glass railing systems in less time.
Swing Gates
We have a comprehensive range of products and accessories from heavy duty swing gate hinges, gate caps to catches. closers and stops.
Sliding Gates
Barrier Components Swing Gate hardware includes over 30 sizes of sliding gate wheels all galvanized and sealed-for-life bearings.
Locks & Security
We offer a variety of lock types suitable for most applications.
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A 10-step guide to installing a sliding door system
Sliding door systems are an ideal solution for a variety of applications – from a large industrial door that allows machinery and vehicles easy access, to a bathroom door that maximises the amount of space saved by not having a traditional swing door. However, it can be daunted with the wealth of options available. Luckily, there are only a few common principles to bear in mind when finding the right products for your installation.
Most systems work on the basis of having a load-bearing carry track, on either the bottom or top of the door, and some form of guidance system on the opposing side. A “top-hung” system would have a guide for the bottom of the door, while a “bottom rolling” system has the guide at the top.
The most important consideration is to be aware of the weight of the door – this will dictate the options available for your installation.
If you cannot get a strong enough fixing into either your ceiling or to the wall above your aperture, you should opt for a bottom rolling system. Similarly, if mounting a floor track is problematic, a top hung system is the right choice for you. Whichever system you are looking at, you must always make careful consideration of the guide you will be using – to achieve correct and safe operation, they are as important as the hangers or wheels carrying the door.
A typical installation would have the door slightly larger than your aperture, to ensure that when the door is closed the opening is fully secured. Your track should be a minimum of 2 x the width of your door. Whether using bottom rolling wheels or top hung hangers, the wheels or hangers should be fitted 1/5th of your door’s width in from either end – for example if the door is 950mm wide, the hangers should be installed 190mm from each edge of the panel. You should not use more than two hangers or wheels per door.
The height of your door should take into account the installation of your chosen guide.
The most popular sliding door system at Barrier Components Ltd is the high-quality K075 range. Suitable for doors up to 100kg, this top hung system features a pair of hangers each featuring four bearing-loaded wheels. These wheels are available in either steel or nylon. The hangers can be mounted to the door using either a steel top-fix mounting plate or, in the case of doors less than 35mm thick, a steel face-fix plate. The steel track is pre-drilled for direct fixing, but we also offer a range of mounting brackets for soffit or wall-fix applications. This system is ideal for workshop doors, sheds or summerhouses and storage cages.
Below is a simple 10-step walkthrough of a typical top hung wall-fixed external K075 installation:
Based on a 35mm thick, 950mm wide door.
Components:
1 no. 2m K075 Steel Track
2 no. PPS075 Steel Hangers
2 no. KP075 Stops
2 no. PK075 Endclips
3 no. SKU075 Brackets
1 no. 40/25 Guide
1 no. AOK Guide Channel
Ensure walls and ceiling are level/plumb.
Brackets for the K075 should be used at both ends of the track, and at 1000mm increments, so for a 2m length of track, 3 no. brackets are required.
Slide the hangers and stops inside the track, and slide the SKU075 brackets over the outside of the track. Ensure the brackets are spaced evenly. Using a spirit level to ensure the track is straight, mark the holes on your wall required to fix the brackets – if you have joists, beams or support posts, it is recommended that you fix into them for the most stable and secure fixing.
To determine the height you set the track, you should allow a minimum of 35mm clearance between the top of your door and the bottom of the track. Allow a minimum clearance of 12mm between the bottom of the door and your floor.
Fix the brackets to the wall. If you are installing alone, fix the central brackets first to support the weight of the track before fixing the outer brackets. On the top of your door, mark 190mm from each end, and install the top-fix hanger plates.
Rout the bottom of your door to accommodate the AOK Guide Channel. The cut should be central and straight.
Lift the top of the door up to the track.
Slide the bolts from the hangers into the top-fix plates on the top of the door. The bolts have a non-threaded section to allow some height adjustment using a spanner to turn the bolt inside the body of the hanger. When satisfied with the position of the door, tighten the nuts onto the top fixing plates to secure.
Screw or bolt the 40/25 guide into floor, at the edge of the aperture where the door overlaps the opening – set the position so that the guide is in the track inside the door at all points of the travel.
Set and fix the stops in the track. Not only do these stop the door from exiting the track, but as the stops make contact with the hanger and not the door, they also prevent damage to the door itself. Insert the PK075 Endclips. These prevent the track from moving laterally inside the outer brackets.
How to transform your garden decking with glass balustrade
With all the extra time we have spent at home over the last year during the Nationwide Lockdowns, thoughts have inevitably turned to DIY and how we can improve our homes. For many the garden has become a haven when a well needed break from "the same four walls" is required.
A great way to make the most of your garden is to make some improvements to the seating area; the place where you want to spend your time relaxing in the sun and a simple way to do this, is with a few toughened glass panels and some balustrade channel.
The beauty of DIY is that you are in full control of the project, meaning you can design your own system that works for both you and your garden, without the expensive labour costs. There is often a great sense of achievement through planning and building your own decking and balustrade system, followed by relaxing in your space once its all completed, with an even greater smile on your face knowing you saved plenty of cash in the process!
Our latest customer David was savvy enough to realise that adding frameless glass balustrading to his recently built decking area would further enhance the stunning seating area, as well as create a barrier from the wind, whilst still giving uninterupted views of his garden area.
David opted for the BarrierSabco system to complete his decking, due to it's simple installation and elegant, minimal aesthetic. He fitted the channel with 21.5mm clear toughened glass to give a clear view out into the garden and provide a wind barrier that is not gained in traditional timber spindles. Finally adding a split tube handrail on top of the glass panels for extra support. The finished result is stunning, creating a clear divide between his upper seating area and his lower hot tub and garden space.
Time for David to enjoy the rest of summer admiring his own work!
