Description

APL Metro Series ThermalHEART® with Centrafix™ Windows and Doors are thermally broken aluminium window and door joinery units which include a proprietary recessed installation method.

The joinery units are available with fixed glazing or opening sashes.

The opening sash window styles covered by this certificate include:

• Awning and Casement (open out)
• Bi-fold (open out)
• Sliding and Stacking.

The opening door styles covered are:

• Bi-fold (open out)
• French doors (open out)
• Hinged (open in and open out)
• Sliding and Stacking.

APL Metro Series ThermalHEART® with Centrafix™ Windows and Doors are intended for use as window and door joinery which includes a proprietary recessed installation.

Scope

APL Metro Series ThermalHEART® with Centrafix™ Windows and Doors are window and door joinery for use within the following scope:

• designed and manufactured in accordance with NZS 4211 for weathertightness, airtightness and structural design; and,
• in new or existing timber-framed buildings within the scope limitations of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1, Paragraph 1.1; or,
• in timber-framed buildings within the scope limitations of NZBC Verification Method E2/VM2; and,
• situated in NZS 3604 defined Wind Zones up to, and including, Extra High, or situated in specific design wind pressures up to a maximum design differential ultimate limit state (ULS) of 2.5 kPa; and,
• with cavity-based cladding systems complying with NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1, or with cladding systems covered by a valid BRANZ Appraisal or BRANZ CodeMark Certificate that specify a drained and vented cavity with a minimum depth of 18 mm and a maximum depth of 45 mm; or
• with masonry veneer complying with NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1.

APL Metro Series ThermalHEART® with Centrafix™ Windows and Doors must be designed, used, installed and maintained in accordance with the APL Metro Series ThermalHEART® with Centrafix™ SYSTEM GUIDE, V1 April 2023.