Is your door and window furniture guaranteed to last?

Many homeowners will be familiar with the problem of pitting on their door furniture.

A lovely new door is ordered and fitted. The beautiful gold or chrome handle, letterplate, knocker and hinges give the door some serious kerb appeal.

The furniture looks great. For a while. 

Sometimes, within a few months or so, that beautiful furniture isn’t so beautiful anymore. The damp climate in Great Britain can be very unkind to decorative metal products that are exposed to the elements day after day, and it is common to see signs of pitting in a relatively short period of time. 

Most of us are aware that coastal areas are a challenge, due to the high salt content in the air. But installations in towns or by busy roads are also affected because of air pollution. Even rural areas can have their own issues, as the high levels of airborne ammonia from manure and fertilizer causes a problem for the decorative finishes on metal products such as door furniture.

Happily, there is a furniture range that is guaranteed to stay looking good for years to come.

The greenteQ range (pronounced green-tech) includes furniture for entrance doors, patio doors, and windows.

There are two distinct ranges; the greenteQ Suite is manufactured from zinc or aluminium and is available in up to ten core finishes. The architeQ stainless steel range is available in up to seven core colours.

Years of real time experience, coupled with exhaustive testing in controlled salt spray environments that accelerate the effects of the weather have given VBH, the manufacturer of the greenteQ brand, the confidence to offer a 20-year surface guarantee on greenteQ Suite products, and 25 years on those from the architeQ range.

Under the guarantee, VBH will replace any item of furniture that starts to pit during the course of the guarantee. The guarantee covers ALL finishes, not just the painted ones.

Of course, terms and conditions apply. These are in plain English and can be found on the company’s guarantee website at www.greenteQguarantee.co.uk.

Registration is required and claiming is easy. There are simple procedures for both on the website. Once it has been established that the product is, in fact, a greenteQ one and is covered, VBH will send a replacement part. 

VBH will give advice on how to fit the replacement and, in some cases, they will send an engineer to fit the item. This will always be the case with door hinges, for example.

So, if you are thinking of buying new doors or windows, make sure that they are fitted with suited greenteQ furniture, with its surface guarantee of up to 25 years.

Remember, it is pronounced Green-Tech!