AliDeck Aluminium Decking Newsletter November 2020

FAO: AliDeck Customers and Friends

Hope that you’re well and healthy as we head into a new national lockdown.

AliDeck, as a manufacturer within the construction industry, is remaining open and operating for the duration in line with Government advice. Through Covid-safe practices, the AliDeck team will be fully functional and able to serve our customers without interruption.

Beyond lockdown, here’s the latest news from AliDeck, makers of non-combustible aluminium decking products designed to create a safer built environment for us all, which includes;

• AliDeck Publish UK Balcony Fires Report
• New 2020 Brochure for AliDeck
• First Training Academy cards issued
• Composite decking skipped due to EWS1
• AliDeck visit Woolwich penthouse installation

All in all, October was another great month for AliDeck. It’s a real pleasure to see our products so eagerly taken up by the construction industry.

If you’d like to talk about your aluminium decking requirements or place an order, please call the AliDeck team on 01622 235 672 or email info@alideck.co.uk.

AliDeck recently collated shocking data after contacting different fire and rescue services around the UK, finding out the main causes of fires on balconies.

After analysing the data, it came as no surprise to the AliDeck team to find out that the use of smoking materials is the largest cause of fires on balconies, with hundreds of balcony fires occurring around the country in the last 3 years due to smoking.

Read the Balcony Fires Report at: https://www.alideck.co.uk/alideck-publish-uk-balcony-fires-report-2017-to-2020/

With our range of aluminium decking products rapidly growing to include new boards, joists, and accessories, we took the time to give our AliDeck brochure a well-needed overhaul.

Some key updates in our new brochure include:

• In-depth technical data for our whole 2020 AliDeck decking range
• Overview of our brand new AliPave, AliClad and AliRail balcony systems
• Information detailing our commitment to sustainability
• And much more!

Download the AliDeck 2020 Brochure:
https://www.alideck.co.uk/brochure/download-brochure/

AliDeck were pleased to hand out their first batch of Training Cards to a group of cohorts who attended an AliDeck Training Academy session.

To accompany the trainees’ certificate of completion, we wanted to provide our AliDeck trained students with a card so they are quickly able to demonstrate their status of being an approved and competent AliDeck installer.

Find out more at: https://www.alideck.co.uk/first-alideck-training-academy-cards-issued-to-aluminium-decking-trainees/

As the AliDeck team arrived for a site visit recently, they came across the sad sight of thousands of pounds of brand-new composite decking thrown away in skips.

New regulations require that all materials used in the external envelope, including in balconies, are A Rated and non-combustible. Composite decking is, at best, B Rated for combustibility and simply not compliant with the new requirements.

Read more about this sad tale at: https://www.alideck.co.uk/brand-new-composite-decking-ripped-out-and-replaced-by-aluminium-balcony-decking-for-compliance/

AliDeck visited one of our recent installations in Woolwich at a penthouse and were delighted to see our aluminium decking seamlessly integrate into a high-end, highly specified apartment.

Using our 20mm Junior Flat Board, our aluminium decking was installed across the whole development, into hundreds of balconies across the six or seven high and low-rise blocks.

See more of this penthouse installation at: https://www.alideck.co.uk/alideck-site-visit-to-woolwich-penthouse-apartment-balcony-aluminium-decking-installation/