Homerit Premium Series PVC-U Windows and Doors

Homerit Premium Series PVC-U Windows and Doors are a range of single and double-glazed window and door joinery units for use in residential and commercial buildings. The joinery units are available with fixed glazing or opening sashes. The opening sash window styles include Awning, Casement, Tilt-and-turn and Sliding. Door styles include Hinged, French, Sliding, Tilt-and-turn and Tilt-and-slide.

The frames are supplied as white PVC-U or laminated at the point of manufacture with foil in a choice of colours.

Homerit Premium Series PVC-U Windows and Doors have been appraised for use as window and door joinery within the following scope:

• Designed and manufactured in accordance with NZS 4211 for weathertightness and structural design.
• As an alternative to the windows and doors specified in NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1 paragraph 9.1.10.
• In buildings situated in NZS 3604 and NZS 4211 defined building wind zones up to and including high.
• With Acceptable Solution claddings on buildings within the scope limitations of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1 paragraph 1.1.
• With weathertightness of the building envelope in accordance with NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1.

Homerit Premium Series PVC-U Casement Windows have been appraised for use as window joinery within the following scope:

• Designed and manufactured in accordance with NZS 4211 for weathertightness and structural design.
• As an alternative to the windows specified in NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1 paragraph 9.1.10.
• In buildings situated in NZS 3604 and NZS 4211 defined building wind zones up to and including extra high.
• With Acceptable Solution claddings on buildings within the scope limitations of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1 paragraph 1.1.
• With weathertightness of the building envelope in accordance with NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1.

Homerit Premium Series PVC-U Windows and Doors have also been appraised for compliance with NZS 4211 where they are outside the scope of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1 paragraph 9.1.10.1 (as the product is PVC-U, not aluminium) and/or the building is outside the scope limitations of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1 paragraph 1.1 but is within the wind exposure limitations of NZS 4211. The building weathertightness design and installation of the window and door joinery in these situations is subject to specific design and is outside the scope of this Appraisal.

Homerit Premium Series PVC-U Windows and Doors may be installed by builders and installers with experience of window and door installation following the NZ Investment and Trading Ltd installation instructions. Glazing on site must be completed by competent glaziers, following the glass specifications and instructions of NZ Investment and Trading Ltd.

Homerit Premium Series PVC-U Windows and Doors in sizes above those tested have also been appraised for compliance with NZS 4211 where the proprietary VEKA window system engineering design system or a design engineer is able to verify strength and deflection requirements are within the limitations of the applicable wind zone.

Homerit Premium Series, PVC-U Windows and Doors, Technical Literature, version 1.4, April 2017

Always refer to the Appraisal in full and the technical literature.