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It is your home so why not let your door say something about yourself?

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Let your entrance door say something about you - let it show the colours that you like and the designs that suit you while at the same timehave confidence that your door will help create a warm and secure home without the hassle of time-consuming maintenance.

In the same way that we feel that your front door can tell a story about you, we have chosen names for our styles of doors that also have astory to tell. Each is the name of a town or village that is located within 15 miles of Buntingford - the Hertfordshire town where we make thedoors. You can discover the Hertfordshire village that began in a field of clover or the one that was home to a 23 foot giant! We hope this will help you to create your individual story and choose your favourite door.

The Welglaze range is an outstanding collection of solid laminate timber composite doors that combine classic or modern styling with highsecurity locking, providing you with a stunning, high quality and secure entrance to your home. Timber is a strong, natural material anda good insulator making it the perfect choice as the core of the Welglaze composite door.This core is completely encapsulated within highly durable plastic edge banding and two thermo plastic door skins so you will never have toworry about painting or varnishing your door.

These exclusive doors are available in a wide range of styles and colours. The various low threshold options, in PVC-U or aluminium, allowcomfortable solutions for wheel-chair and push-chair access. A comprehensive range of matching side-panel frames is also available allowingthe Welglaze composite door to be part of a larger entrance or porch.

Although we mainly show front doors, we have not forgotten about the back of the house - all our door styles can be manufactured as a stabledoor, bringing your garden into the kitchen at the same time as preventing small children or animals from wandering outside on their own!

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Gallery

Hunsdon Sandon Orwell WestmillMeldreth Hertford AnsteyAspenden Anstey Georgian

BarleyPelhamClaveringMeesdenFoxton

The Classic Collection

Cromer Barkway Hormead WalkernBraughing

The Cottage Collection Albury BramfieldStortford Datchworth

Ware Watton Elmdon Wyddial

The Contemporary Collection

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Barley village acquired its namein Saxon times, not from the cropwidely grown in the area, butcorrupted over the years fromBeora's Ley, describing a SaxonLord's clearing in woodland.

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Folklore claims that there is a mile-long cave which runs from thewest to Cave Gate. Locals say that the passage, rediscovered in 1904,is inhabited by a dragon. Although the cave is now grassed over it ispossible that it was an entrance to a prehistoric flint mine. The last person to have ventured into the passage was a local fiddlercalled Blind George who accepted a wager to explore it. He set off withhis dog when suddenly the sound of his fiddle stopped, followed by ascream and then silence. His dog emerged without a tail and his coatsinged off. Blind George was never seen again. The Public House inAnstey has been renamed as The Blind Fiddler in memory of George.

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There is much confusionabout the derivation of the

village name of Clavering.However, it is thought that

the name means 'placewhere clover grows' as the

Saxons started thesettlement in this place

where they found plenty ofclover.

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The above glass designs apply to the Meesden door - the Clavering door is available only with obscure glass designs as shown on page 13.

Clavering

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The village of Meesden has moved over thecenturies from its original position besidethe church. St Mary’s church with itstwelfth-century nave and mosaic tilepavement is hidden in a wood.

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Pelham

Piers Shonks was a twenty-three-foot-tall giant wholived on an island in Shonks' Moat, Peppsall Field,Brent, Pelham. One day, whilst out hunting, heencountered a ferocious dragon and with an arrowkilled it. This beast was in fact the devil's favouriteand in outrage the evil one swore that he would havePiers' soul whether the giant was buried inside oroutside the church. When Piers was finally on hisdeathbed, he fired an arrow to determine where hewould be buried. The arrow sailed through a windowinto the church of St Mary the Virgin at BrentPelham and embedded itself in the wall. Thus Pierswas buried in the wall of the church and cheated thedevil as he was neither inside nor outside the church.Piers' tomb remains to this day.

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Design shown with obsured glass (see page 17 for options).

Orwell and Sandon

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The Clunch Pit is an environmental treasure in theheart of the village of Orwell. It is an old quarrysite of about four acres which was designated byEnglish Nature in 1985 as a Site of SpecialScientific Interest (SSSI) in recognition of itsvaluable chalk grassland flora and fauna, whichare rare in this part of the country.

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Sandon is a scattered village with cottagesand farmhouses set around a large area of

common land. The foundations ofEngland’s earliest known windmill

(fourteenth-century) were found nearby.

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Hertford is the county town ofHertfordshire. Its name is Anglo-Saxon and means the fordfrequented by harts or stags.

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The church of St Mary’sin Aspenden has a tombwhich is one of only fivein the country to havecoloured brasses.

Westmill has a traditional village greenand thatched cottages overlooked by thespire of the Anglo-Saxon St Mary'schurch. It is a peaceful backwater in theRib Valley with many ancient trees.

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Barkway

Hormead

Braughing

Matthew Wall was afarmer who lived inBraughing in thesixteenth-century. At hisfuneral his coffin wasdropped on the way to thechurch yard. The joltawoke him and he livedfor several more years. Inhis will he asked that thechurch bells be rung onOctober 2nd, theanniversary of his escape.This requer is still carriedout each year.

Braughing is alsofamous for its localsausages.

The parish of Hormead consists of Great Hormead, LittleHormead and Hare Street. St Mary the Virgin, at LittleHormead, is a small Saxon church containing animportant ironwork door that dates from the twelfth-century.

Barkway is a large village which has an elegant highstreet lined with attractive buildings, which reflect theprosperity during the seventeenth and eighteenth-century coaching age. The church of St Mary Magdalenehas unusual stone figures, and the tomb of Admiral SirJohn Jennings, who helped capture Gibraltar in 1704.

Cromer

Cromer is home toHertfordshire's lastsurviving seventeenth-century mill. Now fixedin one position, the sailsused to run on a rail andwould rotate out over theroad.

Hunsdon, Meldreth, Foxton and Walkern

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The village stocks in Meldreth are at the base of amagnificent horse chestnut tree next to the whipping post.They are located on a triangular area known as Marvell'sGreen, which is at the junction of three roads, the HighStreet, Fenny Lane and North End.

Hunsdon

Meldreth Foxton

Walkern

Foxton is a small village inSouth Cambridgeshire whichhas a number of perfectlypreserved fifteenth andsixteenth-century houses, anda thirteenth century churchdedicated to St Lawrence.

Walkern was the home of thelast person in England to besentenced to death forwitchcraft. Jane Wenham wascondemned by a Hertford courtin 1711 but was given areprieve from the deathsentence and later granted aRoyal pardon by Queen Anne.

In the heart of the village of Hunsdonstands an eighteenth-century village halland an early nineteenth-century pump.

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Elmdon means ‘hill of elms’ andthis village is home to the only 3elm trees in Essex.

Archaeological finds have led tospeculation that Queen Boadiceaused to camp in the area aroundBrickendon.

At the time of the NormanConquest, Sawbridgeworth was oneof the most valuable estates in thecountry. Owned by Asgar theStaller, who was in charge of KingHarold’s stables. Sawbridgeworthwas home to one of the oldestnurseries in the country, firstestablished in 1725 where manynew fruit varieties were raised,including 30 kinds of plum.

Stortford

Elmdon

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Sawbridgeworth

The Market town of Bishop’s Stortford has manyold buildings including sixteenth andseventeenth-century inns. The George Hotel issaid to date from the fourteenth-century. Williamthe Conqueror built Waytemore Castle but allthat remains today is a massive castle mound.

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Contemporary Designs

The three times Lord Mayor ofLondon, Dick Whittington, wasLord of the manor of Thorley.Thorley has archaeological findsdating back 3000 years.

Stapleford is one of EastHertfordshire’s newer villages,consisting mainly of housesbuilt after the first World Warfor returning soldiers.

The medieval village of Layston ishome to the ruined church of StBartholomew. Although the churchwas abandoned, it is said that bellscontinued to be heard. One nightwhen the villagers went toinvestigate, they found the churchempty but lit.

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Thorley

Stapleford

Layston

Wyddial is situated 500 ft above sealevel and isone of the smallest villages in Hertfordshire. Theonly public building is its medieval church.

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Contemporary Designs

Ardeley has an attractive greenwith a well surrounded bythatched cottages, a thatchedvillage hall and the Normanchurch of St Lawrence.

Datchworth has a museumhoused in an old villageblacksmith’s shop on the green.Rectory Lane runs from thegreen towards the churchyardand is reputed to be haunted by ahorseless cart.

Folklore says that Albury hasxbeen touched by the devil’s hand. In1880 one of the church bells fell tothe foot of the tower but before itcould be repaired or replaced, itdisappeared. Some say that it wasstolen by the Devil.

Bramfield

Ardeley

Datchworth

Albury

Bramfield was the first parish for martyrThomas Becket. It was also home to a witch andprovided a hiding place for Dick Turpin.

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Contemporary Designs

Ware once had a prosperous brewingindustry and was an importantcaoching stop. The 10ft 10in long greatbed of Ware could sleep a dozen at anyone time and has been on display in theVictoria & Albert Museum since 1931.

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The full name of this village is Watton-at-Stone. The ‘Stone’ of Watton-at-Stone ispresumed to refer to a prehistoric or Romanmark stone of Hertfordshire puddingstone,which can be found at the right of the doorof the Waggon and Horses.

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Aston has traditional village housing including athatched seventeenth-century cottage and a jocobeanhouse at Aston Bury, which used to be a monasteryuntil Henry VIII intervened. The village can boast ofhaving a highwayman. In the seventeenth andeighteenth centuries, Colonel Jack Whitney waylaidfarmers on their way back from Hertford market.

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Glass pattern names are thetrademark of Pilkington plc.The images are copyright ofPilkington plc and are reproducedwith the permission of Pilkingtonplc.

Obscured Glass Options

ArcticTM

AutumnTM

ChantillyTM

Charcoal SticksTM

ContoraTM

CotswoldTM

DigitalTM OakTM

PelerineTM

StippolyteTM Oriel CanterburyTM

Oriel Texture CanterburyTM

Oriel CoppiceTM

Oriel Texture CoppiceTMWarwickTM

TaffetaTM

SycamoreTMFlorielleTM

MayflowerTM

MinsterTM

FlemishTM

EvergladeTM

Oriel BrocadeTM Oriel LaurelTM

Oriel Texture LaurelTMOriel Texture BrocadeTM

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Frame Colour Options

cherrywood (rosewood)woodgrain

*Rustic cherrywoodgrain

*Irish oakwoodgrain

*Antique oakwoodgrain

*AnTEAKwoodgrain

light oakwoodgrain

mahoganywoodgrain

white woodgrain *cream woodgrain*red woodgrain*grey woodgrain*green woodgrain*blue woodgrainblack woodgrain

Door Colour Options (All colours available internally and externally)

cherrywood (rosewood)woodgrain

grey woodgraincream woodgrainblack woodgrainwhite woodgrainlight oakwoodgrain

black greenredbluewhite

* Special order, please check current delivery times

Handles & Knockers

lion’s head knocker urn knocker slim knocker urn knocker withspyhole

Knocker variations

Colour variations

Handle variations

Lever handlefor use with multipoint locking systems

Colour variations

lever swan neck extended lever pad

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Numerals, Letters, Door Chains and Letterplates

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Colour variations

Numerals and Letters Door Chains

Letterplates

satin chrome

bright chrome

gold bright bronze

satin bronze white black

numerals and letters are available in all colours to match door furniture (80mm).

Fully spring-loaded with 180 degree flap. Fully weathersealed to produce adraught-free environment. Dimensions: 310mm x 76mm.

Door chains are available in gold, bright chrome and black.

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Locking Systems

Exclusively tested and certified,the cylinder multi-point lockingsystem exceeds the latest industrystandards and is fully compliantwith PAS023/024 and the police-backed initiative ‘Secured byDesign.’

10 year performance guarantee

Optional security cylinder

The latest crime prevention solutionfor homeowners!The new Vectis is a revolutionarymulti-point door locking system freefrom euro cylinder operation.No euro cylinder, so…- no bumping- no breaking / snapping- no plug extractionPatented 5 lever operation(traditional lever technology thathas been used in mortice locks forcenturies).Designed to meet the requirements ofPAS 023 / 024 and Secured ByDesign.

3 robust deadlocking security hookstogether with 2 pre-compression rollers forweathersealing.

Snib facility as standard.

Bi-directional throw of locking features(enhanced anti-jemmy).

Supplied with 3 x brass keys.

Unique patented door lock whichcombines modern multi pointlocking with traditional key entry

10 year performance guarantee

Multi Point door lock with cylinder

Cylinder-free Multi Point door lock

Traditional Rim Locks

Chrome Finish

Gold Finish

rim pullOptional security cylinder

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Thresholds, weatherseals and core details

WeathersealsWelglaze composite doors are dual-sealed using advanced foam products.The high-performance foam products ensure that the maximumweatherseal is always obtained. The exceptional performance ismaintained over a wide temperature range; the products do not shrink orstretch even in extreme climatic conditions. The weatherseals activelyabsorb sound pollution and can increase the door's acoustic properties byup to 35%. They are immune to the side effects of U.V light and ozone.The environmentally friendly CFC-free foam products are water-repellentand have an impervious surface that is not affected by mould or mildew.

CoreWelglaze composite doors are made with a solid timber core which iscompletely encapsulated within highly durable plastic edge banding allround and two thermoplastic door skins.

50mm PVC-U Threshold 60mm PVC-U Threshold 70mm PVC-U Threshold

AM3 Threshold for use without a PVC-U external sill*optional internal ramp

Trimline aluminium threshold:-for use with a PVC-U external sill

Threshold PVC-U

Threshold Aluminium

for colour options see page 14

Aluminium threshold available in gold & silver

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In harmony with the environment

Welglaze is strongly dedicated to good environmental practice. We believe that taking action on waste is essential since natural resources are

being consumed at an unsustainable rate and climate change is being contributed to unnecessarily. We minimise our waste and run an

extensive recycling programme that is continually looking for improvement.

Wood is a natural resource and the timbers used in our doors are harvested from carefully managed fast-growing forests. 57% of the basic PVC

molecule used in the manufacture of our door frames is derived from salt, an element in plentiful supply with an estimated 50 quadrillion

(one thousand million million) tonnes of dissolved salt in the world’s seas alone, with the remainder of the molecule derives from oil. The PVC-

U used in our door frames is 100% recyclable and may be recycled 10 times and more without significant loss of integrity and structure.

Aluminium and steel reinforcing sections are also recycled.

Our commitment to helping the environment does not begin and end with what happens at our premises. Welglaze actively seeks suppliers with

a similar responsible attitude towards the environment and actively encourages our customers to do the same. We also optimise our delivery

routes to minimise our carbon footprint and the pollution on the roads.

Our high performance PVC-U doors can deliver significant energy savings and as such they can play a positive role in making homes more

sustainable by cutting carbon emissions, not to mention heating bills.

We believe that the future of our planet is important not only for ourselves but for future generations.

Please note that due to our policy of continuous development, we reserve the right to change specifications without notice. Whilst every effort has

been made to represent colours and products accurately, we cannot guarantee an exact match to our finished product due to the limitations of

the printing process.

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