Ultraframe Chambered Glazing Bar Top Cap
- Product Code: ULT-2206-1005
- Manufacturer Code: CCA600W/25_2M
- Shopping Category: Hardware > Building Materials > Roofing
Chambered Glazing Bar Top Caps from Ultraframe
Ultraframe quality at convenient sizes!
Long-lasting and UV-stable glazing bar top caps, with PVC-u chambered construction for improved thermal efficiency and strength. Designed for Ultraframe Classic conservatory roofs, and available in choice of domed, bevelled, and Georgian style, to suit your application or style.
Suitable for use with 24mm roof glass, and 25mm polycarbonate sheets on Ultraframe’s Series 7 glazing bars, as commonly used on their industry leading Classic and Classic Plus conservatory roof system.
Features & Benefits
- Superior Strength and Security – unique patented chambered design
- Maximum Thermal Efficiency - 4°C warmer, with 40% better U-value
- Less Bowing and Twisting - enhanced torsional rigidity
- Improved Weatherproofing - watertight in winds up to 130mph
- Cleaner Sight Lines - more discreet concealed gaskets
- Choice of Capping Style - pick from bevelled, domed, and Georgian
- Easy Installation - simple tap-down fitting
In addition to making your space warmer, the chambered top cappings also reduce condensation, and the 10mm coextruded gasket accommodates the expansion and contraction of the roof material as ambient temperature changes. The glazing bar top cappings are produced to an exceptional standard with the high quality finish that we expect from Ultraframe, the industry’s leading manufacturer with over 1.5 million roofs installed.
IMPORTANT Always check suitability before purchase. These cappings are manufactured by Ultraframe for their 7 Series glazing bars, and although they may look similar to cappings of other manufacturers, there is no assurance that they will securely lock into the bar, nor that they will provide the relevant water seal compression. See Fitting & Usage for more information.
Technical Information
| Measurement | Value |
| Material | PVC-u extrusion with coextruded Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) gasket |
| Profile | Dome, Bevel or Georgian |
| Length | 2m (6ft 7in), 2.9m (9ft 6in), 4m (13ft 1in) |
| Glazing Compatibility | 24mm glass units, and 25mm polycarbonate sheets |
| System Compatibility | Ultraframe Classic 7 Series Bars, including their light, medium and heavy Starter Bars (SPE_L/1, SPE_M/1, SPE_B/1), Transom/Victorian Bars ( SPTL/1, SPTM/1, SPTA/1), plus the light and heavy Georgian Bars (SPGA_L/1, SPGC_/1). |
| Colour | White (other colours may be available on application) |
| Certification | BBA. BS 6375-1 : 2015 and MOAT No 1 : 1974 |
Fitting & Usage
Identify Suitability
Before purchasing, we recommend that you check compatibility. These cappings are designed for use with Ultraframe 7 Series glazing bars and 24/25mm glazing only. To identify your conservatory roof system, refer to any installation paperwork, and compare the profile of your bar and capping. Manufacturer part numbers may also be printed on the underside of the capping. With the Dome and Bevel profiles suitable for intermediate transoms, and hips on Victorian style roofs, and the Georgian for use on hips of Georgian style conservatories with 90° corners.
We cannot confirm suitability of this product with any other roof system or glazing thickness.
Fitting the Ultraframe Chambered Top Caps
Once cut to length using an electric chop saw, or fine toothed handsaw, the capping can be easily fitted to the aluminium upstand of the Ultraframe 7 Series bar, without any special tools. Simply align the end of the capping with the end of the bar, and knock hooked legs of the capping into the barbed aluminium upstand. The upstand features multiple locking points, which accommodate different glazing thicknesses, and allows watertight compression of the top capping flapper seal against the glazing material.
How to Remove Existing Cappings
Removal of existing cappings can be difficult, but there are tools and methods that will help. The top capping legs, which lock into the aluminium glazing bar, will need to be unhooked. The Ultraframe Glazing Bar Capping Removal Tool can really help with this, as it features two vertical blades that insert into the end of the bar to release the legs, and then allow an upwards motion to pull the capping out.
Note that some long nose pliers, or two flat screwdrivers, can be used in absence of the removal tool. A gasket that may have become stuck to the glazing material can be freed by running a putty knife, or similar, up the length of the capping.
