Thursday 30 August 2018

The Bold Claims (Faster, Cheaper & Crispier)
Based on a 35mm (1 3/8") pre-prepared & pre-finished door;
For bedroom, bathroom, closet and similar internal doors
1.     No traditional door frame
2.     No door frame stop bead
3.     No architraves (no mitered timber trim moldings to perimeter of frame)
4.     Reduces the need for nib studs and double studs
5.     Eliminates site painting of doors & frames (roller work only to reveals)
6.     Integral concealed magnetic catch eliminates the need for a latch bolt
7.     Lever handles not required
8.     Labour on the above items greatly reduced
9.     Limited trade skills required to hang doors
10.   Simple tools required (drill & screwdriver)
11.   Simplified floor finishes (minimal scribing around moldings)
12.   Non-handed hardware (flip & rotate door to change hand)
13.   Simple concept to sell to clients, specifiers, developers & builders

Note - There are add-on costs (plumb plasterboard work & set plaster trim etc.)

           This product has been designed by;
           Door & Hardware Specialist Architect - Howard Styles
           Canberra Australia
           61 2 6232 6455
           www.angleshoe.com.au




Tuesday 26 June 2018

Flat-Strap Pivots are part of the suite of designs by Howard Styles.
Door & hardware specialist - Canberra Australia
hstyles@bigpond.net.au
www.angleshoe.com.au
These aluminium pivots are now made by McCallum Hinges Sydney

Monday 18 May 2015

Concealed Pivot Hinges for ACP (Aluminium Composite Panels)

ACP (Aluminium Composite Panels) like all crisp facade systems need concealed pivot details for access panels, hatches and service doors.  They are required for; electrical, hydraulic, data and other service closets and for access doors to other services.  Angle-Shoe pivots have the hardware to do the job. They can be used for very small access panels into the centre of a sheet with only a 3mm (1/8") gap visible. They can also be used for access doors to 50kg (100 pounds).

For further information contact the designer Howard Styles. E hstyles@bigpond.net.au

The image below is the AS35(ex) pivot which has a weather seal and a brass rivet.



Wednesday 15 October 2014

Hollow Core Door Pivot Hinge

Low cost pivot for hollow core doors.
Contact - Howard Styles hstyles@bigpond.net.au

Monday 13 October 2014

Low Cost 'Angle-Shoe' Pivot

Angle-Shoe Pivots are testing a low cost pivot for affordable housing.  Traditional pivots cost a lot to purchase and install. This pivot will be considerably cheaper than the original economical Angle-Shoe AS35.

The new model is for hollow core doors 2040 x 870 x 35 (6'8" x 2'10" x 1 3/8")  The test door is 35Kg (70 pounds) to allow for some variation to the panel type.

The big savings for flush pivot doors in gypsum plasterboard walls is in the painting cost. To prime, undercoat and paint a door with a normal architrave or similar timber trim in Australia costs about AUD$150.00 or about five times the purchase cost of the door panel. For these pivot doors the painting can be done with just a paint roller without 'cutting-in' brushwork. For details of the new 'PAS35' please email Howard Styles - hstyles@bigpond.net.au

Wednesday 7 May 2014

USA 'ANGLE-SHOE' MANUFACTURERS

'ANGLE-SHOE' MANUFACTURERS IN THE USA'
This can now be considered 'Trumpian' Fake News

'ANGLE-SHOE' pivots will NEVER be made in the USA.  A manufacturer has show a keen interest in the ever growing range of products and negotiations are under way to service that part of the global market.  For architectural hardware distributors please email Howard Styles at hstyles@bigpond.net.au - for contact details.





THE PFS35 LOW COST PIVOT SETS

Angle-Shoe' pivots were officially launched at DesignBuild Melbourne in 2004.
Thousands of pivots sets have now been sold to a bunch of very happy customers.
The pivots go to places like CuraƧao, Suriname, Holland, and even New Zealand.
Some also go to the UK and USA.

Howard Styles the designer and maker of Angle-Shoes makes the pivots in Canberra.
Unlike Washington DC, Canberra is not only the nations capitol but is also:
'The Epicentre of pivot making in Australia'.

The pivots are constantly morphing into new products to facilitate economical details.

Sydney House of a customer who used the PFS35 pivot for external louvres
The firmness of these new pivots holds these louvres at any angle.
I suspect they could generate electricity during days of high wind.

Contact the designer Howard Styles - hstyles@bigpond.net.au