With the constant need to remain fire and infection control compliant, we’re helping futureproof estates by ensuring that full compliance lasts longer, helping healthcare estates deliver quality care for patients.
An industry-wide paradigm shift is taking place that suggests that the NHS backlog of maintenance and the COVID pandemic has highlighted a systemic problem within how NHS estates have been built and maintained. The demand on our healthcare estates has never been greater, but neither has the increasing awareness of fire regulations and reform, to the point that a large portion of the public has become acutely aware as a result of the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower and the enquiry that has followed.
Fire certification, infection control and sustainability are now all firmly in the melting pot, how do we develop a solution to all these challenges that meet strict requirements with limited fiscal resources? It’s a big ask. But like every good challenge, it requires a new way of thinking; one that challenges the thought process on ‘how it’s always been done’ and takes into account the goal it will achieve in the long run.
PVC Postformed hospital doorsets are the answer to a number of the challenges that modern healthcare estates face; fully-certified fire-rated doorsets, that can take the everyday impact of beds, cages, trolleys and bins as well as bumps and scratches from patients, visitors and staff alike. How? PVC can absorb impact, does not shatter, and stand up to the stringent cleaning routines every hospital is assigned to.
But PVC is a crude oil-based composite, how is that sustainable?
It’s a great question and one we get asked a lot so here’s our take on it. Oil is a finite resource and will eventually run out and cannot be replaced, which is why we are seeking alternative materials and methods of manufacture to counter this.
There are elements to every door set regardless of whether it is laminate or PVC Postformed. For example, carbon emissions are given off to cut down trees, transport the timber and from vehicles when door sets are delivered and from the work vehicles of door installers and decorators.
If PVC Postformed door sets last longer thereby halving the number of replacements required, reducing the amount of maintenance cost and removing the need for redecoration, we're saving the pecuniary and environmental burden of continual replacement, maintenance and redecoration and thereby minimising our impact whilst being a carbon neutral company. There is always more we can do and we’ve made a start! What’s important is that we’re on a journey to Net-Zero, and we’re committed to achieving it.
PVC postformed door sets require a greater initial investment, but if over a 60-year lifespan, you can save 40% compared to a traditional door set on just repainting the door frame alone is it worth the investment? For what it’s worth, we believe so.
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If you have any questions about how specialist door solutions can provide you with high-quality PVC Postformed door sets, please get in touch at +441420 543222, or email us at sales@specialistdoorsolutions.com. You can also use the contact form on our contact page, and someone will get back to you
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