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Win, lose or draw, sports fans around the world are tough on washrooms. Not just because of the damage caused by vandalism but also because they present an operational maintenance challenge by their pattern of usage. Demand peaks prior to, after games and during intervals. Between matches the washrooms will be lightly used, if at all. …

The City Academy Bristol, which opened in 2003, has used Keylex 700 mechanical digital locks from day one. Staff, pupils and visitors alike can freely enter the main foyer but access into the main office is controlled by a Keylex 700 lock. …

The Leonard Cheshire Home at Greenacres in Sutton Coldfield has just installed …

Harper Adams University recognized that some of their staff and students would struggle to operate some of the doors encountered in the course of their normal daily routines. So, since 2008 they have been steadily installing LCN Auto Equalizers - activated in a variety of ways including wall mounted push buttons and wheelchair mounted fobs.…

Wells Cathedral volunteers access their personal lockers using the Keylex 500…

Effective July 2014 and in association with our colleagues at Loddon Door Services Ltd, …

The Keylex 2100 from Relcross has been recommended by leading security magazine Professional …

We have successfully secured CE certification for our 'channel' door coordinators for use on rebated steel doors.…

You may have noticed we have added recently a comprehensive range of weatherstripping products to the web site. Relcross has partnered the Pemko Manufacturing Co. since the 1980s and we are delighted to promote its products via this online facility. …

Welcome to the new Relcross Ltd web site - officially launched 4th March 2014.…

Effective 1st July 2013 Relcross became a full member of the Door & Hardware Federation.…

Where there is no harmonized standard covering a product, it is still possible to use that product on 'life safety doors' provided you can still show fitness for purpose and any necessary fire test evidence. …

Next time you are in a restaurant, theatre, hotel, hospital, school or other public building and you see an exit door chained shut, or if it looks like an obstacle course because of boxes or chairs piled in front, take a big step towards safety and report it. …

Hardware for use on doors in life safety situations: From July 2013, manufacturers must apply the CE marking and issue a Declaration of Performance for each product where appropriate. Certain standards are still to be published, including the standard for fire-resisting doors, and CE marking of these products will start later.…