May 2018 Product Briefs: Doors, Windows, and Roofing

**YOV SSG Vent System**

YKK AP developed this zero–sight line casement window to provide ventilation in glass facades and maintain the appearance of a single glass wall when closed. It is thermally broken and has a U Value of 0.39 BTU/HR/SF compared with 0.52 BTU/HR/SF for conventional vents. Triple glazing is optional.

ykkap.com

**DesignGlide**

JELD-WEN has a hardware kit that lets builders install any standard-size door as a barn door. The kit comes complete with top-mounted rolling hardware, door pulls, a floor stop, top and bottom accent rails, and a 72"- or 84"-long track designed to hold doors weighing up to 120 pounds. It is ideal for updating multiple units on a limited budget.

jeld-wen.com

**Boral Roofing Concrete Tile**

Boral is adding six new colors to its concrete roof-tile collection. Available in the 17" x 13" Saxony Slate profile, the concrete product is an affordable alternative to the company’s clay offerings. The new hues (Oceana, Café Sand, and Mottled White are shown) come from pigments the company blends with the cement during the manufacturing process.

boralamerica.com

**CeraMax**

INOX stainless-steel hardware is available with a ceramic coating to resist corrosion from chemicals and salt air in coastal areas. Called CeraMax, it’s baked on in a special finishing chamber and comes in Glacier white, Graphite, and Flat black finishes.

inoxproducts.com

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Kelly Beamon was the products editor for Architectural Record and managed the monthly products newsletter Material World. Before joining the staff of RECORD, she worked as a senior editor for This Old House and Interior Design, and as the managing editor of Surface. As the executive editor of HD magazine, she moderated talks on design trends for HDExpo, an annual hospitality design conference held in Las Vegas. She has also been quoted on design by the New York Times, ABC News, and USA Today and has written columns on American house styles and kitchen and bath trends. She has a B.A. in English from Chatham University in Pittsburgh and 18 years of architecture and design writing to her credit. She resides in Brooklyn with two children, two guinea pigs, and threadbare period original furnishings by George Nelson, Kazuhide Takahama, Charles and Ray Eames, and Gustav Stickley.