Preferred Engineering Products introduces Slide‘N’Hide™ , the most versatile self-storing screen on the market. This patented, award-winning system features a roll-away screen which disappears into the door or window frame to offer a clear unobstructed view and easy access for cleaning. Slide‘N’Hide lets the user control when they want the screen – simply sliding it into place when it’s required and out of sight when it isn’t.
Industry sales have shown that homeowners will pay a premium for a roll-away window screen. Consumer polls indicate that homeowners are twice as likely to purchase a window with a retractable screen as one without. Slide‘N’Hide differs from other roll-away screens in that it is not
an add-on system but is actually integrated into the window frame at the time of manufacture.
Slide’N’Hide utilizes a patented system which encapsulates the entire screen in a cartridge which can be popped out of the window frame in seconds for repair or replacement. Assembly of the components into a complete cartridge can easily be done by the fabricator and is less time
consuming than standard fixed screen manufacturing.
A not so obvious benefit to the manufacturer is the elimination of shipping damage since the screen is protected in its stored position. Difficulties especially with large fixed screens, like hourglassing where the screen cloth distorts the screen bar are eliminated with Slide’N’Hide.
Homeowners will choose windows with the Slide’N’Hide system over other windows as it allows 50% more light in-to the home when stored as well as offering an unobstructed view and contributing to overall aesthetics of the home.
The Slide ‘N’ Hide system is available to fit any style of window or door and is included as standard equipment with some of our award winning Parallex™ system window hardware.
Benefits of Slide’N’Hide™
Window Manufacturers
• Increased profits: because Slide‘N’Hide system can be used in casement, hung, or slider windows, fewer profiles need to be inventoried
• Ease of system assembly means increased worker productivity
• Easier to manufacture than a fixed screen
• Significant product differentiation
• Desirability of features makes windows using Slide‘N’Hide more attractive to consumers, allowing manufacturers to demand a premium price
• Improve bottom line by eliminating costly fixed screen remakes from shipping damage
• Improve bottom line by eliminating costly site service calls to repair fixed screens
• Reduce costly workers compensation claims from assembling fixed screens
Dealers and Distributors
• Significant product differentiation
• Unique features make windows with Slide‘N’Hide more attractive to homeowners
• Premium window features = higher margins
• System quality and ease-of-use virtually eliminates service calls.
Homeowners
• Easy to operate
• Easier to clean windows
• Screen stays cleaner as airborne dirt and dust are not drawn through it in the stored position
• No need to remove during winter months
• 50% more light entering the home with screen in the stored position
• Reduced energy costs from light and heat gain
• Performance of the glass is not inhibited
• Health benefits from more light
• Clear unobstructed view when stored
• Integrated Slide‘N’Hide screen system can disappear when window is not open
Increase profitability and competitiveness by offering your customers a product with a difference.
Our engineering team is available to help you customize profiles to fit Slide‘N’Hide. Our services include product troubleshooting, state-of-the-art 3D computer modeling and in-house testing facilities are all available to help you give your customers products that maximize performance quickly and cost-effectively.
At Preferred Engineering, we’re committed to providing innovative solutions to your window hardware problems. Contact us today to find out how we can help you make the right choices.
Reduced Manufacturing and Service Costs Slide‘N’Hide is easier to assemble than fixed screens and is quickly and easily installed into the window frame at the factory, increasing productivity by reducing time spent on screen construction. Dealers will also appreciate the simple cartridge design, which virtually eliminates service calls by allowing the homeowner to replace the screen without using a single tool.
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| Homeowners like the improved view and increased daylighting that retractable screens provide, and many are willing to pay a premium to get what they want. The problem? Aftermarket add-on screens are often bulky, bolted-on, and difficult to install contraptions that can spoil the aesthetic design of the window. For manufacturers, add-on screens often mean significantly increased production costs, supply headaches, and often a margin too small to make it worthwhile.
The solution? Preferred Engineering set out to develop a retractable screen that can be integrated into the window frame. The result? An attractive, compact system with a lower production cost. Window manufacturers and dealers looking for ‘built-in’ value and a ‘clear’ way to differentiate themselves in a marketplace that’s resistant to change may want to set their sights on integrated retractable screen systems. Designed to provide homeowners with a more aesthetically pleasing alternative to cumbersome, aftermarket roll-away screens, these versatile, self-storing screen systems feature a roll-away window screen that is not a retrofitted add-on, but is actually built into the window frame during the manufacturing process. |
