IVECO DAILY L3 H2 FOR A DOOR AND WINDOW FITTER

Installation and maintenance work for a door and window fitter – glass, doors, windows – poses very specific operational challenges: it's not enough to have space in the van, it also needs to be well organised, protected and flexible to solve certain practical problems tied to the trade. Here are the main ones:

1. Transporting glass and frames without damaging them. The fitter moves fragile and expensive materials, often custom-made for the client. The Syncro solution: cargo bars with rubber profiles.

2. Organising a large quantity of small components. Installing doors and windows requires handles, screws, hinges, seals, sealant and many other materials that need to be kept tidy for efficient work. The Syncro solution: metal and transparent drawers, removable containers, cases.

In the Iveco Daily L3 H2 shown, we find Syncro's solutions applied to the real case of a door and window fitter who has a large commercial vehicle and wants to make his working days as efficient as possible. The owner of this van ruled out the most basic solutions, such as putting all the material on the floor and hoping it wouldn't shift during transport, or tying down the load in the cargo area with ropes, and turned to Syncro for a truly professional project!

The Iveco Daily for a door and window fitter shown on this page has been fitted out on both side walls, making use of the space in every direction without touching the ceiling. The height of the van was chosen with the need to transport doors and windows in mind, and is exploited in the central aisle thanks to the cargo bars.

The bulkhead has been left completely free of furniture and is simply fitted with a load-restraint system in the form of a Syncroblock bar, with hooks and a strap; this makes loading and unloading easier, helped also by the sliding door.

Let's now look in detail at all the work carried out on board, starting with the linings.

When you invest in your own business, you also need to keep it in good condition over time. That's the purpose of van linings: they significantly extend the useful life of the vehicle, protecting the sheet metal on the walls and floor from dents and scratches, and providing a solid base for fixing furniture and accessories without having to drill into the bodywork.

In this Daily, the side walls have been lined with panels in honeycomb polypropylene, while the floor has been covered with marine plywood flooring with side profiles and stainless steel corner caps. On the floor, at the roof pillars, two profiled rails have been recessed to fix the cargo bars, which we'll look at in more detail below.

The main challenge for a door and window fitter is transporting glass, window frames and doors that must arrive at their destination intact, without dents and without damaging the rest of the load.

To avoid these problems and make the van truly functional for its owner, Syncro technicians installed SyncroSTOP aluminium cargo bars vertically. Each one has a side profile and can be mounted horizontally or vertically in the van, with the ends fixed to two aluminium rails described in the previous paragraph, or to other bars. The narrower face of each bar can be rubber-coated so as not to damage the load.

With SyncroSTOP bars it's easier to partition the van, setting aside space for doors and windows and avoiding the risk of materials falling or shifting accidentally. The bars can be moved and repositioned in minutes if needed.

The left wall of the Daily is dedicated to all the space needed to store tools, equipment and consumables for fitting and adjusting windows and doors.

• A floor compartment with a lower door, and an open compartment fitted with a case retention kit and a restraint strap.
• Four patented pull-out trays for as many metal tool cases.
• Two metal drawers with a non-slip mat and internal dividers.
• A shelf with three removable Euronorm plastic containers.
• Five configurable shelves, three open, one with a lower door and one with a drop-down door.
• A top gutter with an opening at the short end.
• A fold-down vice holder with a metal vice.
• A paper towel holder.

The right wall of the Daily for a door and window fitter is dedicated to small parts and spares. Here we find a set of four shelves holding a total of 24 removable plastic APC containers and two Multibox units with 12 removable transparent drawers and another 6 tilting ones. On the side facing the rear doors, two accessories have been added: damp hand-wipes on a dedicated holder and a first-aid case. On the other side, there's a hook holder with a metal flange and strap.

At Syncro System you won't find off-the-shelf solutions, only tailor-made projects for your van and your trade. That said, if you've seen a fit-out on our site that you like, save it and show it to our technicians at your first meeting.

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