Stars in your eyes

Sporting icons made a special appearance to support a young rugby star who was left paralysed following an accident on the pitch, as his new home neared completion.

GEZE UK donated eight state-of-the-art door closers for his new home joining forces with some of the building and renovating industry's biggest names to help build a specially adapted house for 22-year-old Chris McGuirk.

Due to his condition, Chris requires constant assistance to move around, making opening doors a challenge, so GEZE UK specified eight TS 4000 EFS overhead door closers, equipped with a free swing function to allow the doors to be opened in either direction and an electrohydraulic hold-open device, making it easy to pass through.

The TS 4000 EFS closer offers flexible options for people experiencing access difficulties as it can be fitted on both right and left hand doors without adjustment and single action doors of up to 1400mm with an easy to adjust closing force size of 1-6. Not only is it suitable for private homes, but it is also ideal for hospitals and care homes.

GEZE UK's sales and marketing director Jules Quested-Williams said: "At GEZE UK we specialise in creating bespoke solutions that make access easier for all and when we heard about Chris McGuirk and his appeal through our customer Elite Architectural Ironmongers we knew we had the perfect solution for him." 
 

(L to R: Ricky Hatton, Chris McGuirk, Ryan Giggs)