Nico Window Test Centre, Clacton-on-Sea
Nico Manufacturing t/a Window Test HouseClacton-on-Sea, Essex
Nico’s owner page calls the facility the Window Test Centre. The current UKAS result names Nico Manufacturing t/a Window Test House at 109 Oxford Road, Clacton-on-Sea, with testing at that address only. Its linked schedule covers specified window weathertightness, operation, strength and security methods, including PAS 24:2022 +A1:2024 for listed window configurations. This guide follows those detailed rows. The owner’s broader doorset wording and separate indicative hardware tests do not extend the accredited scope. Independent testing is advertised for Nico customers and systems companies, with exact arrangements to confirm.
Reviewed by Arc · About this review
Key facts
- Exact accredited location
- 109 Oxford Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex CO15 3TJ. The schedule says testing is performed at this address only.
- Window scope
- Detailed window weather, operation/strength and security rows are listed. The schedule’s product and configuration restrictions apply, with no accredited doorset allocation inferred.
- Accreditation evidence
- UKAS Testing Laboratories 9458 links an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 schedule, issue 007 dated 23 February 2026. The official result and linked document were retrieved on 1 October 2026.
- Enquiry route
- Use Nico’s technical phone +44 1255 422333 or general sales@nico.co.uk to discuss testing. The owner advertises independent testing for its customers and systems companies.
Testing capabilities
Window weathertightness
The windows scope lists air permeability to BS EN 1026:2016, watertightness to BS EN 1027:2016 and resistance to wind load to BS EN 12211:2016, in support of BS 6375-1:2015+A1:2016. The schedule also records a withdrawn watertightness alternative. Confirm the procedure and target classification for the proposed window.
Window operation and strength
Rows cover repeated opening/closing, operating forces, racking, static torsion and safety-device strength in support of BS 6375-2:2009. Page 1 places “Excluding vertical sliding windows” alongside the operating-force and racking entries. Page 2 continues with torsion and safety-device rows without repeating that restriction. Confirm the exact applicability for the proposed window and method rather than assuming the exclusion continues or unrestricted coverage is established.
Window basic-security test
The windows scope lists a basic-security test to BS 6375-3:2009+A1:2013 Annex A. This is the specific listed row, with no complete additional-performance menu or doorset scope inferred.
PAS 24 security tests for listed windows
PAS 24:2022 +A1:2024 applies to listed singular and multilight windows: top, side, bottom or butt hinged, top and side projected, double-opening French windows, and fixed or fixed casements with dummy vents. Methods are manipulation, manual and mechanical infill-medium removal, mechanical loading and manual check. Confirm the specimen configuration against this exact row before requesting work.
Unaccredited indicative hardware tests
The owner separately offers unaccredited single-axis hinge testing to BS EN 1935:2002 and hardware corrosion testing as preparation for accredited testing. Its corrosion-standard identifier is written inconsistently, so an exact corrosion standard and revision are not asserted here. Agree the method and indicative report status with Nico. These offers are not additional UKAS 9458 accreditation.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Owner’s own-product durability audits | The operator states 30,000 cycles for its locking-system audits and “30K cycles” for its friction-hinge audits | These statements are in the owner’s programme of audit testing on its own products. They are product-audit context rather than a universal rig capacity, published accredited window-test limit or promise of a client audit service. No chamber dimensions, specimen envelope or weather-pressure limit was verified. |
Access and contact
Nico advertises independent testing at the Window Test Centre for its customers and systems companies. Call the technical department on +44 1255 422333 or use the shared sales@nico.co.uk route to discuss the window configuration, exact scheduled method, required revision, specimen preparation, delivery, quotation and report. The accredited schedule locates testing only at 109 Oxford Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex CO15 3TJ. Its telephone field is malformed, so this guide uses the correctly formed owner phone. Nico also offers customer visits for discussion and preparation advice, which do not establish offsite accredited testing.
Facility contact
- Address
- 109 Oxford Road
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 3TJ
United Kingdom - sales@nico.co.uk
- Telephone
- +44 1255 422333
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS 9458 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- The official result retrieved on 1 October 2026 lists Nico Manufacturing t/a Window Test House under Testing Laboratories 9458. The linked schedule is issue 007 dated 23 February 2026, accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017. Its detailed windows-only rows and main-address-only condition control scope, with no blanket accreditation for all owner-advertised work.
- Specified window-performance standards
- Weather rows support BS 6375-1:2015+A1:2016. Repeated opening/closing uses BS EN 1191:2012 Annex G in support of BS 6375-2:2009. Operating forces use BS EN 12046-1:2020 and racking uses BS EN 14608:2004, with the page 1 vertical-sliding restriction retained. Static torsion uses BS EN 14609:2004. Safety-device strength uses that standard as modified by DIHM WTH-LBCSD-SOP, in support of BS 6375-2:2009 and BS EN 14351-1:2006 +A2:2016 clause 4.8. Confirm the applicable row and procedure.
- Specified security scope
- Basic security is the BS 6375-3:2009+A1:2013 Annex A row. The enhanced-security row uses PAS 24:2022 +A1:2024 for the expressly listed windows and methods. The owner page’s shorter PAS24:2022 and doorset wording is not used to enlarge or replace that current schedule row.
- Separate indicative and audit context
- Owner single-axis hinge testing is explicitly unaccredited and cites BS EN 1935:2002. The corrosion identifier is inconsistent between two owner-page passages and requires confirmation. Own-product durability audit passages cite BS EN 13126-4:2008 and BS EN 13126-6:2008, with stated 30,000-cycle practice. These do not establish additional accredited scope or universal test capacity.
What to confirm with the facility
- The owner uses the name Window Test Centre, while UKAS names Nico Manufacturing t/a Window Test House. The current register and schedule tie the accredited windows scope to 109 Oxford Road. General manufacturing products, certification logos and broader doorset wording are not additional site-specific accredited tests.
- Page 1’s vertical-sliding exclusion accompanies the operating-force and racking entries. Page 2 begins a windows continuation for static torsion and safety devices. No continuation of the exclusion or unrestricted vertical-sliding approval is inferred across that page break. Confirm the exact window type and method with the laboratory.
- PAS 24:2022 +A1:2024 is limited here to the listed singular/multilight window configurations and methods. The current schedule has no doorset testing rows, so the owner’s broad doorsets-and-windows description does not establish doorset accreditation at this facility.
- Indicative hinge and corrosion work is explicitly unaccredited. The own-product 30,000-cycle audit statements are not a common specimen-capacity or accredited durability rating. A chamber size, pressure range, specimen limit, guaranteed classification or current client audit-service offer was not verified.
- The schedule is issue 007 of 23 February 2026, while its PDF metadata is dated 6 March 2026. Older withdrawn alternatives remain labelled as such. Confirm the current relevant row, requested edition, exact specimen configuration and report accreditation status before arranging work.
- Agree specimen drawings and hardware configuration, preparation, delivery, test sequence, acceptance criteria, witness requirements, report content, costs and programme with Nico.
Before requesting a test
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Frequently asked questions
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Related testing facilities
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Further reading
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Sources and review
Reviewed by Arc on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London using fresh Nico testing/contact pages, the official UKAS result and its linked two-page schedule. The schedule is issue 007 dated 23 February 2026, while PDF creation/modification metadata is 6 March 2026. It identifies the Window Test House at 109 Oxford Road and detailed windows-only scope, with the page 1 vertical-sliding restriction and amended PAS 24 configurations retained. The owner calls the facility the Window Test Centre, advertises a broader standards menu and separately unaccredited indicative and own-product audit work. Those statements do not enlarge accreditation. Testing-page metadata records publication on 14 April 2015 and a 2 December 2024 modification date, with duplicate modification tags carrying different UTC offsets. Homepage metadata records publication on 11 February 2015 and modification on 9 January 2022. UKAS directory-template publication on 30 June 2020 and modification on 11 November 2022 are not dates for this organisation result or scope update.
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UKAS Nico Manufacturing t/a Window Test House schedule 9458, issue 007
The two-page schedule is issue 007 dated 23 February 2026, with PDF creation/modification metadata dated 6 March 2026. Testing is at 109 Oxford Road only. Its windows-only rows and PAS 24:2022 +A1:2024 configurations control the guide’s accreditation scope. The page 1 vertical-sliding exclusion is retained beside operating-force and racking rows without guessing page 2 continuation. The original telephone field is malformed.
UKAS Nico Manufacturing t/a Window Test House testing laboratory result
Retrieved on 1 October 2026, the result lists Testing Laboratories 9458 at 109 Oxford Road and links its testing schedule. The separate CSA result is not facility evidence. The telephone field is malformed. Directory-template publication on 30 June 2020 and modification on 11 November 2022 are not this organisation result’s update dates.
Nico UKAS and Indicative Testing page
The owner names the Window Test Centre and offers independent testing to Nico customers and systems companies. Its broad doorsets wording does not enlarge the current windows-only UKAS scope. Additional hinge/corrosion tests are labelled unaccredited, and 30,000 cycles describes own-product audit practice. Corrosion-standard prefixes are inconsistent. WebPage metadata records publication on 14 April 2015 and modification on 2 December 2024. Duplicate modification meta tags use different UTC offsets.
Nico Manufacturing homepage and general contact details
The footer publishes the correctly formed +44 (0) 1255 422333 phone, sales@nico.co.uk and Oxford Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex CO15 3TJ. Number 109 comes from the UKAS schedule/register. Homepage WebPage metadata records publication on 11 February 2015 and modification on 9 January 2022. Copyright 2022 is not the retrieval date.