The architectural tendency towards paring down visible structures and formally integrating functional engineering elements is also evidenced on entrances and exits, notably in the form of non-rebated doors or concealed hinges.

FSB has now come up with applicable hardware solutions in the form of flush furniture - equipped with the FSB AGL® compensating bearing for heavy-duty applications or supplied in a fire safety variant - and flush roses for standard doors.

Central to the flush rose concept is a high-precision assembly process in which the rose is literally sunk into the door. Preparing and machining doors is easier than might be imagined, however. Fabricators require no CNC technology to be able to complete the job accurately. We at FSB have developed a drilling template that yields excellent results with minimum input. The niche potential of flush hardware and roses is particularly conducive to highlighting the fabricator’s craft acumen in select and design/architecture-focus interior finishing jobs. From a marketing point of view, the fabricator’s knowledge of dealing with flush hardware and roses provides him or her with a niche and hence a competitive advantage. In the context of renovation projects, the hardware does a fine job of providing a modern accent in a space.

Machining recesses to accommodate the roses is easy and demands no more than common carpentry skills. Any high-quality door is essentially suitable: for the flush fitting of hardware in heavy-duty (FSB 7201) or fire-safety (FSB 7601) variants a door at least 45mm thick is required. Flush roses for standard furniture (FSB 1736 and FSB 1737) can be fixed to doors 38-44 mm thick.

Almost all FSB lever handle models with and without AGL® heavy-duty bearings are also available in flush-rose variants - and, independently of this, in all materials
and finishes in the FSB range, specifically Aluminium, AluGrey® (an alloy specially developed by FSB), Stainless Steel, and Bronze (with differing degrees of surface patina).

Ably supplementing our flush hardware and roses are further new products espousing the same design concept: flush armoured roses, window handles with flush roses and flush/recessed pulls.

All flush product innovations by FSB can be found on the Internet at www.fsb.de/novelties.