Aluminium windows and doors for Nairobi, East Africa line
Kenya changed the ground under the market in March 2025, when the new building code came into force and replaced the 1968 bylaws. The code governs the approval; there is no national fenestration performance rating regime to lean on, so the specification is carried by the document pack instead: the spec sheet written per order, the test report issued per model, and the glass to the KE product standard. That is the line this page is written around, and it is the reason the Mombasa port route and the hotel project angle are treated as first-class matters.
- Kenya Building Code of record (in force from March 2025) + KE product standards for the glass; no national fenestration performance rating regime
- Port of Mombasa, then the road leg to Nairobi
- 35–50 days including the road leg
The challenge here
Highland heat and UV with cool nights, dust, no national fenestration rating regime to lean on, and a port two hours by road at Mombasa.
How we spec it
- Spec sheet written per order against the 2025 building code of record, with the test report issued per model
- Glass to the KE product standard; tempered in the fixed panels, laminated where the design asks for it
- Sliding, panoramic fixed, casement and louvre on one platform for the hotel and residential lines
- Crating and packing for the Mombasa to Nairobi road leg, with the per-container packing list
Certification path
With no rating regime to lean on, the document pack carries the specification: the spec sheet written per order against the code of record, the test report issued per model for the configured unit, and the glass stated against the KE product standard. The same pack is what a hotel developer or a main contractor submits for approval, and it ships with the first container.
Systems for Nairobi
All 22 systems
Specifying for Nairobi
There is no rating regime in Kenya — what does the specification rest on?
The document pack: the spec sheet written per order against the building code of record, the test report issued per model for the configured unit, and the glass stated against the KE product standard. The pack is what the approval process reads, and it ships with the first container.
What changed in the code in March 2025?
The new Kenya building code came into force in March 2025, replacing the 1968 bylaws. The spec sheet is written to the code of record, not to the bylaws it replaced.
Is there a hotel and resort line?
The same platforms — sliding, panoramic fixed, casement, louvre — with the document pack built for the developer or main contractor submission. The crating is set for the Mombasa road leg and the per-container packing list ships with each unit set.
What is the glass standard?
The KE product standard, per design: tempered in the fixed panels, and the laminated build where the frontage asks for it. The glazing column is stated in the spec sheet, not assumed.
Elsewhere in Africa
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Systems, standards, ports and lead times for Nairobi — plus a contact who has shipped to it before.