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Posted On - 01/08/2023
Ben Aspinall, head of technology & marketing at DoorCo, shares the latest insight on door colour trends and explains more about how the company delivers innovative colour services to its customers. Monitoring data and being aware of trends is an important role we play as a supplier. We have to deliver products and services that our customers need to enable...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
A fundamental part of being a good supplier, is having reliable products, but that’s only part of it. Here, Dan Sullivan, managing director of DoorCo, talks to Glass Times about how products are only part of the picture when it comes to supply partnerships. DoorCo is now the leading composite door supplier in the UK market. A large proportion of...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
In a rapidly changing market, conditions have become more challenging for installers. AJ Hassanali, Director of Direct Trade Windows, shares his advice… It’s hard to imagine that three years ago, the UK was in the midst of a global pandemic. While Covid-19 dominated the headlines, the industry was in the throes of a very welcome home improvement boom, thanks to...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
New research from Deceuninck reveals that the end-users’ enduring love affair with the white window is set continue – unless you offer them an alternative. Half of all homeowners would choose white windows. The findings of a newly released survey commissioned by Deceuninck and conducted by YouGov found that white remains the default choice for 49% of homeowners when choosing...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
We’ve reached a point of no return when it comes to window and door design, argues Deceuninck Aluminium’s director, Nigel Headford. The latest Part L update, which was launched last summer, brought the need for even more thermally efficient windows and doors going into newbuild homes and refurbished properties. June 15th marks the end of the newbuild transition period and,...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
By Gary Dean, managing director of strategic consultancy, The Truffle Pig Consulting Co. What do you think are the factors for success for your business? What insight and wisdom do you need? Tennyson said ‘knowledge comes, but wisdom stays’. How do you measure ‘success’ might be a place to start, because it’s not the same answer for everybody. For you...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
By Stuart Dantzic, managing director, Caribbean Blinds. After a chaotic and unpredictable few years, life post-pandemic is certainly different for many of us. Reigniting our love for the great outdoors and the ‘staycation’ are now amongst some of the most prominent new norms for Brits. Whilst the country is experiencing challenging times – such as the current cost of living...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Apeer tops its ‘good, better, best’ market offer with quad glazing cassette equipped doors. Glass Times takes a closer look at ‘doors for everyone’ approach. As window and door makers work themselves into a lather about the almost inevitable requirement for triple glazing to meet future Building Regulations requirements for the replacement market, Apeer has raised the bar by introducing...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Often seen as an easy upsell, doors should form a key part of your product offering, according to Aluplast’s director of sales and marketing Ian Cocken. Here, he gives five reasons why. Since we launched our flush French door in 2022, demand has almost gone through the roof. This wasn’t surprising, but it did prove why it was important that...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Rhonda Ridge, creator of the AdminBase installer management system, looks at some of the typical problems faced when remote working and explains how the right software can bring teams together. Managing a remote team, or indeed being part of a remote team isn’t always easy. Installation teams that are out on site all day can suffer a lack of face-to-face...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
By Gareth Phillips, technical service manager for Yale. When it comes to British Standards testing there are a whole host of factors that can affect the result. There are a large number of window and door profile systems, a broad range of hardware suppliers and product ranges, and of course glass combinations. All of this, combined with different fabrication techniques,...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Glass Times talks to Vista’s MD, Keith Sadler, who explains how the company has grown to become the largest specialist panel and door supplier in the UK. If you were asked to name the biggest company that manufactures both composite doors and PVC-U panels in the UK, who would you say? Vista Panels may not be the first name to...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Meeting the thermal requirements of the new Future Homes Standard will likely require the widespread use of triple glazing, which presents significant opportunities for sealed unit manufacturers, argues Thermoseal’s sales director Mark Hickox. To comply with the Future Homes Standard, due in 2025, windows and doors with a glazed area of more than 60% going into newbuild homes will need...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Five-day lead times. Premium hardware. Exceptional quality. With ‘sleeping giant’ fabricator Swift Frame, sales director Jason Scrivens argues, there are no downsides. When you travel the country talking to potential customers about Swift Frame, there’s one question you get asked more than any other: what’s the catch? For 30 years, Swift Frame has offered outstanding quality products, competitive pricing and...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
With the Future Homes Standard inching closer, Andy Jones, Silka’s sales and marketing director for England and Wales, talks about how Silka is more than ready for one of the biggest overhauls on Building Regulations we have seen in the UK, thanks to its ahead-of-the-curve products. Home heating and power accounts for roughly a third of the UK’s energy...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
By Mike Butterick, marketing director, Saint-Gobain Glass. With the Future Homes Standard currently being debated and due to be introduced in just two years’ time, the industry needs to get ready for a step change. Here at Saint-Gobain Glass, we believe we have already innovated the products that will be required to meet the new standard and are putting them...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Roseview director, Mike Bygrave, talks to Glass Times about the potential threat to heritage glazing caused by the requirements of the Future Homes Standard. Every window manufacturer is already aware of the Future Homes Standard (FHS). It’s a major talking point in our industry as we assess what needs to be done and how best to do it. However, what’s...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Regulation is the primary driver of change in any industry. As the sector awaits the outcome of the Future Homes Standard consultation, John McComb, technical services director at Reynaers Aluminium UK, provides some insight on the impact the changes will have on the industry. The built environment produces around 40% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, with more...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Glass Times editor, Luke Wood, visits the stunning Reynaers Aluminium Campus in Duffel, Belgium and takes a glimpse into the future courtesy of the company’s state of the art ‘Avalon’ virtual reality technology. I have been lucky enough to visit some impressive facilities over the years, but there are precious few in the same league as the Reynaers Campus in...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
GL Glazing has partnered with Rehau for a residential installation project at a heritage property in the village of Lea Marston, Warwickshire. Situated in a cluster of cottages called Paddys Row, the property’s owner wanted to replace the old timber windows as the frames had become worn out, impacting the home’s thermal performance. With the owners unsure about what replacement...
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