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Edgetech managing director, Chris Alderson, asks if triple glazing might finally become the norm for UK fenestration in the decade ahead. Nine years ago, Edgetech hosted an event designed to answer one question: was triple glazing the future for the UK fenestration industry? In 2014, after much debate and nuanced discussion, the general feeling in the room appeared to be...
Glass Times editor, Luke Wood, talks to Dutemänn’s managing director, Martin James, about the launch of Schärpe, the company’s new, Future Homes Standard ready window suite. When the updated requirements for Part L were introduced last year, it caught much of the industry napping,” says Martin James, managing director of Dutemänn. “A big part of that was due to the...
Aaron Williamson, DoorCo’s new head of manufacturing, explains the processes he and his team are implementing to achieve best practice throughout the DoorCo manufacturing facility. Lean and World Class Manufacturing (WCM) principles can mean lots of different things to different organisations and are sadly often misused or used superficially with no real understanding of substance. With my background in the...
Glass Times meets Jamie Kerrigan, the man responsible for maintaining the company’s reputation as a supplier of premium, high-quality doors. Maintaining Distinction Doors’ reputation for quality requires dedication and investment at every stage of the manufacturing process combined with the hard work and commitment of the company’s quality department. Distinction’s associate director of quality, Jamie Kerrigan, leads all aspects of...
The Future Homes Standard will deliver some big changes for new build window and door supply with the potential to push some systems out of contention. Deceuninck Aluminium’s Nigel Headford says that with Decalu, fabricators and installers are future proofed. It’s almost a year to the day since the introduction of changes to Part L introduced a new notional U...
The Future Homes standard, due in two years’ time, should be informing your decisions now, according to Rob McGlennon, Deceuninck’s MD. The government is commited to cutting total UK emissions by 80% relative to 1990 levels by 2050 under the Climate Change Act (2008), and reducing household carbon emissions is seen as key. The changes to Part L seen in...
By Gary Dean, managing director of strategic consultancy, The Truffle Pig Consulting Co. Back in February I wrote about having confidence in your pricing on my LinkedIn profile that sparked some discussions and debate. The principal message was ‘know your value’; of course, your value is not just in your own hands to judge, it’s in the hands of the...
Demand for triple glazing is increasing right now, argues Cornwall Glass Manufacturing’s joint managing director Mark Norcliffe. “One volume housebuilder in the South West is installing triple glazed windows into all new starts from the summer,” Cornwall Glass Manufacturing’s joint managing director, Mark Norcliffe reveals. “So, we should expect an increase in demand by the end of Q3, beginning of...
The new Full Expensing (FE) scheme gives companies tax breaks for selected machinery investments. This short guide from Bohle gives you the basics. Jeremy Hunt unveiled new tax breaks to encourage businesses to invest in March’s budget. Called Full Expensing (FE), the scheme will allow firms to claim up to 100% of the cost of the selected investments including IT...
As profile bending specialist Arcoframe celebrates 20 years in business, Glass Times talks to sales director, Charlie Richards, about the secret to the company’s continuing growth. If you were to take a tour of any large scale PVC window and door manufacture these days, then it wouldn’t take long to find a piece of expensive machinery. That’s because any fabricator...
Two of the window and door industry’s most respected brands have come together to launch a specification-leading, residential door range, one that will meet the Future Homes Standard. The Residence Door Collection by Apeer, which will be revealed at the 2023 FIT Show, brings together an unlikely, but brilliantly complementary set of brands. The Residence Collection is credited with popularising...
Two of the window and door industry’s most respected brands have come together to launch a specification-leading, residential door range. The Residence Door Collection by Apeer, which will be revealed at the 2023 FIT Show, brings together an unlikely, but brilliantly complementary set of brands, products and business values. The Residence Collection is credited with popularising the now ubiquitous flush...
Each customer has a unique set of demands, explains Aluplast’s director of sales and marketing, Ian Cocken. With the coronavirus pandemic behind us, and the Future Homes Standard ahead of us, it is easy to see why the window and door market in the UK is in a period of flux – ongoing challenges require all of us in the...
Delivering low carbon aluminium façade packages is something specifiers, fabricators and installers are having to understand, and fast. Here, Graham Hurrell, head of specification sales for Wicona, explains how post-consumer aluminium scrap from urban mining is being turned into high-quality façade systems. One of the chief issues for the construction industry comes at the end of a building’s life, in...
Sheffield based fabricator and installer, Warwick Development, has recently taken delivery of a new Stuga ZX5. Glass Times editor, Luke Wood, talks to production manager, Steve Cardwell, to find out more about the investment. Luke Wood (LW): Can you give us a brief background on the company? Steve Cardwell (SC): Warwick Development has over 23 years of experience within the...
Danny Hague, sales director of Victorian Sliders, argues that contrary to recent comments by Michael Gove, Britain’s new-builds are getting better – with modern yet authentic sash windows helping them blend with more historic surroundings. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – but returning Housing Minister, Michael Gove, clearly has strong opinions on the aesthetic merits of Britain’s...
Richard Morris, national new business manager at UAP, discusses the key trends affecting the manufacture and specification of door hardware and locks. Changing legislation, customer expectations and design perceptions are all having a major impact on door hardware and locks. To keep up with the pace of change, manufacturers must continuously improve and innovate, providing a wider choice of products...
It has been a great start to 2023 for aluminium specialist, TWR Group. Glass Times talks to the company’s director, Laura Richardson, about how things are going and what the future holds. Glass Times (GT): Laura, how has the start to the year been for TWR Group? Laura Richardson (LR): It has been fantastic. Despite the slight drop off due...
At a time when we are experiencing one of the biggest overhauls on Building Regulations we have ever seen in the UK, John Cooper, commercial director at Swisspacer talks about how we can start to ready ourselves for the Future Homes Standard. There’s a lot of talk about the Future Homes Standard, but are we ready for it? It’s being...
Research conducted by tiled roof replacement specialist, SupaLite, has found that despite economic uncertainty, monthly consumer search trends for ‘conservatories’ and ‘conservatory roof replacements’ have not been affected. When exploring the popularity of these keywords, SupaLite found that the number of monthly searches for ‘conservatories’ has remained the same since last summer at an impressive 74,000 per month across the...
