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Following the component supplier’s recent win at the G-Awards, Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox, gives five reasons why careful supplier choice can make a big impact on the build quality of your IGUs. If you build IGUs from a selection of components, why should it matter where they come from? As an IGU manufacturer, should you choose warehouse-based businesses...
Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox, highlights three areas where desiccant may trip you up in the IGU manufacturing process. Desiccant is one of the cheapest components of an IG unit and one of the things you can make the biggest shortfall on. You can have the best sealant in the world, but if you don't put something in there...
Barrettine Products, specialists in wood protection, offer guidance to window and door installers on incorporating protective treatments into their services to improve customer satisfaction. Timber windows and doors are the epitome of timelessness, continually sought after across the UK for their unique beauty and traditional charm. Despite the development of manmade materials over the decades, timber continues to be chosen...
We’ve asked five leading figures from prestigious companies across the supply chain for their opinions on the growth of colour in 2024 and their top tips for next year. As another colourful year draws to a close, it’s always interesting to reflect on the trends that dominated the past 12 months and what some of the major brands are backing...
Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox, explains that your choice of sealant can have a big impact on the performance of your units. Sealant plays a key role in the manufacture of IGUs, but did you know the type of sealant used can have a significant effect on your products’ performance, both in terms of longevity and thermal conductivity? As...
By Kolorseal’s managing director, Deborah Hendry. When it comes to colour coating windows and doors, making those initial choices is really personal and very much down to individual homeowner taste. I always say, don’t follow fashion as it changes quickly. It is better to view the building, its style, the location and then think of the colour that works best....
We talk to Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox, about how small gains can make a big difference. A building’s fabric is still crucial to the energy efficiency of a building, even if the expected changes in the Future Homes and Buildings Standard – due to come into force in 2025 – appeared to favour energy source heat pumps over...
ISO Chemie’s UK sales and operations manager Andy Swift, explains how to plug thermal gaps in window installations. Efficient heating is at the forefront of the construction agenda, with debates about the most ecologically friendly way of heating homes sitting side by side (not always comfortably) with the outrage against surging energy bills. There is however one solution which has...
By Dean Bradley, sales director, Glazpart. Replacing windows or doors in listed buildings or conservation areas can often be challenging for installers and fabricators largely due to three factors. Firstly, choice of material and compliance with local authority regulations around conservation. Secondly is satisfying homeowners who may want a particular type or style of window and thirdly is the choice...
Gary Shoesmith, Edgetech's head of technical, argues that retrofitting existing buildings is essential for reducing carbon emissions and highlights the importance of high-quality components in this process. As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change, the built environment has come under increasing scrutiny. Buildings account for a significant portion of global energy...
Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox, asks if too much advice can lower the quality of your unit. The IGU manufacturing industry is something of a hive mind: the requirements from clients and building regulations change frequently, which are met with regular technical developments from all parts of the supply chain. As a result, together, we can be ambitious with...
By Dean Bradley, Glazpart sales director. When choosing a material for a window and door profile or system, aluminium offers multiple benefits for fabricators, installers and most importantly to homeowners. Not only is the material lightweight, adjustable, strong and durable, aluminium also has great flexibility when it comes to colours and types of finish. With so many outstanding features, it...
Thinking of swapping out IGU components for cheaper alternatives? Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox, warns that the numbers need to add up before you do, otherwise it could cost you dearly. One customer recently told me they had been offered a cheaper product, which they were considering. They said that as long as it looks like Thermobar/Thermoflex, that their...
Mike Moran, Edgetech’s new global market director, gives his thoughts on the future of the market, and lays out his – and Quanex’s – priorities for the years ahead. I'm excited to be joining Edgetech at such a pivotal moment. As global market director, I'm tasked with helping the company achieve significant global expansion, and it's a challenge I relish....
By Dean Bradley, Glazpart sales director. To many, mass manufacturing may seem like a simplistic process of machinery, production and distribution, but one of the key considerations for any manufactured product is its flexibility to be available in different colours. Colour choice is apparent in almost every product in everyday life, from clothing to interior decor, to cars and furniture...
Thermoseal Group’s sales director Mark Hickox argues that we shouldn’t be seduced by big brands, and that each component should be thoroughly tested and approved. Dare I say that we have occasionally learned the hard way when it comes to building the perfect IGU? Before we manufactured most of our products, we were a distributer of other companies’ products. For...
Andy Swift, sales and operations manager for Iso-Chemie, says that the sealing of windows and doors using sustainable foam tapes is a viable solution to secure energy efficient buildings. Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations, which came into effect in 2023, place the emphasis on stricter standards and compliance procedures around energy and ventilation performance, contributing towards a...
By Dean Bradley, Glazpart sales director. In June 2022, Building Regulations (Approved Document F) changed and ventilation became a compulsory requirement for replacement windows and new build. Since then, fabricators and installers have found that trickle vents are the easiest, most practical and most economical solution for compliance. With demand increasing due to the legislation and more companies complying, trickle...
Partnering with one reliable British supplier for all IGU components can prevent a host of supply chain problems, argues Thermoseal’s group sales director, Mark Hickox. Slimming down your supply chain presents many opportunities for manufacturers that want a single point of contact and fewer deliveries, but the benefits actually go far beyond this, according to Thermoseal group’s sales director, Mark...
Tony Palmer, head of sales at Edgetech, makes the case for greater automation as the sector faces chronic skills shortages. Automation will help our industry make more products, more efficiently, to higher standards, and tackle the skills shortage. At the moment, we’re still very manual – especially compared to sectors like automotive. But in the decade ahead, I think that...
