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Dan Sullivan, Doorco MD, discusses how the composite door manufacturer’s fabricator customers are adopting Gripcore technology into their door portfolio. Gripcore technology is our hybrid composite door option launched to the market last year. It’s genuinely one of the most engineered doors the market has ever seen. The robust construction – from the unique matrix of its solid timber-core, a...
Distinction Doors has unveiled a new visual identity. Speaking with Glass Times Distinction Doors’ marketing manager, Bethaney Larkman, explained that the project was about developing the brand for a better and more accurate representation of the business. “The current identity was created around seven years ago, and while we understand that it’s recognised by the trade industry it was letting...
Energy efficiency should be the driver for U Values on doors, not the Building Regs, says Apeer boss Asa McGillian. There has been much discussion in the press about the uplift in U values defined in the soon to be revised Part L of the Building Regulations. In case you haven’t heard, as of 15 June this year, all residential...
We talk to Gareth Jones, managing director at Solar Calibre Doors, who gives us his outlook for the coming year. Q: What will the year ahead bring – where will the demand be? Gareth Jones (GJ): We are living in very unpredictable and volatile times, so any attempt to forecast demand is difficult. We know disposable income will be squeezed, through...
Twelve months on from a management buyout, Stephen Nadin, managing director of Endurance Doors, talks about the next chapter of investment for the business as it looks to continue its upward trajectory of strong growth. It seems only like yesterday when the management buyout went through in the middle of a global pandemic, yet 12 months on the enthusiasm with...
Andy Grogan, associate sales director for Distinction Doors, explores how the demand for more light in our homes has led to the launch of the composite door supplier’s latest door design – the 3 Quarter Lite. Natural light has become a top property demand in recent years as being confined to our homes during the pandemic has given us a...
The demand for home improvements is set to continue well into 2022, but it is the luxury architectural designs that are proving particularly popular, says managing director of Apeer, Asa McGillian. Walk down any average residential street and you will see the beginnings of a design revolution happening. Front doors used to be an afterthought, with products installed if they...
Anthracite Grey has dominated the colour foil window market for the last few years, with thousands of homeowners opting for the blue-hued dark grey for their window frames – but will it date in the same way as stone-cladding, or mock Tudor styling on homes? RegaLead’s joint MD, Guy Hubble, explores the Anthracite Grey avalanche and where the grey trend...
By UAP. The government has introduced Approved Document Q: Security, Dwellings in 2015, statutory Building Regulations guidance that outlines the standards required for doors and windows. To comply with Document Q, doors installed in new homes must pass PAS 24 testing, a rigorous testing process that requires the fully finished door, including all hardware and locks, to withstand attempts to...
Dan Sullivan, DoorCo MD, reflects on 2021 and talks to Glass Times about what 2022 has in store. I think many of us ended 2021 with a sigh of relief. For DoorCo, it was certainly a rollercoaster year: ee had the highs of successful product launches, delivered against the backdrop of a turbulent market; we gained new customers while battling...
Apeer’s Asa McGillian confesses that the success of the firm’s Silka door range was not entirely down to his genius. I have a confession to make: our best-selling range of composite doors ever, Silka, was a bit of an accident. Or, rather, its success took me by surprise. Silka outsells every other door we make, and this popularity shows no...
Bethaney Larkman, marketing manager for Distinction Doors, reveals the company’s most popular GRP composite entrance doors in 2021. The most popular door style for 2021 is Esteem (ES02), the enduring option for a traditional front door. Palma is the number-one glass design, combining geometric shapes in transparent and stippled glass with zinc calming. And topping the Distinction bespoke colour chart...
DoorCo has revealed its new brand, which includes a set of ‘CO’ principles, exclusively on the cover of Glass Times this month. MD Dan Sullivan explains the background behind the launch. Over the last decade DoorCo has grown to become a serious player in the UK composite door market. When a company goes through such exponential growth, you would expect...
By Distinction Doors. In 2005, directors Craig Broadley and Jeffery Bates were seeking a business opportunity. Capitalising on Craig’s industry experience and Jeff’s engineering background, they saw the potential of composite doors as a more stylish and secure alternative to PVCU doors. And so, as the replacement door market opened, the newly established Doorsmart was offering a modern solution: a...
The opportunity to capitalise on homeowner demand for high margin aluminium entrance doors has never been greater, Deceuninck Aluminium’s Nigel Headford tells Glass Times. “The conditions created by lockdown, the home improvement boom, and the record-breaking property market have all combined to turbo boost the demand for high value residential entrance doors,” Nigel Headford, Deceuninck Aluminium, said. “Up until now,...
Asa McGillian, Apeer MD, says there is no problem with sending composite doors, but he’d love an English sausage. With Boris Johnson creating headlines with his declaration that nothing could stop “the Great British sausage from making it to Belfast” following the banning of that delicacy because of the Brexit rules, many have assumed that the same applies to everything...
Glass Times gets an exclusive look at the new brand developments at Doorco. MD Dan Sullivan reveals all. DoorCo has achieved exponential growth over the last five years, and we’ve significantly grown our market share to become one of the leading manufacturers of composite doors in the industry. We’ve built a reputation for being the innovators and disruptors, and it’s...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visited Decorative Door Products’ new warehouse in Hawick, and talked to RegaLead’s joint MD Guy Hubble to discover why a small change in order from a regular customer redefined how the company operates. Decorative Door Products was acquired by RegaLead 10 years ago as part of a strategy to meet the evolving demands of the...
In the first of a two-part feature from Endurance Doors, managing director Stephen Nadin looks at the current consumer and trade influences when it comes to the composite door market such as innovation and customer care. Prior to the accelerated consumer demand over the last 12 months, composite doors were still in high demand, and it’s a significant market sector...
Emplas’s new aluminium offer extends beyond bifold and inline sliding doors, explains Jody Vincent, sales director at Emplas. Emplas isn’t new to aluminium, even though our offer is. We have decades of experience in commercial aluminium supply, which we have been applying to a new trade offer since May. We have a 20,000ft2 standalone aluminium manufacturing facility, and extensive expertise...