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Rod Tate, sales director at Viiu, gives an insider’s perspective on the UK ultra-slim sliding door market. Is this product good enough? It’s a question that glazing businesses should be asking themselves all the time, but far too many don’t. At Viiu, the products we offer has to pass a very simple test: would I install it in my home?...
The trend for wide expanse patio doors has never been stronger, explains Carmen Velilla, brand manager at PatioMaster. The homeowner trend for wide expanse patio doors continues to grow, and the new PatioMaster Triple-track goes above and beyond in delivering on this. PatioMaster East Midlands is the latest PatioMaster branch to open, and director of the branch Neil Dattani said...
Kevin Kiernan, national sales manager at Bowater by Birtley, discusses the heavier and stronger 68mm double rebated composite door, which can help protect homes from burglary. Research from Co-operative Insurance revealed that 44% of thieves admitted that they are opportunistic and avoided tricky break-ins. It was also revealed that a strong heavy door was the third most effective deterrent for...
By Jeyda, chief Doork and Doorco’s creative consultant. As the end of the year and the festive season looms ahead of us, shops fill their aisles with an array of shiny, well-marketed Christmas products that we flock to buy in a frenzied rush. It’s easy to see how you could be cynical about the consumerist direction that the once religious...
Gareth Busson, head of sales and marketing at Solidor Group, explains how the company supplies premium solid core composite doors, mid-market GRP entrance doors, and door panels consistently to world class standards. Installation companies are only as good as their supply chain, and you can say the same about any business operating in the UK manufacturing sector, which was valued...
Where once people liked to have a neat boundary between home and garden, now the desire is for a seamless connection between the two. In response to this demand we have witnessed an increase in doors that, while still functional, aesthetically pleasing and secure, offer this connection. Malcom Taylor, product manager at Rehau, discusses these changing dynamics. There is no...
Ian Cowley, regional director of Promat UK, explains why intumescent seals are critically important for fire-rated doorsets. With fire doors under close scrutiny in the aftermath of Grenfell, the public’s trust in their ability to protect lives and assets needs to be restored. Rebuilding confidence in fire-rated doorsets needs a focus on every element of its construction, with one of...
By Jeyda, chief Doork and Doorco’s creative consultant. What has felt like the longest, hottest summer in memory is finally drawing to a close and with that comes the return of weather that I personally both understand and love. Shorter, colder days mean several things for me: slower wake-ups, hiding in the cosiness of bed; hearty, filling dinners to be...
By Distinction Doors. Look around the composite door market and the homeowner could be forgiven for thinking a door is a door is a door. With a limited number of slab sources and many of them doing their level best to look just like each other, the word ‘differentiation’ sometimes seems to be out of reach to any installer trying...
Installers looking for a new revenue stream could do well by considering flood defence doors, says Kevin Kiernan, national sales manager at Bowater by Birtley. The Royal Institute of British Architects said 1.7 million homes and 130,000 commercial properties in England alone are at risk from river or coastal flooding. With most flooding occurring in the winter, now is the...
Dutemänn’s managing director Martin James discusses why the company has been shortlisted for a Best Bi-folding Door Manufacturer award. At Dutemänn, we constantly strive to excel and improve in every part of our business – from the factory production and customer services to sales and marketing. To even be nominated for an NFA award is a great achievement. Over the...
Doorco’s 4 Panel Pre App door slab is its second most popular with fabricators thanks to its flexibility and simplicity, the company has announced. Dan Sullivan, Doorco’s MD, said: “60% of all door styles can be made using a 4 Panel Pre App slab. Rather than a woodgrain solid slab, customers opt for the 4 Panel Pre App because its...
Jeyda Heselton is the new creative consultant for Doorco and a self-labelled Doork. Each month Jeyda will be giving Glass Times an insight into what’s happening in the world of doors, but from a rather different perspective than we are used to seeing. Here’s an introduction to Jeyda, what she does, and what she thought about her first meeting with...
As Total Doors celebrates its first decade in business, managing director Nicola John talks about the company’s latest expansion and commitment to Veka. Founded as an independent business in August 2015, Total Doors began life 10 years earlier as a small manufacturing arm of building maintenance company, Service Total. Set up in a unit next door to the company head-office,...
Bowing in composite door slabs is a known problem, so how is the industry responding, asks Steve Mines, sales director at Sliders UK, and when is bowing tolerance too much? When it was introduced in 2015, Part Q triggered a mini-arms race in composite door manufacture. New cut-through tests introduced to PAS24 exposed a fundamental vulnerability in those composite door...
Not only does your front door welcome visitors to your door step, it frames your entire house and complements the style and colours of your home, as well as your surrounding neighbourhood. Richard Gambling, managing director of GRM Windows, gives as insight into the evolving trends in the doors industry. Today, there is a great array of interior styles to...
With the memories of Grenfell still stirring, and the timely Fire Door Safety Week in September, Hodgson Sealant’s Craig Wear looks at the current state of the fire door market in the UK and suggests a collaborative working approach for the long term. The Grenfell Tower is one of the biggest UK disasters in living memory. The final death toll...
Gareth Busson, head of sales and marketing at Solidor Group, outlines the world class credentials of Residor, its mid-market GRP door. Residor has grown significantly over the course of the last year with increased adoption by both existing Solidor customers looking for a GRP door with an Ultion cylinder as standard, and also by other companies looking for a class...
The new Triple-track system from PatioMaster delivers the light-filled, indoor-outdoor space that’s top of homeowners’ wish lists, according to Carmen Velilla, the company’s brand manager. Home extensions are big business for our industry. Research reveals that planning applications for single-storey extensions – mostly kitchen extensions – are up 49% in the past five years. And what’s the one thing every...
Haydon Statham, national sales manager at Vista, discusses the current state of the door market, increasing demand for contemporary door styles, and the important role installer support plays in the success of XtremeDoor. In just a matter of years, composite doors have transformed the door market, replacing PVCU panels as the undisputed market leader thanks to more choice, better performance...