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Posted On - 30/03/2022
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...
Posted On - 30/03/2022
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...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
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...
Posted On - 21/12/2021
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...
Posted On - 17/12/2021
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...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
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...
Posted On - 13/12/2021
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...
Posted On - 11/11/2021
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...
Posted On - 11/11/2021
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...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
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,...
Posted On - 20/10/2021
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...
Posted On - 24/08/2021
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...
Posted On - 22/07/2021
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...
Posted On - 22/07/2021
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...
Posted On - 22/07/2021
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...
Posted On - 23/06/2021
By Ben Brocklesby, director at Origin. Our partners are crucial to our business success, which is why we do everything we can to make their lives as simple as possible. We innovate, we challenge industry norms, we conduct consumer research, we offer them training, and we provide our expertise and support when they pitch for commercial work. This gold standard...
Posted On - 17/06/2021
Glazerite UK Group’s sales and marketing director Jeff Dunn unveils the trade fabricator’s latest composite door. We want our installer partners to stand out from the crowd in their own markets, and to do that, it’s essential we partner with suppliers who allow us to do the same. Step forward Doorco, which has launched a ground-breaking new solid core composite...
Posted On - 19/05/2021
Bethaney Larkman, marketing manager for Distinction Doors, reviews a digital year. As the first lockdown hit, TVs, laptops and mobile devices became a lifeline – our only connection with the outside world. Since then, tele- and digital communications have been at the heart of the pandemic, whether it’s the PM announcing the first lockdown to 27 million television viewers or...
Posted On - 19/05/2021
As ODL Europe launches its new Guardsman Fire Door, technical manager Ian Glenister looks at the story behind its development and what makes it an exciting leap forward. Two years ago, we took the decision to develop a 30-minute composite fire door that offered reliable performance and consistent test results. We wanted to develop a product that would perform over...
Posted On - 19/05/2021
Dan Sullivan, Doorco MD, introduces Flip, Doorco’s cassette system for the composite door market. The contemporary composite door market has been growing steadily for a number of years: Doorco was one of the trailblazers with the launch of the Monza door back in 2014. With its linear eight-panel design and book-matched woodgrain detail, Monza is one of our best-selling products....
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