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Russell Hand, head of product management and technical at Rehau Windows, looks at what can be done to help householders feel more secure, and discusses the opportunities for fenestration professionals. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), domestic burglaries in England and Wales fell significantly during the first lockdown, with a drop of 72% from March 23 to May...
Sustainability is a hot topic of conversation right now, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reporting a ‘code red’ alert for our planet in August, and the COP26 Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow. Chris Armes, design and development director at Liniar, discusses how sustainability is also gaining more coverage in our own industry, with discussions at...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell recently met Selecta Systems’ sales director Andy Green, and marketing manager Mark Walker, to discuss the impact of the pandemic in the run-up to the company’s 40th anniversary. Like many businesses at the end of March 2020, Selecta Systems’ sales director Andy Green’s first thought was: “Thank goodness everyone is in the same boat.” Afterall,...
By Avantek Machinery. Bristol Windows used the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to change its processes and upgrade its machinery. The sharp increase in demand seen by window fabricators across the UK from summer 2020 meant that Bristol Windows soon had the funds to upgrade existing machines that had reached the end of their useful life. This provided the company...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell talks to Deceuninck’s MD Rob McGlennon about the current stresses on the window industry, and how the systems company is positioning itself to meet its customer’s demands. While a series of lockdowns in 2020/early 2021 drove a significant boom in home improvement – which was still being experienced well into Q4 2021 – the subsequent...
Simon Monks, MD of VBH, gives an example of how customers benefit when hardware and profile suppliers work in partnership. As one of the largest and longest serving hardware specialists in the business, we are often asked to work alongside companies from other aspects of the window and door industry to develop hardware products. Having our own greenteQ hardware brand,...
By Liniar. The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way many of us do business forever. Digital tools and communication channels have proved to be a massive part of being able to continue operating in a challenging environment, and with more time on their hands than ever before, homeowners have certainly been using the internet to plan their latest home improvement...
By Angus Mackie, Qualicoat UK and Ireland chair. In 1986 several national associations, encompassing coaters of architectural parts, formed a quality label organisation called Qualicoat. The aim was to standardise procedures and increase the quality of powder coatings for its membership. As an association it is our membership who continue to work together and undertake research that enables the Qualicoat...
By Wojciech Brozyna, managing director of Aluprof UK. Around a third of all our energy use in the UK is used in our homes and, since most of this energy is used in heating, this is equal to about forty million tonnes of oil every year. The last change to our legislative window U-values for new homes was implemented in...
Upselling to a foil from a standard white window can add £thousands to an installer’s bottom line, says Rob McGlennon, managing director of Deceuninck. The industry is coming through one of its busiest periods on record, but not necessarily its most profitable. Installers have been stretched, jobs have been disrupted by Covid, and the less said about the supply chain...
Graham Howatson, director at HWL Trade Frames, explains how a global shortage of PA66 compound, a key component of polyamide thermal breaks, has highlighted the technology of the fabricator’s new Sheerline Prestige product range. Material shortages have been affecting the industry since the end of 2020. We’ve had issues with glass, PVC resin and hardware, and now we are seeing...
By Rob McGlennon, managing director of Deceuninck. We knew the road back from Covid and lockdown would be bumpy but the challenges the window and door industry has contended with in the past year have far exceeded our expectations. It’s been incredibly tough, everyone’s expended a massive amount of energy, and people are tired, if not exhausted. Trying to manage...
Selecta Systems’ sales director Andy Green talks about the strong and longstanding values and ethos of the family-owned business, which have become characteristic of the company, and have shone during recent events while standing the test of time. Over the last 12 months or so we have seen the way we live change considerably, with almost every person having to...
Active Windows’ managing director Norman Wood explains how Aluplast has given the company a competitive advantage. We manufacture and sell directly to homeowners and our business model is based on delivering quality not quantity, and working with the Aluplast system allows us to do just that. We know it’s a superior, more robust product than other PVC systems on the...
By Liniar. It’s finally summer and the trend for home improvements is still going strong. With the housing market booming and consumers looking to make improvements to their living spaces, there are lots of things for installers to suggest that’ll help boost both property values and quality of life – and Liniar has an entire range of stylish enhancements to...
A free-to-download White Paper has been published by Deceuninck, which summarises detailed consumer research on colour preference and forecasts the top colour trends in 2022. Available now, the paper draws on data collected by YouGov as part of a Deceuninck-commissioned study. It also pulls in data on national sales of foils and statistics from its own sales, combining them with analysis...
When the longstanding timber windows at a local Gateshead primary school began to come to the end of their life, the installers and fabricators needed to work with minimal disruption. Rehau explains. Located in Low Fell, Gateshead, and built in 1896, Kells Lane is a mixed-sex primary school with 429 pupils. When the school needed new windows, Gateshead Council wanted to replace the old timber windows with...
Andrew Charlesworth, technical director of profine UK and Kömmerling, talks about the widely anticipated changes to the building regulations to be announced later this year and how this has influenced their thinking with their new flush sash window. The new Approved Document L (conservation of fuel and power) and Approved Document F (ventilation) of the Building Regulations are on their way and...
Does your company use case studies and testimonials for self-promotion? While collecting them may not be at the top of your to-do list while business is booming, maybe it should be, argues Liniar, which said they can have a positive impact on your business for years to come. In this context, a case study is a story. It tells readers...
Roseview will be showcasing its smart technology collaboration with Rehau on its stand at the FIT Show in September. Director Mike Bygrave reveals all. There are few elements of our industry more traditional than sash windows. They’ve been a quintessential part of British architecture for more than 300 years, and they’re what Roseview is known for. But while style remains...
