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Posted On - 20/02/2024
A new range of construction sheets which provide improved design and installation of windows, is available in the UK from foam sealant tape specialist Iso Chemie. The Iso-Top construction sheets WF3 are an addition to the company’s window thermal insulating and load bearing bracket system, Iso-Top Winframer, are are designed to offer a rapid and effective solution for boarding out...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Thermoseal Group has launched a new Georgian bar anchor and a new Thermobar straight connector, both of which promise to increase efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve product quality for IGU manufacturers. “Our mission is to create energy efficient products in the most energy efficient way possible,” said Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox. “And this extends to supporting our customers...
Posted On - 12/12/2023
RegaLead says that its Urban Bar has been added by ‘a significant number’ of aluminium fabricators, across multiple window and door systems, to create an industrial heritage look. The trend for industrial heritage continues to grow, with more companies introducing an astragal bar system to transform standard bi-fold doors. However, as with the PVC versions, aluminium astragal bars have not...
Posted On - 21/11/2023
Thermoseal Group delivers all products direct from its four British stock warehouses, using its own fleet of vehicles. Not only that, but it does it sustainably, says sales director, Mark Hickox. “We have complete control over our deliveries,” he says. “We don’t need to rely on an external company to arrive on time, and we don’t have to factor in...
Posted On - 01/11/2023
Thermoseal Group has invested heavily in machinery and infrastructure in recent years, but it is the people that make it work, claims managing director, Gwain Paterson. The Future Homes Standard, expected to become legislation in 2025, could bring U-values for windows into newbuild properties down to 0.8W/m2K. While there is still some uncertainty around the details, most people are preparing...
Posted On - 10/10/2023
It’s time to think big, says Thermoseal Group’s managing director, Gwain Paterson. Sealed unit manufacturers appear to fall in one of two distinct camps, according to Thermoseal Group’s owner and managing director, Gwain Paterson: those who are aware of an increase in demand for triple glazing, and are doing something about it; and those who are aware, but choosing to...
Posted On - 03/10/2023
Window Widgets has been named as a finalist in this year’s G Awards’ Component Supplier of the Year category. With more than 1,400 product variants across a choice of 36 colourways, Window Widgets boasts a diverse range of ancillary products for the glazing and fenestration industry. Sustainability is also at the core of Window Widgets values, with a waste management programme...
Posted On - 26/09/2023
Thermoseal Group is a finalist in the Component Supplier of the Year category in the G23 Awards, in recognition of its investment in infrastructure, sustainability, new products and export markets. “We are excited about being shortlisted for this year’s awards,” said sales director Mark Hickox. “The G-Awards is a huge date in the diary, and just by being shortlisted is...
Posted On - 04/07/2023
Iso Chemie’s UK sales and operations manager, Andy Swift, explains why keeping a tight seal on things is so important. As every housebuilder and developer in the UK knows, designing homes is as much about designing an efficient heating system as it is about anything else. In a country where heating bills constitute one of the largest outgoing expenses in...
Posted On - 21/06/2023
Thermoseal Group has achieved the ‘Developed’ level of performance after being successfully assessed by Investors in People, proving that everyone working for the IGU component supplier ‘is committed to the values of the business and is striving to provide high-quality products and excellent service to the company’s customers’. “This is a fantastic result for Thermoseal Group,” said MD and owner,...
Posted On - 14/06/2023
Edgetech is on course to complete a significant two-year investment in its manufacturing facilities, with the support of parent company Quanex. Quanex has invested more than £4million into Edgetech’s UK and German facilities. Edgetech Coventry has concentrated on updating and improving its manufacturing capabilities to keep up with growing demand. To support this aim, it has also upgraded its internal...
Posted On - 06/06/2023
Partnering with the right component supplier can help you avoid common pitfalls, argues Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox. The almost wholesale shift from aluminium spacer bar to warm edge spacer bar was crucial to the industry’s success in improving the thermal performance of windows and doors over the last 20 years. Significantly, warm edge spacer bars like Thermobar and...
Posted On - 30/05/2023
Thermoseal’s sales director, Mark Hickox, argues that triple glazing will become the norm, and we should be preparing now. As an industry, we have talked ourselves into believing that we don’t need triple glazing to comply with Building Regulations, and that ‘clever doubles’ are more than sufficient. In fact, we have talked ourselves out of pursuing volume triple glazing production...
Posted On - 30/05/2023
Window companies visited the FIT Show in May looking for new ways to stay one step ahead of trends in home improvement, Bohle’s MD Dave Broxton said, pointing out that visitors to their stand were interested in broadening their product ranges. “Going into 2023, we saw that the market for windows, doors and conservatories starting to shrink,” he said. “This...
Posted On - 03/05/2023
IGU manufacturer, Premier DGU, has achieved a pass in stringent BS EN 1279 Part 2 testing with Super Spacer Heritage. The company has been supplying to fabricators around the South West for 27 years. It operates three unit lines, and has invested heavily in machinery, including more recently a glass toughening plant. However, Premier DGU is also said to have...
Posted On - 17/01/2023
Iso Chemie’s multi-functional joint sealing tape, Iso-Bloco Hybratec, is now available as stock in a move to meet demand for energy efficient window sealing solutions and product availability from UK installers and specifiers. Iso-Bloco Hybratec is designed to provide effective 100% air tight sealing in line with RAL energy performance standards and resistance to driving rain in excess of 1050...
Posted On - 15/11/2022
The energy crisis will ‘significantly fuel’ growth for window and door foam sealant tapes in 2023, according to Andy Swift, sales and operations manager for Iso-Chemie. He sees the UK market remaining robust over the next 12 months with the need for more effective insulation and sealing solutions of windows and doors becoming a rapid priority in the design, specification,...
Posted On - 15/11/2022
Freefoam has launched a new video to showcase its partnership with Scottish based PVC supplier, A1 Ironmongery and Plastics. Featuring an interview with directors Ivie Kerr and David Maxwell, the film highlights the commercial trade counter, stocking warehouse and explains how diversifying an existing ironmongery business into PVC building products has bought success for both companies. A1 Ironmongery and Plastics...
Posted On - 25/10/2022
Morley Glass is offering a solar powered integral blind solution. The Uni-Blinds W Smart integral blind system uses power generated from a small photovoltaic panel mounted on the exterior frame of the window or door. The ‘free’ solar energy ensures a rechargeable battery is continuously charged-up to give the integral blind ‘more than sufficient’ electricity to operate it under normal...
Posted On - 25/10/2022
Freefoam Building Products has increased the capacity of its Northampton production plant by 12.5% with the addition of two new Greiner extrusion lines. Geoff Barnett, general manager, commented: “We’ve been planning this addition to our facility for many months and I’m very pleased to see our plans come to fruition. These new lines will increase the capacity of our production...
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