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Posted On - 23/07/2024
Liniar is gearing up to launch its latest innovation in home enhancements – Spaces outdoor rooms. The product range which will officially launch at the Great Caravan Motorhome & Holiday Home Show in Harrogate on 6-12 September. Sales director, Nigel Bishop, said: “During the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for garden rooms surged as people sought versatile spaces to accommodate remote work,...
Posted On - 16/07/2024
Suffolk-based Caribbean Blinds, which manufactures premium patio awnings, louvered pergolas and external blinds to residential, commercial and trade clients, has been recognised for its work at the recent East Anglian Daily Times Business Awards 2024, where it was awarded Medium Business of the Year. This year’s event, held at Kesgrave Hall, near Ipswich, was based around the theme of sustainability, and Caribbean Blinds rose to the challenge of...
Posted On - 02/07/2024
Whitesales has updated its em.glaze Economy rooflight, a move that’s designed to make it the best value proposition in the flat rooflight market. Sioned Yates, Whitesales’ marketing director says that it’s great news for customer margins at a time when demand for flat rooflights is surging. She said: “We’ve enhanced the overall specification of the em.glaze Economy with the addition...
Posted On - 02/07/2024
Keystone’s latest consumer research report revealed two very interesting points about the garden room market. Firstly, that they ranked high in the list of home improvements homeowners are planning over the next 12 months, but secondly that more than a third of those homeowners have a budget in mind for an insulated garden room of less than £10,000. While many...
Posted On - 18/06/2024
Nine Zero Timber Windows and Doors has reported ‘a continued surge’ in the popularity of garden rooms, which the UK timber manufacturer and supplier says is driven by their versatility and added property value. Steve Winscott, company director at Nine Zero Timber Windows and Doors, highlighted the growing trend of repurposing home offices, which became widespread during the pandemic. "I...
Posted On - 18/06/2024
Brett Martin has added a flat glass access hatch to its glass rooflight range. The new product is designed to maximise daylight into interior spaces, whilst providing easy and safe access to roofs with a flat or gentle pitch. A wide range of standard sizes are available, as well as bespoke sizing capability. Said to be easy to install and...
Posted On - 11/06/2024
Nex-Gen Aluminium Systems says it has further enhanced its ‘fitters’ friend’ approach to doing business by extending its range to include garden room kits. The Bolton-based fabricator manufactures a comprehensive suite of aluminium products including windows, bi-folds, sliding doors, heritage doors for both external and internal use, as well as rooflights, lanterns, balconies, and balustrades. Nex-Gen garden room kits have...
Posted On - 23/04/2024
Ultraframe has launched a range of brick slip choices for its hup! building system. Available via a dedicated new website, www.hupbrickslips.co.uk, 34 shades are available, along with tools and accessories for completing a brick slips hup! project. There is also a brick match service for homeowners looking for an exact match to the existing house. Ultraframe marketing director, Alex Hewitt,...
Posted On - 16/04/2024
By Sioned Yates, marketing director, Whitesales. None of us needs the Met Office to tell us it’s been raining – a lot! They have just reported though that, thanks largely to the position of the jet stream, the winter of 2034/24 was the eighth wettest on record in the UK. The south of England had its wettest February since 1836...
Posted On - 16/04/2024
Ultraframe has enhanced its flat roof system with the addition of a new rapid rail system, designed to make fitting quicker and easier. The rapid rail system is factory fitted to the flat roof perimeter OSB fascia and upstand, meaning there are less parts, fixings and set out requirements. According to Ultraframe, this equates to a saving of up to...
Posted On - 16/04/2024
SupaLite has reported a ‘huge jump’ in enquiries and orders for the ILite flat roof orangery system, along with the new S1 and S2 conservatory glass roofs. In January 2023, SupaLite opened a new manufacturing plant, dedicated to the ILite flat roof orangery, Sheerline S1 roof lanterns and the S2 conservatory roof. Q1 results in 2024 for the new plant...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Eurocell has launched three new garden room styles called Studio View, Studio Frame, and Studio Canopy, as well as a contemporary vertical flush cladding option, providing customers with an additional choice for the exterior finish. The finish is available in the new Vertical Coastline range in anthracite grey, moondust grey, and soft green, or the vertical foiled wood effect cladding in coriander, anteak, truffle oak,...
Posted On - 19/03/2024
Prefix Systems has launched the new SheerVent for the S2 glazed roofing system, bringing all the innovation from the award-winning Sheerline S1 lantern into a next generation system for conservatories and glazed extensions. According to Prefix, the latest innovation from Sheerline is a game changer for the glazed roof market, bringing an integrated solution that doesn’t suffer from water ingress...
Posted On - 12/03/2024
Ultraframe glass roof kits are now available in black as a standard colour at the same price as grey roofs – meaning savings of 20% on black both sides and 14% on black one side. Ultraframe’s glass roof system is fully BBA approved. According to Ultraframe, over two million roofs have been installed across the UK over the past 40...
Posted On - 27/02/2024
Ultra SIP Panels, the manufacturer of Warm Roof Pro, is supporting installers with the building approval process for conservatory installations, through a partnership with Approved Building Control Inspector JHAI. With the changes to the Building Safety Act 2022, conservatories, particularly those with solid roofs, are no longer automatically exempt from compliance with Building Regulations – leading to an increase in...
Posted On - 20/02/2024
The senior management team at Premier Frames has celebrated their 25th anniversary with a visit to their main supplier, Ultraframe. The Leicester-based company has fabricated over 40,000 Ultraframe roofs since it opened its doors in 1998. The company is said to be one of Ultraframe's largest and most dynamic fabricators, manufacturing the full suite of Ultraframe products, along with aluminium...
Posted On - 30/01/2024
The Whitesales fenestration team’s new demo truck is primed, polished and ready to hit the road. From February 2024, it will be bringing product demos, training and support direct to fabricators, installers and trade counters across the UK. Featuring fully assembled versions of both the Whitesales em.glaze flat glass electric rooflight and the em.glaze Skyvu lantern, the truck gives customers...
Posted On - 30/01/2024
TuffX’s thermal, walk-on Infinity rooflight has been recognised as a Top Product by Professional Builder magazine. Ideal for transforming basement conversions or roof terraces to let natural light into a property while maintaining a building’s thermal efficiency, Infinity walk-on rooflights are made from toughened laminated glass and suitable for both internal or external installation. They are available in bespoke sizes...
Posted On - 16/01/2024
By Chris Cooke, director, Prefix Systems. The emergence of the solid roof market has been in response to the fact that there are over 2 million conservatories in the UK that are in urgent need of upgrade. The replacement of a roof gifts homeowners the opportunity to re-ignite the enjoyment of an additional room all year round. And yet, we’re...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
With increasing issues, including condensation, for solid roofs that are a ‘cold roof’ design, Prefix Systems believes that 2024 will be the year in which diligent installation companies will move over to solid roof solutions that are 100% ‘warm’ by design. Prefix Systems says it experienced with ‘increasing regularity’ throughout 2023 that it had been on site to inspect timber...
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