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Eco-Logic Roofing Systems is expanding operations with an additional 8,000ft2 facility to sit alongside its current factory in Eynesbury, Saint Neots. The firm has also appointed industry veteran Ian Cowling as sales director. The Cambridgeshire-based company is behind Warm Roof Pro, an all-timber thermally efficient conservatory roof system. The all timber, multi-pitched roof with structurally insulated panels (SIPs) does not...
OnLevel has introduced Dektek, a fully non-combustible aluminium decking system, designed for residential and mixed-use developments. The A2 fire rated aluminium decking system features non-combustible deck boards, subframe and adjustable cradles. Dektek has been designed to replace frequently used non-fire rated products to provide peace of mind, better performance, and easier installation. Made from structural grade 6063 T6 aluminium, Dektek...
SupaLite’s SkyVista roof – a high-performance solid tiled roof with full-length glazed feature panels – now comes as a glazing cassette, which means the glass units can be lifted and dropped into place. Steve Hacking, SupaLite’s managing director, said: “Fitting the glass is where installers can lose time and money. Now the glass units can be dropped into place whole,...
Ultraframe has announced improvements to its Classic system, including a solution to remove gallows brackets on spans up to 4m, a slimline ridge, and a new suite of eaves bolster bars – all available from January 2021. Furthermore, the Classic Aluminium option is now 30% lower priced. Established in 1983, Classic helped to set the standard for quality in the...
Ultraframe reacted to the first lockdown in March 2020 by providing customers with a Lockdown Toolkit, which would help customers sell Ultraframe products online. Developed together with the ICAAL, one of the most popular items in the Lockdown Toolkit were the interactive content blocks, and they are still helping Ultraframe customers to sell conservatories and extensions, including the Ultraroof tiled...
Ronjack is using its nationwide distributor network to bring Oakio wood plastic composite products direct to window and conservatory installation companies. Ronjack’s managing director Katie Morley said: “The low-maintenance, non-slip decking has taken the American market by storm, so this established brand offers an easy bolt-on for glazing installers fitting conservatories, garden rooms bifolding and sliding doors. It means the...
Eurocell has launched the latest addition to its Skypod range: the Skypod Plus. The three designs in the new premium roof lantern range offer a choice of grey, white and black outer frames; the last of which was released in 2019 as the Eurocell Skypod Black Edition. All feature the same aluminium ridge, rafters and top caps that provide exceptional...
Following the trend for large, glazed extension projects in the domestic market, Jack Aluminium has experienced record sales on its TRL90 rooflight, with four times more profile sold in July than in any other month on record. “As we returned to supplying fabricators after lockdown, we knew that there would be increased demand for product,” Jeff Pearson, sales and marketing...
Central ASL has launched its new Flat Rooflight System, designed to meet the needs of the modern building using environmentally friendly materials. Central ASL director Paul Woods said: “There’s now huge demand for stylish, functional and competitively priced products that can help homeowners improve ventilation and let in more natural light. “With our new Flat Rooflight System, our customers can...
CDW Systems has added flat rooflights from Smart to its product offering in response to demand from customers. Gloucester-based CDW is offering Smart Systems’ Aliver Rooflight system, a fixed, flat product that creates a contemporary look for any property, the company said. Jeremy Phillips, group chairman, said: “Our customers have been asking for rooflights so being able to offer the...
TuffX has reported a recent surge in orders for its flat and walk-on rooflight products, revealing that lockdown has had no negative impact on customer demand for its contemporary high-end products. Since Tuffx’s launch of its rooflights range – now branded Infinity – at the end of 2018, there has been a steady and on-going increase in demand for both...
Sunsquare has developed a new smart skylight that incorporates Smartsquare, a switch that brings smart technology to skylights. The Smartsquare provides complete control of single or multiple skylights from anywhere in the world, through Wi-Fi-connected smartphones and virtual assistants like Siri, Amazon Alexa and Google Home. In addition to asking Alexa to open and close the skylight, users will be...
neo Advance, the new double-glazed flat rooflight from The Rooflight Company, achieves the lowest possible U-value thanks to its aluminium frame and Thermal Shield technology, the company has announced. The Rooflight Company’s neo range of flat and pitched rooflights has already been used by architects, property developers and self-builders since its launch in 2009. However, like most rooflights on the...
Renaissance Conservatories has reported success since adding solid tiled conservatory roof systems from SupaLite to its range. The Devon-based company, which also provides high-quality PVCU and aluminium windows and doors, has been offering SupaLite tiled conservatory roofs since 2014 and they have become hugely popular, according to Ben Cogavin, Renaissance Conservatories director. “For homeowners, a fully functioning conservatory really is...
Eurocell has announced a raft of updates to its Equinox solid conservatory roof. Launched in 2013 as an alternative to replacement and new conservatory polycarbonate and glass roofs, Equinox offers the excellent thermal performance and ventilation that allows conservatories to be used all year round. To meet end users’ desire for natural light as well as a comfortable living environment,...
Eurocell is launching a new range of garden rooms to meet the growing demand for affordable extra work and leisure spaces at home. Kyube is a modular, bespoke building design that can be used as a summer house, playroom, fitness room or – as more and more people adjust to the new normality of working from home – a dedicated office...
The Consultancy has produced its first ever online, 3D product configurator for garden rooms. Created for Composite Garden Buildings, it has delivered what the company’s MD Jason Wilder has called “the best garden room designer on the market, with amazing graphics and great functionality”. Richie Thornton, director at The Consultancy, said: “Our brief was to create an interactive 3D product...
Prefix Systems has launched a ‘100% Warm’ campaign, promote the fact that its Warmroof has been designed and engineered to be a true warm roof. Not all solid, insulated warm roofs are of a 100% warm construction, Prefix said, and so the risk over time is that roofs manufactured using a cold roof construction can suffer from cold spots and...
SupaLitecelebrated following a successful weekend exhibiting at Build It Live North West in Manchester. Build It Live is an annual series of live shows,designed to support self-builders, renovators and those looking to extend their property, and it attracts thousands of visitors from across each region. SupaLite showcased its entire range of tiled roof systems from its smart roadshow display vehicle....
The Ultraframe Ultra Installer Scheme has recently seen a huge rise in the number of applicants from installation companies, while breaking records in terms of sales leads. February 2020 recorded the highest number of consumer leads generated for members in three years, the company said. Established by Ultraframe in 2004 to raise standards in the industry, the Ultra Installer Scheme...