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While composite doors are the most popular type of entrance door in the UK, customers still need to choose with care, according to But Nathan Barr, managing director of ODL Europe. “Composite doors provide the level of performance homeowners are looking for,” Nathan said. “But if you want customers who are still delighted with you and your work years after...
Centurion Home Improvements has been named Showroom of the Month for August by Endurance. Displayed in Centurion’s new showroom are three Endurance doors. Alongside these are an array of marketing materials, including an Endurance pull-up banner, posters and sample boxes. “Their use of the materials to show off the best that Endurance has to offer makes them a worthy winner,”...
Shepley’s new door designer software helps homeowners navigate the multitude of available options and provides installers with an ideal sales tool, the company has reported. Shepley has designed and developed the new online Visage composite door designer, featuring all the latest door styles, glass designs, frames, colour options and hardware. Ian Griffiths, Shepley managing director, said: “It’s incredibly important to...
Window Warehouse now offers the Designer Door range from Smart Architectural Aluminium, which is available in cottage, modern, traditional and vintage styles. Tested to PAS 24: 2016, Designer Doors include a polyamide thermal barrier to enhance thermal performance, and each door has a low threshold for ease of access. Available in around 15 working days, each door is packed and...
Entrance Composite Door Solutions has published a new composite door brochure under its new brand identity. The new brochure was launched at the FIT Show as the business moved into new premises to cope with a strong business performance over the last 18 months. Greg Kelly, managing director of Entrance Composite Door Solutions, said: “The new brochure is beautifully presented...
Emplas’s new composite door range features a new leaf and Kubu smart sensor hardware as standard. The new Emplas composite offer is built around a new slab, featuring a 4mm impact resistant fibreglass skin and a high-density polyurethane foam core, which combine to deliver U-values of between 0.9 W/m2K and 1.3W/m2K dependent on glazing. It also features a laminated veneer...
Framexpress and Distinction Doors now offer extra trade support for customers. Mark Westbrook, director at Framexpress, said: “There are so many options out there for products nowadays, but we know from experience that sometimes it’s better to keep things simple. “That’s what we’ve done with our Nxt-Gen Composite Door offer, so that installers have a simple sales tool to offer...
Rapierstar’s technical support helped West Port achieve high performing fire rated door-sets, by eliminating the risk of failure during testing as a result of the incorrect choice and application of fasteners. Andy Tyas, operations director at West Port, said: “From the outset we wanted to create fire doors that offer performance that far exceeds the ratings they are awarded, demonstrated...
Conservatory Outlet has launched its new Solid Core Door Collection. The product has 16 layers of laminated timber and has an auto-engage locking system, designed to prevent the slab from warping and to combat the threat of break-ins. The Extreme Solid Core Door has been Secured by Design accredited, and is also very thermally efficient. Michael Giscombe, managing director at...
PatioMaster’s doors will be fitted with ERA hardware as standard from autumn 2019. Gerald Allen, marketing manager at Epwin Window Systems, said: “ERA has been driving innovation in home security for over 175 years. Like PatioMaster it’s a tried and tested brand that homeowners appreciate.” The ERA hardware gives PatioMaster doors PAS24:2016 compliance as standard, which means PatioMaster doors will...
ODL Europe, has introduced the new Capstone SecureDesign door slab. Nathan Barr, ODL Europe’s managing director, said: “The new SecureDesign door slab has been specifically designed to further enhance our composite doors to deliver a truly maintenance free door with even better performance.” The SecureDesign door slab is manufactured with polypropylene, which eliminates water absorption and means doors will not...
Distinction Doors’ newest catalogue has been published, which includes colour chip swatches that are accurate in appearance and feature grained embossment. Marketing manager Bethaney Larkman said: “The new brochure showcases the full spectrum of what Distinction can provide: Contemporary, Signature, nxt-gen, Cottage, 70mm doors, and glass too. The addition of foldouts on some of the pages illustrates with greater detail...
A range of engineered residential doors, as well as the flush inward opening balcony and outward opening French door options, now sit under the new Residence D (RD) brand. These new engineered residential doors feature in six different designs initially that can be incorporated into R2, R7 and R9 frames, though there’s the option to create bespoke designs thanks to...
Bowater by Birtley has received praise from customers following the launch of its new online door designer. Split into two applications, the website version allows homeowners to design their own front door in a step-by-step process. They can then upload a picture of their home to visualise their design, and then enter their postcode to find their nearest retailer and...
The Panoramic Group has unveiled a new website, which showcases its product range, with a dedicated trade area offering exclusive products to its trade partners. The group announced its intentions to “wow the market” with high quality and visually stunning products when it launched earlier this year and said that the new look website has been produced in order to...
Endurance is calling for members of its Preferred Installer Network to take photos of their composite door installations, with a chosen few to be professionally photographed. Once all the entries have been assessed, a winner will be selected, and their installation will be used on the new front cover for Endurance’s latest product brochure. This could serve as a fantastic...
Hörmann UK has launched three new internal timber door ranges: BaseLine, DesignLine and GlassLine. The DesignLine Concepto internal doors are available in a variety of shades and finishes, including the Linen textured surface finish in colour Taupe. Various surface finishes are available, including ultra-matt, high-gloss, slate and linen, complemented by shades including anthracite grey, white and taupe. Rebated and flush-closing...
Endurance has seen a “huge spike” in enquiries for its FD30 rated solid timber core fire door range. In response, the company has produced a fire door brochure that details its range of more than 40 door styles, 19 colour options and extensive hardware range. The brochure also includes information on the fire door specification and relevant testing documentation. Endurance’s...
Rocal has refined and released a selection of GRP composite doors. Rocal is offering this collection at what it calls “a very special price” with the aim of enticing new customers and rewarding existing ones. The offer covers 11 of the most popular One Door styles, each accompanied by a low PVC threshold and a high-security, 3 Star Federal UCF...
Doorco has added two new lines to its standard glass offering with the addition of high-performance clear and obscure glass choices in eight styles. Ben Aspinall, Doorco’s IT and marketing manager, said: “The launch of these new glass choices fits perfectly with the growth in demand for our comprehensive glazing service, which includes more standard ranges for the new build...
