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Hörmann UK will be displaying its range of garage doors at the FIT Show, together with premium entrance doors, and Smart technology. Taking centre stage will be the new RollMatic T roller door, which has been designed to be fitter friendly and of exceptional quality. Specifically designed to be quick and easy to fit, the door is supplied in two...
Endurance Doors has delivered improvements in its Google rankings for more than 800 search terms, and with it increased its lead generation statistics to over 1,000 direct enquires every week. This continued investment in the brand is helping realise more sales for installers, while the technical features of the solid timber core composite door, with a 3mm bowing guarantee, helps...
ODL Europe has published a new door cassette brochure. Nathan Barr, ODL Europe’s managing director, said: “Our new door cassette brochure showcases our complete collection including our market-leading TriSYS three-piece frame system.” The 16-page brochure is filled with images and at-a-glance coding details to make ordering straightforward. The contemporary brochure demonstrates the choice of four glazing systems: the TriSYS three-piece...
The introduction of the Stellar aluminium system from Epwin Window Systems has led to trade and domestic fabricator Bifold Local investing in new automated fabrication machinery to keep pace with demand. Liam Duffy, director at Bifold Local, said: “Stellar has the slim profiles that are so popular with consumers and the bifold door has real appeal. It’s allowing us to...
Deceuninck Aluminium’s Decalu88 Bi-Fold has been added to BM Aluminium’s Logikal database. Nigel Headford, Deceuninck Aluminium’s business development director, said: “The vast majority of fabricators use Logikal; it offers integration of process from estimation to manufacture.” He also said that putting everything in one place simplifies manufacture for existing customers and accelerates set up as new fabricators are brought on...
Epwin Window Systems has launched a new dedicated support package to help its customers market the Stellar Aluminium Bifold Door. Gerald Allen, marketing manager at Epwin Window Systems, said: “The aluminium bifold door market is very strong at the moment and the Stellar Aluminium Bifold Door has attracted considerable interest from both consumers and installers. This dedicated support package will...
Doorco has released a new video to promote the new Flip cassette system for the composite door market. Dan Sullivan, Doorco MD, said: “Flip is the new glazing cassette system developed by Doorco and made in the UK. The revolutionary Foam in Place technology offers pre-sealed outer frames delivering a superior seal, with structural connectors that are flexible to use...
Alutech Systems has produced a new video that puts its BF73 bifold door system in the spotlight – shining a light on the features and benefits of the door in an accessible way that will appeal to homeowners, installers and fabricators. The three-pane aluminium bifold in 7016 anthracite grey, which features in the video, helped Alutech increase volumes by 50%...
Deceuninck Aluminium has added a slim interlock option to its energy efficient Decalu163 Lift-and-Slide aluminium patio door. The heavy-weight system can accommodate individual sash weights of 400kg and achieves U-values of 0.8 W/m2K triple glazed. Nigel Headford, Deceuninck Aluminium’s business development director, said: “Lift and slide products are seeing resurgent demand as part of the lockdown-driven boom in home improvement....
Aluk’s Luminia F82 the ideal product for customers who want to tap into the £250 billion savings mountain which the Bank of England estimates affluent households have accumulated after almost a year in various forms of lockdown, the company has announced. The F82 includes contemporary design features, including slim sightlines, which measure a consistent 97mm all the way round the...
Hörmann UK has introduced a number of new and eye-catching developments for its range of sectional doors. Two new, modern finishes have been launched. Slategrain is a natural finish replicating the curves and structures of slate for M and L-ribbed sectional doors. Initially available in both white and anthracite grey, 15 preferred and a choice of RAL colours will follow....
The TD68 thermal commercial door from Jack Aluminium has passed the STS202-BR2 security test, with a new hardware offering on a 2.5m high double doorset. It gives fabricators and installers a large, remote access control double doorset option with this premium security accreditation, as part of Jack Aluminium’s range of high security standard door combinations for the market. STS202-BR2 accredits...
By Ashley Gaunt, technical director at Made For Trade. We all love a little something that makes a job that little bit easier, right? Often this might be something as simple as having the right screwdriver in your toolbox, or a nifty pair of work trousers with pockets in all the right places, but have you ever thought there might...
Tommy Trinder is turning to people power to decide which composite doors are added next to its Framepoint App. “Framepoint is already the most flexible, fast and exciting way for installers to quote their composite doors,” founder and CEO Chris Brunsdon said. “But we want to go further. We’re on a mission to create the world’s most comprehensive composite door...
Made For Trade has launched the Visoglide Plus sliding patio door. Sliding patio doors fill the same spaces, but offer a slightly different solution to bifold doors, the company said. Sliders can be more suited to smaller spaces which might not have the room for the perpendicular stacking of the bifolds when they are open. Compact opening then, along with...
Distinction Doors is the first stockist and distributor of glass reinforced polyester (GRP) door blanks in the UK to be granted Secured by Design (SBD) status. The company has gained approval for both standard and fire entrance door blanks. Its 44.5mm nxt-gen blank range, 44.5mm Signature blank range, and 45mm FD30 GRP composite door blank have proven specification requirements to...
William Woods, MD of IDF Aluminium, recently embarked on a new enterprise: manufacturing and installing modular garden office buildings, using Alutech’s BF73 aluminium profile system for bifold doors, which allows rooms to be taken down and relocated. Sister company Aliwoods will be taking care of sales and logistics. William is targeting the growing trend for home offices that have found...
With the rise in popularity for sliding patio doors, Simon Spiers, director of PatioMaster South East, says his company’s sales patterns clearly reflect two of today’s most popular design trends. “We know that today’s homeowners focus on design-led aesthetics without wanting to compromise on practicality,” Simon said. “It’s why the PatioMaster sliding patio door in anthracite grey is almost the...
Origin has launched the OS-29 (Patio Slider), which is the slimmest semi-dry glaze system in the UK, featuring a 29mm sightline and offering wide customer appeal, the company said. The OS-29 offers another sightline option in the Origin Patio Sliding Door range, joining the already well-established OS-44 and OS-77 (with 44mm and 77mm sightline options respectively). Its design and launch...
Hörmann has expanded its range of Thermo 65 steel entrance doors with a new acoustic-rated door, additional door styles and accessories, and increased colour options. The Thermo 65 door range offers solid construction, the company said, featuring a 65mm door leaf, and achieving U-values as low as 0.87W/m2K. All doors are equipped with a five-point security lock, with RC2 security...