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Homeowners are taking a significant interest in the carbon footprint of their renovation, according to Westbury Garden Rooms, both during the manufacturing process and after the build is complete. Founder of Westbury Garden Rooms Jonathan Hey said: “The mounting environmental crisis has come to a head this year on a scale not previously seen, and people are now questioning the...
Masterframe has reported a boom in new-build developments specifying Heritage Collection sliding sash windows. “It’s all about the symmetry,” Richard Howe, national sales manager at Masterframe, said. “Georgian architects famously used symmetrical designs and multi-pane windows, while Victorian homes often feature bay and sliding sash windows – all features that are still popular trends with homeowners. “The big problem is...
HWL Trade Frames has launched PAS24 as standard across its inline sliding PVCU patio door range. Manufactured in Kömmerling’s PremiLine PRO system, the new offer from HWL achieves PAS24 without the use of interlocking bolts, ensuring uninterrupted sightlines. Available in lead times of seven days, the addition of the German-engineered system forms a central element of HWL’s growth strategy for...
Essex-based fabricator and installer Thermaseal has increased its sales thanks to Timberweld, the company has reported. Timberweld is a patented joint that creates an authentic timber-look butt joint effect on the outside and the inside of the window. Graham Jerwood, managing director of Thermaseal, said: “The market is moving towards more exclusive products. Using Timberweld, we can offer a more...
Sales of Deceuninck’s Heritage Collection are soaring at Dekko Window Systems, the company has reported. Kurt Greatrex, Dekko sales director, said: “Sales of Deceuninck’s Heritage flush window are going up and up and the new Heritage flush door is a fantastic addition. There are some superb design features such as the double gasket mullion which gives outstanding weather performance –...
AB Glass is celebrating the success its new Access Control division, after a year of operation. The division has significantly enhanced AB Glass’ service offering, the company said, helping it become a one-stop shop for manufactured aluminium and access control products for both the domestic and commercial markets. The new product range includes automatic door services and installations, video entry systems, smoke...
Four years to the day after it took delivery of an Emmegi Precision TS2 saw and Phantomatic X4 machining centre, Warwick based Newbury Commercial Glazing upgraded to a 12-axis Quadra L1 fully automatic cutting and machining centre. Emmegi’s Quadra L1 can cut, machine and transom notch all in one operation and can machine profiles continuously in 360° without the need...
Masterframe has launched the new specification Authentic Collection, which are sliding sash windows that use the Timberweld manufacturing technique. Carol Slade, managing director at Masterframe, said: “As the PVCU market has developed from standard white plastic to value-added premium products, homeowners have come to generally expect higher standards from replacement windows. It’s even more important when they’re shopping for vertical...
Euroglaze has extended its use of First Degree’s Window Designer software to make it easier for new customers to place online orders Previously, new customers had to wait until they received a dongle key from Euroglaze, pre-loaded with all their pricing data to place orders online. Now, they simply log on directly to the Euroglaze Window Designer account via the...
Dekko Window Systems has said its recent Residence Collection Open Day was a success. The Dekko team recently took over the Residence Collection showrooms in Gloucester to give installers in the area an informal introduction to the timber-effect range. The event generated a positive turnout from both local installers and home improvement companies, with considerable interest surrounding Residence², Residence 7...
Dekko Window Systems has launched a new website for the Infinity Collection (www.infinitywindowcollection.com). Optimised to work across devices, the new site is designed to provide homeowners information and support, including brochures and a gallery of installations. The website then points homeowners in the direction of one of Dekko’s approved Infinity installers. Kurt Greatrex, sales director at Dekko, said: “Infinity has...
“Today, children, we’re going to go through the arched window to see how AluFoldDirect is making shaped aluminium windows,” Aluminium Shapes Playschool presenters, Al and Lu said. “Using innovative bending machine technology, the clever workers at AluFoldDirect shape lengths of aluminium into arches and circles. For the triangles, straight pieces of aluminium are fixed together by workers called fabricators. “The...
Shepley has launched its new Shepley Customer Portal, which features an online composite door designer and a library of technical and marketing downloads. “As one of the UK’s largest Rehau fabricators, we’re always looking at ways to make the lives of our trade customers easier,” Ian Griffiths, Shepley’s managing director, said. “The Customer Portal is a great way of achieving...
Quickslide now offers the Legacy VS window, which is based on Spectus Systems’ VS after researching the market for more than two years to find a window that could form the basis of “the finest replacement vertical sliding box sash window available on the market today”, according to chairman Adrian Barraclough. Quickslide said it has paid great attention to the...
Framexpress has launched a new support package for installer-fabricators to help them expand their product offering without any investment. It has extended its four-hour quote and express colour service so that installers who fabricate windows and doors can offer more colour products while maintaining margins. Stuart Green, director at Framexpress, said: “We know that there are lots of installers in...
Heritage Trade Frames switched to Optima when Profile 22 launched the system in 2016, and the Bolton-based trade fabricator has seen steady growth year-on-year ever since, the company has reported. Phillip Cresswell, sales and marketing manager at Heritage Trade Frames, said: “There’s no doubt that the system has helped us to achieve this consistent growth – it offers our customers...
Nolan uPVC has joined Deceuninck, saying the move will give customers improved service and product choice. Managing director Nolan Nicholas said: “We’ve built our 30-year reputation on putting the customer first. It was this drive to give customers the very best service and products that prompted our move to Deceuninck. “Deceuninck’s product range and 30 colourways from stock will give...
HWL Trade Frames has launched a new R9, R7 and R2 colour-matched aluminium bifold. Mark Haley, managing director at HWL Trade Frames, said: “The growth in the market as it stands at the moment isn’t necessarily being delivered by the replacement window market but the home improvement one. Housing transactions are marginally down but demand for certain products remains high...
Origin recently invested in a Combi-STE, a multidirectional, stand-on narrow aisle forklift from the Irish manufacturer Combilift. Origin’s continuous growth and diversification since it was founded in 2001 has necessitated an ongoing need for more warehouse capacity and more efficient handling and storage procedures. The latest Combiliftacquisition in one of the warehouses, which holds material ready to go to production,...
When the first Kommerling frames came off the production line at Genius PVC Trade Frames in Norwich, they were headed directly for a large-scale commercial refurbishment project carried out by The Window Company (Contracts) for Chelmsford City Council. Chairman David Thorntonwent along to see the frames for himself and to congratulate Pete Dyson and David Eagle, the two men behind...