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Milwood Group has launched its new Simplicity Xtra veranda, which is designed to bridge the gap between Milwood’s more compact Simplicity verandas and its large-span Alfresco systems. The new veranda offers projections up to 4m using a single piece of 6mm glass between the rafters. Simplicity Xtra is fast and easy to install, thanks in part to the new Easy...
Launched earlier this year by Shepley and featuring timber-look joints, the Vuelta by Visage flush sash is ideal for heritage properties – especially when twinned with colour-matched astragal bars from The Georgian Bar Company, the company said. “We designed and developed the Vuelta Flush Sash to enhance any property, whether contemporary or classic,” Ian Griffiths, Shepley’s managing director, said. “But...
One Collection by Everglade Windows is a new range of PVCU ovolo, chamfered and flush sash windows and doors. Sales and marketing director, Jay Patel, said: “We asked installers what they were being asked about most by homeowners, and what came out on top was more colour options, extra design details and flush windows. One Collection has all this and...
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...
Nu-Era Doors is celebrating its five-year anniversary and partnership with Deceuninck. Nu-Era director, Neil Dattani, said: “Deceuninck has been instrumental in Nu-Era’s success. They saw our potential and have helped us grow and nurture our business with marketing support, a fantastic product range and excellent customer service. “Deceuninck has a small, effective team and we always know we can pick...
Weru UK has opened a new regional office in Leeds city centre, which will service new clients and local architects by appointment. Kate Lindsay, sales director at Weru UK, said: “The new location paves the way for our nationwide business development plan. We have recently partnered with RIba to run a series of professional development seminars for architecture firms across the...
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...
Camden Windows and Doors has introduced new locks to its PVCU window range. The new Inliten espagnolette locking mechanism is fitted to the vertical edge of the window and meets stringent security tests. It also comes with BSI Kitemark approval. Roy Harrison, Camden Group sales manager, said: “The new locking system is taking our product up a level, as the added security it...
Quickslide now manufactures Deceuninck’s PVCU range of products, including its 2800 Storm Sash casement windows and doors, Slider 24+ sliding patio doors, and Heritage flush sash windows and doors. The new Deceuninck range will replace Quickslide’s existing PVCU casement offering and will provide additional versatility and shorter lead times on woodgrain foils, as well as allowing installer customers the opportunity...
Mercury Glazing has added Spectus’ flush casement window to its product range. Steve Cross, director at Mercury Glazing, said: “We are one of the UK’s biggest Spectus vertical slider manufacturers and the flush casement window is the perfect complementary product.” The flush casement window offers the heritage looks of a nineteenth century window that sits flush within its frame and,...
Barnsley based Euroglaze is celebrating its 40th anniversary and its 35th anniversary as a Rehau customer. The company, which is still owned and run by the Nettleton family who founded it back in 1979, is Rehau’s longest running customer, having notched up 35 years of unbroken partnership. Martin Nettleton, who succeeded his father Alan as managing director in 1999, says...
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...
Emplas is offering the Kubu Smart Lock from Avantis on all entrance doors as standard, as an official launch partner. The Kubu lock is fitted to doors and connected to the Kubu App and Home Hub so that homeowners can check on the lock status of their door. Kubu also features a WiFi perimeter feature, so when homeowners leave their...
Ripton Windows and Conservatories of Basingstoke has installed the Lumi Display Pod from Apeer in its showroom. “Our Pod has proved to be an excellent addition to our showroom,” managing director Matthew Ripton said. “It very clearly shows how Lumi stands out from just about everything else. Lumi is so different that it has to be seen for real and...
Emplas will now be taking advantage of Insight Data’s prospect data and market intelligence. Emplas will be using Insight Data’s fenestration database, one of its six key data resources that combine business information, contact details and credit ratings for fabricators and installers across the UK. It is all accessed through Salestracker, Insight’s three-in-one platform that includes an online prospect database,...
The Camden Group is working with the Carbon Trust to establish a ‘Carbon Trust Footprint Label’ accreditation on its A-rated windows, which will demonstrate Camden’s commitment to environmental sustainability. A team from the Carbon Trust visited the company’s 42-acre site in Northern Ireland to find out about Camden’s environmental and manufacturing processes, including the on-site recycling plant. The plant currently...
Everglade Windows was recently revisited by BBC News recently to follow up on a previous news story that was conducted by BBC London. “Speaking to the news team at BBC London was a great opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved in the last five years,” Yogesh Gopal, managing director at Everglade Windows, said. “Since 2014, we’ve been named...
Emplas has added Aluk’s F82 Luminia aluminium bifolding door to its product portfolio. The new generation aluminium bifold is launched as a premium offer, delivering significantly enhanced performance and aesthetics, and opportunities to tap into higher margin sales, the company said. Capable of spanning larger expanses, while maximising glazed area and with symmetrical sightlines on the frame, it’s fully tested...
Clearview Glaziers is opening up new opportunities for the aluminium division of its business by fabricating Stellar, the new aluminium system from Epwin. Robin Squibb, Clearview’s director, said: “Aluminium is a growth part of our business and we see Stellar as the system to take us to the next level. It’s a system that’s been designed from scratch, so the...
Tradesmith displayed “probably the two most interesting windows” at the FIT Show. The first was an ‘A’ rated acoustic Deceuninck window on Bluesky Certification’s stand. Two identical samples formed part of a soundproof booth, which created a corner of near-silent tranquillity in the hustle and bustle of the exhibition. Certification body Bluesky used the show to highlight the impact of...