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Epwin Windows Systems’ annual advent calendar was a success, the company has reported, with a total of 22,188 entries being received. The online advent calendar event ran through December and a luxury prize is won by one registered entry each day. Gerald Allen, marketing manager at Epwin Window Systems, said: “We are delighted with the success of our 2019 Advent...
Epwin Window Systems has taken delivery of the world’s first Luna R automatic profile wrapping machine. Gerald Allen, marketing manager at Epwin Window Systems, said: “We are very excited to be the only systems house to currently have this latest technology. Together with our investment in two new twin lines earlier in 2019, it will help us set a new...
Aluk has launched a 58BW flush window option to complement to the 58BD flush door and give customers the option of a fully suited flush installation. Aluk’s 58BD entrance door system is available in a wide range of styles and formats and comes in single and double configurations. It is easy to fabricate and easy to install, the company said,...
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...
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 –...
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...
Rehau’s Geneo range of fibre-reinforced windows has been named Product of the Year 2019 by specialist architecture publisher Callwey Architekturverlag. The judges were impressed with its use of sustainable materials to produce a window system with outstanding energy efficiency. The Geneo system was launched earlier this year and features the latest iteration of Rehau’s RAU-Fipro X material. The patented RAU-Fipro...
Weru UK has announced a new partnership with Conservatory Blinds, to help customers find modern window coverings for bespoke aluminium designs. An increasing number of homeowners are choosing unique styles of glazing in different shapes and sizes, including apex windows and continental inward-opening windows, the company said. This has meant that standard curtains and blinds are not always a suitable...
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...
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...
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...
The Alumina range of bifolding doors, flush fit French doors and residential doors from Liniar is now even faster to fit, thanks to a fully matching optional PVCU bead. Alumina doors span up to 2.5m high, offering wide expanses of glass and slim sightlines in hundreds of warm touch foil finishes or three RAL powder-coated finishes, available on the interior...
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...
Rehau has introduced its first two-part retrofit window sill, which acts as a preventative solution against one of the most frequent snagging issues known to delay building completions. The two-part retrofit window sill is designed to be completed at the very end of a build, once the risk of any on-site damage has passed. The easy-to-install, two-part product configurationensures that...
Stellar, the new aluminium window and door system from Epwin Window Systems is 20% faster to fabricate, the company has said. Paul Booth, design director aluminium products, Epwin Group, said: “There are all kinds of operation efficiencies fabricators can look at to speed up fabrication times and help reduce material costs. But Stellar has been designed to be faster to...
Fabricator Roseview Windows has more than doubled the capacity of its Incarnation secondary glazing brand by expanding into a new factory. Previously, Incarnation operated from a 2,500ft2 facility, but now half of a new 11,000ft2 facility has been dedicated to manufacturing aluminium secondary glazing.The company has also invested more than £100,000 in new machinery and tooling. Paul Bygrave, director at...
Masterframe has launched its London Sash and Frame system, designed to replace timber windows with an arched exterior and square interior, commonly found in Victorian buildings in London and the surrounding areas. The system shares all the benefits of Masterframe’s Vintage Collection and means that installers don’t have to rely on finding a bespoke design to achieve this window style,...
Masterframe has developed its own bespoke PVCU systemto create three new window collections. “The three vertical sliding sash products – Authentic, Heritage and Vintage – each offer unique design benefits for the trade, specifiers and developers,” Carol Slade, managing director at Masterframe, said. “Every product is available with Timberweld corner design and white wood foil as standard to give a...
Sidey now usesTimberweld technology, a patented method of jointing PVCU that creates corners with a butt-joint on the outside and inside of a window. As the only licenced manufacturer in Scotland, Sideysaid it is helping customer’s homes stand out from the crowd. “We work hard as a business to continually develop our offering and provide customers with the best products,”...