DOORS&WINDOWS
TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF OPPORTUNITIES
IN COMPOSITE
DOOR MARKET
The composite door market is
the fastest-growing sector of the
industry so to make the most of
the many opportunities available,
it makes sense to choose your
door supplier wisely.
Distinction Doors was one of the
first to enter this market when it
was founded in 2004 and it remains
one of the leading names today. As
Drew Wright, Distinction Door’s
MD, says, it’s a market leader for
good reason too. “Our composite
door is a premium product
designed to appeal to discerning
homeowners,” he says. And for
Drew, there are five reasons why his
company’s doors offer something
more than a standard PVC-U,
timber or solid core composite
door: security, maintenance,
energy efficiency, impressive
personalisation options, structural
and surface warranties, culminating
in its proven pedigree with more
than two million sold into the UK
to date.For busy installers, a distinct
advantage is that Distinction doors
are genuinely ‘fit and forget’ due to
their superior technical excellence
and quality - and installers can rely
on a strong marketing support
package as well.
Tel: 0845 2000 816, Email:
[email protected],
www.distinctiondoors.co.uk
JOINING FORCES TO
BEAT THE BURGLAR
When a determined burglar
attempted to break through
the timber windows at a house
in London, he didn’t expect
the frame to include a Dummy
Sash Lok from GT Window
Products.
This high security component
locks together the outerframe
and sash on a casement window
and despite this sustained attack,
the burglar was forced to leave
empty handed. The windows
were manufactured and installed
by Arden Windows, a Coventrybased fabricator and installer
of bespoke timber products.
Arden use components from
GT Window Products to speed
up fabrication and installation
time and improve the overall
security of their windows and
doors. The Dummy Sash Lok
helps fabricators and installers
quickly fit dummy sashes into
a window frame. It can be used
on PVC-u, aluminium or timber
frames and is designed so that
factory glazed or site glazed
windows can have even sightlines
fitted with minimum fuss. The
clip set includes a plastic profile
related moulding, steel locking
plate and reinforced top plate
for the outerframe and a plastic
moulding and key plate for the
sash.
www.gtwindowproducts.co.uk
or call 01684 290944.
www.ardenwindows.net or
call 02476 632423
TALLEST TIMBER BUILD GOES FOR PVC-U
It may be Europe’s tallest timber-framed
building but the designers chose PVC-U
for the windows for the prestigious
Falkland House student accommodation
complex, recently completed in Liverpool’s
fashionable Islington district.
Standing at eight storeys tall with more than
100 bedrooms, apartments and studio units,
the styling of the complex is complemented
by grey on white casement windows in VEKA
Matrix 70 from Glazerite Windows Ltd and
installed by Hardmans Double Glazing Ltd of
Wallasey. The use of acoustic glass throughout
also means students can also expect some
peace and quiet.
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Glazerite Director Jason Thompson says
structural timber buildings are growing
in popularity and the combination with
PVC-U windows is a common choice: “It
shows very clearly that even when architects
choose natural materials for the structure,
the benefits of PVC-U still make it first
choice.
The frames were made at Glazerite’s
North West facility at Bolton. Glazerite, the
UK’s largest VEKA trade fabricator and a
prominent Network VEKA member, also has
its main factory & HQ in Northamptonshire
as well as a distribution hub at Avonmouth
serving the South West.
Tel: 0845 0945 775,
www.glazeritewindows.co.uk
To read more, visit www.clearview-uk.com