Clearview South December 2013 - Issue 145 | Page 31
compositedoors
CLEARVIEW EXCLUSIVE
No
surprises
Nick Dutton,
Managing Director
of Door-Stop.
TAKING THE LEAD
Robert Palmer of Palmer Market
Research gives a more detailed
insight into the trends behind the
latest composite research…
“Long expected; and now
it’s happened. Composites
have taken the lead in the 1.3
million domestic entrance
door market. Their 38%
share compares with 35% for
PVC-U panel doors.
Composites were first
introduced into the UK through
the social housing refurbishment
market. In 1993 they accounted
for about 10% of that market;
today it is about 70%.
New build was more of a
struggle for composites as
housebuilders preferred the
cheaper option of steel faced
doors. But as they have become
more competitively priced and
the demands of housebuilders
better understood, so that share
has now shot up to 40%.
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