Pro Installer September 2014 - Issue 18 | Page 27

27 PRO INSTALLER SEPTEMBER 2014 PRO NEWS @proinstaller1 Does the Double Glazing Industry need a complete overhaul? I don’t think so, says Danny Basden, editorial contributor for the Pro Installer. During the last two months on a number of the forums, one industry commentator has repeatedly called for a complete overhaul of the double glazing industry. When I posed questions to him on the forum, in my opinion, the answers were non-factual and could not really be substantiated. The main gist and prime mover for the comment was that the industry had shrunk. Yes it has - and there are a number of good reasons for it. To understand what is going on in the double glazing Industry, it is necessary to get down to grass roots level - to understand why it has shrunk, what caused it and also to prepare for the rise again to the levels it attained prior to the economic problems of 2008. When the austerity period started to bite, it was felt by the whole country. A number of the larger fabricators were caught in t