Aluminium Extra
7 Things al-bet-u didn’t
know about Alumate
Five years ago, three men set up an aluminium
company in Porth, Wales - after 12 months of careful
research and preparation - hoping to bring the
‘ethos of uPVC’ to the aluminium sector. Just over
four months ago that same company moved to the
next valley to a larger premises, six days before a
national lockdown. And if you need another figure
to get your head around, here are seven things you
might not know about our friends at Alumate…
ALL FROM ALUMATE
It could easily be argued that the relatively
recent surge in popularity for residential
aluminium is mostly down to the bi-fold
door and the highly-sought after ‘Grand
Designs’ look. There’s more to Alumate than
the bi-fold door however. In fact, with a full
product portfolio of doors, windows, sliding
doors, (and bi-folds, of course) from AluK,
and uPVC options, plus a Eurocell catalogue,
including the Skypod, Alumate has all the
ingredients for a complete project whether it
is a one-product replacement, an entire refit,
a new build, or any other job. In fact, with
the huge uptake in extra living spaces - such
as home offices, home gyms, home schools,
home holidays(!) - a complete orangery could
be specified entirely from Alumate; they’ll even
order the glass for you.
THE GIFT OF ‘SITE’
For fantastic fitters that have the client base
and the skill-set to sell and install larger pieces
such as bi-fold doors but physically can’t get
the product to the project, Alumate is happy
to deliver to the site in unmarked transport
with no trade paperwork. This means the job
is still ‘all yours’, Alumate just assists in the allimportant
logistical component of getting the
pieces to the right place. And, if you’ve ever
had to turn down a job based on a practical
implication such as not having a big enough
van, you can now start to pitch for those
projects hassle-free without the need to go van
shopping.
A LOVE FOR LOCAL
A willingness to ‘go the extra mile’ for the
customer, literally, when it comes to on-site
delivery is juxtaposed by an eagerness to keep
it local when it comes to suppliers. In fact,
while ‘Buy British’ is an overall motto used at
Alumate, they even go one step further - or
should that be one step nearer - by always
trying to choose the closest option wherever
possible, even when it isn’t the cheapest.
Finding the value in supporting fellow local
businesses is at the heart of the material
sourcing endeavours at Alumate and as the
past few years have demonstrated - namely
Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic - having
a pool of trusted partners that are closer to
home will always pay off in the long run.
GROUP EFFORT
‘Strength in numbers’ is more than a cliche;
there’s few of us who don’t want to know our
mates have our back, even if we don’t need
them all the time. Alumate is part of a larger
group; including Windoor Mate Ltd and
Vintage uPVC Products, and while they all
work separately they have a uniform approach
of ‘great product, great people, great service,
great to deal with’; a ‘fourmula’ that’s very
difficult to disagree with. And, as Alumate
itself was born from approximately a year of
extensive research and preparation, it’s clear to
see that the ‘journey to today’ is a culmination
of every part of the group, every member in
it, and all of their experiences up until now,
making it the very definition of a great ‘group
effort’ indeed.
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