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Conservatories & Extensions

Rooflight Demo Truck Hits The Road

» THE WHITESALES Fenestration Team ’ s brand new Demo Truck is primed , polished and ready to hit the road . From February 2024 , it will be bringing product demos , training and support direct to fabricators , installers and trade counters across the UK .
Featuring fully assembled versions of both the Whitesales em . glaze flat glass electric rooflight and the em . glaze Skyvu lantern , the truck gives customers the chance to
get really hands on with the products and see the quality and operation for themselves . There is a 40in digital screen on board for screening presentations and how-to videos , and lots of samples to
illustrate product and colour options .
Both Karl Grandfield and Piers Whites from the Whitesales ’ Fenestration Sales team will be getting behind the wheel . Karl said : “ We think
the truck will make a great addition to any customer event or Open Day and help us spread the word about how easy it is to make money from our rooflights . Anyone who wants to arrange a visit can email sales @ whitesales . co . uk and we ’ ll be in touch to fix the date .”
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The emergence of the solid roof market has been in response to the fact that there are over two million conservatories in the UK that are in urgent need of upgrade .
» THE REPLACEMENT OF A roof gifts homeowners the
are already suffering from condensation nine months of
opportunity to re-ignite the
the year ( Google dew points ).
and we ’ ve assisted several
ultimately the consumer with
enjoyment of an additional
Some of the cold roof samples
trade partners and consum-
roof solutions that could be
room all year round . And yet ,
we have are shocking too with
ers with our award-winning
deemed not fit for purpose .
we ’ re also seeing strong sales
the timber cassettes loosely
WARMroof , to replace a failing
So , if anyone ’ s in any doubt
of new installations too as the
fitting in between the rafters .
cold roof . The perils of these
a ‘ warm roof ’ enjoys full insu-
glazing industry further moves
These ‘ cold roofs ’ are being
‘ inferior roof types is con-
lation above the rafters and
into the realms of the sin-
marketed incorrectly as ‘ warm
siderable with the threat of
not just loosely in between as
gle-story extension market .
roofs ’. Simply Google ‘ Cold Roof
condensation , emergence of
defined by the wider construc-
While ‘ warm roof ’ design
vs Warm Roof ’ to check the roof
mold and even rotting timbers
tion and roofing sectors . You
is the accepted as the best
you are being supplied is a true
over time . Surely as an industry
have been warned …
standard for roof construction
warm roof . Alternatively email
we must focus on the supply of
in the UK and indeed for local
us or tag us on social media
roofs that are ‘ warm ’ by defini-
Chris Cooke
authority building inspectors ,
and we ’ ll happily help out .
tion and not just in name .
Director , Prefix Systems
we ’ re seeing some adoption
The solid roof replacement
Because if we fail to do this ,
of timber cold roofs , which
sector is still gathering pace
we are failing the trade and
www . prefixsystems . co . uk
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