DOORS&WINDOWS
£350,000 SAVED WITH FABRICATOR SWITCH
» CELEBRATIONS HAVE BEEN TAKING
place at UK Glazing Group Ltd as it marks
a very successful year of trading as a PVCu
and aluminium supplier for the commercial
market. Since ceasing manufacturing and
choosing Customade Group as its fabricator
12 months ago, the firm has made incredible
savings of £350,000 and boosted output by
25%.
As well as toasting to its success, the
company, which has installed windows and
doors on some of the north west’s most
prestigious buildings, has now invested
£100,000 to convert its former 3,500 square
foot factory into a showroom; featuring a host
of Customade Group products, including
aluminium windows and doors from REAL
Aluminium, glazed roof lanterns from Atlas
Glazed Roof Solutions, PVCu windows from
Polyframe and composite doors from Virtuoso
Doors.
The Customade Group team worked
closely with UK Glazing Group’s director
Chris Barton to perfect the design of the
showroom. Designed to inspire visitors as they
walk through the space, the showroom also
features a series of giant branded TV screens,
showroom graphics and product brochures.
www.customade.co.uk
NEW GLAZED CASSETTE SURE TO BE A HIT
» LEADING COMPOSITE DOOR
supplier, Distinction Doors is pleased to
introduce its new 9D Quarter Glazed cassette.
Distinction Doors’ national sales manager,
Andy Grogan, said: “As a business we are
proud of our proactive response to market
demands; we continually monitor emerging
trends and we are now extremely pleased to
fulfil a requirement for a large glazed cut-
out.”
The new snap-fit projected cassette will be a
popular choice for the company’s Stable Door
and will offer increased design flexibility for
five other door styles; providing customers
with consistency in colour and design, while
consumers will benefit from its superior
aesthetics.
Colour options include Black, Blue, Green,
Red, White, Distinction Anthracite Grey
and Distinction Chartwell, alongside stains,
Rosewood and Gold Oak. Bespoke colours
are also available upon request. Distinction
Doors coats its cassettes using paint with the
same batch number as its associated door
blank to ensure a perfect colour match, where
applicable.
The 9D Quarter Cassette will be available
for 44mm doors only.
Design options for the cassette measuring
606.4mm wide x 623.5mm high, include
Stable RES05; New England ES10; Rustic
Renown RR17; and three contemporary
options - ESC39, ESC40, REC39.
www.distinctiondoors.co.uk
The Summer of 76
» FOLLOWING THE WIDESCALE
launch of KÖMMERLING 76 in 2019, the
company is now looking forward to satisfying
the increased demand for this new profile
platform from the German PVCu systems
giant.
KÖMMERLING 76 represents a new
profile platform for casement, flush casement
and fully reversible windows, with outstanding
energy efficiency credentials, typically with
a U-value of 1.1 W/(m2K) using a standard
double glazed unit. Flush inside and out, the
new profile design also boasts a number of
new foiled options from stock including Agate
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Grey, Quartz Grey, smooth Anthracite Grey,
English Oak and Silvered Oak.
Already a number of manufacturing
partners have enjoyed strong sales of this new
system including Flair Plastic Products, Frame
Trade, Secure Trade and Thermal Windows.
Other companies, including new customer
U70, are already gearing up for additional
sales.
The window can be either mechanically
jointed, mitre welded or even manufactured
using the latest Timberweld type production
methodologies. From a hardware perspective,
the partnership with Window Ware will also
mean that manufacturing partners can specify
the Regal range of period inspired hardware in
nine premium finishes.
www.kommerling.co.uk