6 | JANUARY 2018
News
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A new report from Palmer Market
Research suggests the composite
door sector will see significant
growth through to 2021.
SMOOTH MOVES
WITH IMPROVED
ROLLER SYSTEM
Eurocell has brought
smoother, easier ‘one touch’
operation to its popular
Aspect bi-fold door system
with the introduction of a
new, improved double-bogie
roller system.
The range’s door leaves
feature both horizontal and
vertical multi-directional
rollers which offer superior
glide from eight stainless
steel wheels. The rollers are
in-built to the leaves for a
minimised height threshold
as standard, while they are
also captive within the track
– preventing their removal
from the outside.
The improved, easy touch,
smooth movement of Aspect
complements an already
extensive list of features
and benefits that make it
one of the most popular bi-
fold systems on the market
today.
Apart from the high
aesthetic and performance
benefits, the doors offer has-
sle-free fabrication and in-
stallation from intelligently
designed and precision-en-
gineered bespoke compo-
nents that enable accurate,
consistent, straightforward
manufacture and fitting.
Composite doors
continue to perform
despite toughening
of conditions in 2018
According to The Mar-
What’s needed in a
conservation area home
Profile 22 installer Max Glass
recently demonstrated the
benefits of the Optima system
when it completed an installation
in a property in a woodland
conservation area near Leeds.
www.eurocell.co.uk
The property owners
approached Max Glass with
an interesting challenge.
They wanted to improve the
thermal efficiency of their
stone-built property but, as
the area’s estate manager
confirmed, it was essential
that any replacement repli-
cated the original designs.
It was a challenge the team
at Max Glass was keen to
take on because the company
prides itself on understand-
ing its customers’ needs fully
and going the extra mile to
achieve their expectations.
Max Glass’s innovative
solution was to take the 26
original leaded lights and
have them restored and
encapsulated by experts
at Antique Glass Studio in
Bradford. These were then
refitted to replacement win-
dows. In total, Max Glass
replaced 29 casement win-
dows, three bay windows
and one composite door.
www.profile22.co.uk
ket for Domestic Entrance
Doors, composite doors
now account for 54% of the
market, the share rising to
56% by installed value with
the inclusion of PVCu/ABS
faced doors.
This follows an above
market forecast, 9% in-
crease in volume last year to
758,000 doors.
This contributed to 7.9%
increase in installed value
for the total entrance door
market, the move to com-
posites from PVCu panels
inflating installed prices.
Taken in its entirety, the
market for entrance doors,
however, remained relative-
ly flat last year at 1.4million
door sets, with growth of
just 0.9%. This compares to
the 2.2% seen last year.
Despite the growth of
composites, PVCu panels
remained the second biggest
material, accounting for 25%
of the market in volume
terms and 24% in installed
value. This included modest
growth in volume last year of
0.7% to 351,000 door sets.
Timber accounted for 16%
in volume and 15% in in-
stalled value. This included
a 25% decline in volume to
228,000 doors.
Steel faced door sets fell
12% in 2016 to 40,000 doors.
The Market for Domestic
Entrance Doors 2017
edition is available from
Palmer Market Research
palmermarketresearch.co.uk
Trends in composite entrance doors
2000 to 2016 (000s door sets):