LAZY, HAZY SUMMER GREYS

A‘ grey outlook’ might not sound like the most appealing summer view, but – if you’ re in the home improvement market – VEKA Group has unveiled a grey product to thoroughly brighten up your sales pitch, whichever way you look at it.

VEKA’ s Imagine Bi-Fold Door is now available with a Grey Base profile, meaning that you can offer your customers a product that’ s completely coloured from every angle.( No more tiny glimpses of white anywhere!)

Hailed as‘ this summer’ s coolest grey’, the Imagine Bi-Fold with VEKA’ s new Grey Base is designed to be foiled with the ever-popular Anthracite Grey from the Variations colour collection. Supplied with matching Anthracite Grey hardware from

ERA, it is bang on trend and offers fabricators and installers yet another selling point to seal more sales this summer.

Sales Director Neil Evans explains:“ We wanted to give our customers another benefit to offer their customers.

“ The Grey Base profile for the Imagine Bi-Fold Door will be priced the same as standard profile, it’ s just a great‘ extra’ that might prove to be the tipping point for homeowners choosing which product they want to spend their hard-earned cash on”.

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completely coloured from every angle

’ www. vekauk. com

DOORBUILDER UPDATES HELP GENERATE FURTHER LEADS

Leading composite door manufacturer Apeer continues to invest in lead generation for its installer partners, with new updates to its Doorbuilder programme announced for 2018.

Linda Tomb, Marketing Manager explains:“ We are always looking at ways we can improve our Doorbuilder programme and, following feedback from customers, we have rolled out a number of key updates to help make the process work better for our installers and homeowners using the online version of the programme.

“ Seeing many changes are the offline version of the programme, which is used by our installer partners in their showrooms as a visual and pricing tool. Following feedback at last year’ s FIT Show, our IT technicians have now added an‘ automatic update’ feature to the Doorbuilder programme, meaning installers don’ t have to manually update it themselves or re-download the software; it’ s now all done at the touch of a button. We are hoping for a seamless update with minimal need for IT support; however, our team will of course be on hand to help with any queries”.

www. apeer. co. uk / door-builder

Sharp looks in Spalding with Eurocell’ s Skypod Acute

Extra space and light all year round – but with no extra heating costs – are the benefits Dan Sheppard enjoyed after choosing to cap his conservatory extension with the Skypod Acute from Eurocell – the UK’ s leading manufacturer, distributor and recycler of window, door, conservatory and roofline products.

When Dan and his wife Ashy moved into their bungalow in Spalding, Lincolnshire, it soon became apparent that the kitchen was too small for their needs and was, facing east, rather dark. After deciding on a conservatory extension, Dan brought in David Shaw of

Shaw Home Improvements, who suggested Skypod Acute would be ideal.

Precision engineered for quick and simple installation, Skypod can be fitted quickly and accurately because there are no mitring or awkward angles to cut – just assemble and screw into place.

Available in blue, neutral, bronze or clear self-cleaning temperature-controlled glass, a Skypod lantern roof provides the homeowner with exceptional energy efficiency.

All three models are covered by a 10-year guarantee and available in the full colour range.

www. eurocell. co. uk

Astraseal boosts aluminium offering with Smart’ s new Designer Doors

Astraseal, the renowned trade and commercial fabricator has once again strengthened their aluminium offering with the introduction of the Designer Door range from respected extruders Smart Systems.

The Designer Door range is the result of Smart’ s continued research and development, creating a premium aluminium door range that expertly combines style with unrivalled strength and durability. It means that along with traditional, heritage and contemporary styles and a range colours, the Designer Door range offers 66mm triple glazing, a 10-point locking mechanism and 3 adjustable hinges that can withstand an incredible 80kg of pressure.

Available with fixed-side or head-light glazing combinations and in either single or double door configurations, the Designer Door range offers U Values as low as 0.9 thanks to revolutionary thermal break technology, a fully insulated door panel and triple glazed and laminated glass units.

The new Designer Door range joins the Wellingborough firm’ s full range of aluminium glazing products including windows, doors, bi-folds, patio doors and outdoor living products.

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