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ISSUE 12
March 2014
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“The UK composite door
market is an exciting place
to be,” says Robin Baker, General Manager for
Masonite UK. “Acquiring
Door-Stop and its impressive online business model
places Masonite into this
market and positions us for
further growth.
“Not yet six years old,
Door-Stop is a young
company with noteworthy
potential. It’s a significant
‘Masonite’s
acquisition is
an exciting
new chapter’
addition to Masonite’s
portfolio.”
Door-Stop MD Nick Dutton comments: “Masonite’s
acquisition is an exciting
new chapter. Door-Stop
customers will benefit
from Masonite’s immense
knowledge, resources and
experience, particularly in
product development and
innovation.
“Masonite is a company that has doors at the
heart of its culture, so I am
delighted that Door-Stop is
joining the Masonite family
and becoming a part its
future. This should be reassuring to customers and
potential customers who
want long term supply relationships with a progressive organisation.”
As Business Unit Director,
Martin Dickie (pictured) is
a new addition to the DoorStop team who will ensure
that Door-Stop continues
to grow and deliver on its
promises to both current
and future customers.
Involved in the composite
door industry for almost 20
years, Martin brings with
him a wealth of experience
and a longstanding working knowledge of Door
Stop.
For more information
on Masonite UK visit
Masonite Global
www.masonite.com.
For your next composite
door visit:
www.door-stop.co.uk or
call 01623 446336.
A FEW CHANGES WE HOPE YOU’LL LIKE...
2013 was a very busy one for the Clearview Group, as we
acquired and re-launched other new trade titles and moved
to larger premises to accommodate the Group’s expansion.
Now, at the start of our second year of Pro Installer and in line with our
company policy of keeping all our publications fresh and readable, we are
making some changes to Pro-Installer which we hope you will enjoy.
We welcome all feedback, so if you believe YOUR business deserves a
special feature, if you have some news for us about a particular achievement , if there is any issue you would like us to cover, or maybe you are
an installer with a personal story you feel should get into print, just fire
off a quick email and we will do the rest: we are always happy to hear
from the guys (and any gals our there!) at the “sharp end.”
Synseal Legend French Doors
Resist The Floods In Limerick
While large parts of the UK have been devastated by the floods, Limerick in the
Republic of Ireland was amongst many places to be overwhelmed when the
River Shannon burst its banks in the City following high tides and driving rain.
Synseal Legend PVC-U
French doors do far
more than keep out the
wind and rain.
However, while hundreds
of families have had their
homes ruined as the flood
waters reached several feet
deep in some streets, one
resident found that the
Legend PVC-U French doors
that he had bought from
local Synseal fabricator and
installer, Walsh Windows did
far more than keep out the
rain and wind, as an extraordinary photograph proves.
The floods, the worst
the country has ever seen,
brought a torrent of water
racing through the streets to
reach the home of the Walsh
customer which the Legend
Doors resisted manfully,
despite the murky water
giving the doors the appearance of a fish tank rather
than the main entrance to
the house.
In fact so extraordinary
is the photograph that it
was featured on Channel 4
comedy show The Last Leg
- when even the show’s presenters were in awe commenting that the only water
coming in was through the
keyhole.
Walsh Windows owner,
John Walsh told Clearview:
“The last thing the homeowner specified his door
for was to hold back flood
water! But this is a fantastic
- though perhaps unwanted demonstration - of just
how well-designed Synseal
Legend doors are.
“Sadly, other parts of the
homeowners’ house did
not prove as resilient and
they also experienced flood
damage; it will take some
time for the area to get back
to normal.”
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