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PRO INSTALLER OCTOBER 2014
PRO BUSINESS
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DOORCO GRP DOOR
MANUFACTURER
GROWS WITH
NEW DIRECTOR
DoorCo, formerly the Capstone composite door brand,
has announced the appointment of Jayne Sullivan as its
first Operations Director.
Jayne, wife of MD Dan Sullivan,
has years of experience both in
the corporate world and the family
business environment. Now, after
Dan and co-founder John Collins
have put seven years into building Capstone and DoorCo into its
present form, all are agreed the
time is right for her to join the
team.
She brings with her an impressive CV with blue chip names including Pricewaterhouse Coopers,
Ernst & Young and Astra Zeneca,
working fields as diverse as energy & utilities, telecoms, entertain-
ment, betting and local government, in various locations around
Europe and the Far East.
Jayne said: “My priority as Operations Director will be to ensure
that we have robust processes
working well over all areas of the
business. The company has relied
on a small but dedicated team to
operate it but as it grows, we will
need to make more use of technology so that our staff can focus
on more valuable tasks.”
The company began when Dan
and John, both with years of experience in the door industry, started
supplying container quantities of
door slabs to large fabricators.
The change of identity came about
after it began manufacturing prepared doors of all kinds, not just
residential composite and took on
DoorCo as a name that was more
relevant to its new offering.
Dan said: “We are really turning
up our focus on the team, which
has grown by nearly double in the
last year. We have the right people;
we now need to support them to
develop skills in areas which we
need and will continue to add to
this as the business grows.”
‘we are really
turning up our focus
on the team’
For more information regarding
Doorco contact 01625 430779
Spectus Elite 70 Completes
Townhouse Development
Spectus Window Systems’ Elite 70 system has been
used to give a traditional new build development
in Swinton, Greater Manchester a contemporary
twist. Through its fabricator Worsley Glass,
windows, curtain walling and bi-folding doors were
supplied and installed in seven townhouses.
The development, managed by local business
Stablefold Developments, is sited on former British Rail land. The
developer was keen to
create a modern space
for the new homeowners
while maintaining a traditional build style, one
that would complement
the Victorian properties
on the adjacent Manchester Road.
Designers R.A Fisk of
Swinton combined red
brickwork and honey-toned, natural stone
lintels, with Black foiled
finished windows, bi-folding doors and curtain
walling to create a striking
exterior.
The curtain walling is one
of two statement features
which dominate the façade;
the second is an apex
window on the top floor
of each property. Appointed by main contractor JJP
Design, Worsley Glass had
to deliver on these two vital
elements of the design.
From ground works
through to completion the
build took just 12 months.
The sheer volume of glazing within each townhouse
means that the five-bedroom properties are filled
with light; creating the ideal space for modern living
offset by contemporary décor and furnishings. With a
guide price of £250,000 the
properties are proving a hit
with prospective purchasers, with five of the seven
selling in just a matter of
weeks and positive interest
in the remaining two.
Tom Murphy, owner of
Stablefold Developments,
said: “We had a number of
goals in mind when we set
out to create this site, not
least the striking exterior
but also building homes
that would be comfortable
to live in. We paid close attention to the performance
of the products specified
and the energy ratings that
they achieved, and sup-
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make this process so much
easier. The windows, doors
and glazed façade achieve
a U-value of 1.6 W/m2K,
and that’s invaluable to my
customers”.
For more information visit
www.spectussystems.co.uk