“Fire door awareness is critical”
Howard Trotter - Business Manager, Shelforce, Birmingham
With Fire Door Safety Week set to take place from September 21-27 more understanding is needed to make sure a fire door performs as intended.
The last few years...
Black is the new grey
You Say, from Jeremy Phillips, Managing Director of CDW Systems
After nearly a decade of grey's dominance in the aluminium fenestration sector, particularly anthracite grey, we're witnessing a significant shift in colour preferences that I...
Let’s be honest about energy efficiency
From: Mark Frain, National Business Development Manager, WarmCore
For those that know me well I am a forthright person and one that’s passionate about the industry. But it is an industry sector that has received...
No new ADQ for now…But don’t ignore the PAS24: 2022 update
From: Strafford Cooke, technical director, Mila
As I predicted back in June, the new and updated version of security standard PAS24: 2022 has just been published. While the updates are fairly minimal from a fabrication...
‘Lead times still really matter’
From: Martin Nettleton, managing director, Euroglaze
Post-pandemic, I’ve noticed a shift in the way that many fabricators frame their revised lead times, with the inference that trade customers are now more comfortable than they used...
Consumer disputes add to installer stress
From: Faisal Hussain, Chief Executive, DGCOS
At the Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme, we recently published our Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) report as a Chartered Trading Standard Institute-approved ADR Competent Authority. The latest report...
‘We need to work and to innovate’
From: Ryan Johnson, managing director, Emplas
Earlier this year, we highlighted the challenges that were lining up ahead of the industry – inflation, the cost-of-living crisis, spiralling energy prices, and materials and labour price increases.
At...
Triple glazing – has its time come?
From: Chris Alderson, managing director, Edgetech
When it first appeared, triple glazing was presented as the future. Many thought its rise was inevitable.
But over the last twenty years, that hasn’t happened. The big shift from...
The end of the one-stop shop
Andy Jones, Group Managing Director, Victorian Sliders
Even when everyone in Britain has been vaccinated, and the worst of the coronavirus crisis is behind us, I suspect we’ll still find that some things have changed...
Clarification on in-home sales
Jon Vanstone, Chair, Certass Trade Association
Following numerous discussions with Government departments, we have had confirmation on an amendment to the position around selling in the home.
This amendment confirms that sales appointments may take place...
