Clearview National December 2016 - Issue 181 | Page 48

DOORS&WINDOWS

COULDN’T BE EASIER
Entrance continues to support its fabricator partners
by giving them the option to manufacture Approved
Document Q compliant composite doors.
»»ENTRANCE MANAGING
Director, Gregory Kelly, says: “Our doors
have been tested extensively at a UKAs
accredited test lab, and have been awarded
certification that make them Q compliant.
That means they can be installed in new
build and extensions where it is required.
Many social housing providers expect Q too.

Now fabricators using Entrance to make
their own composite doors meet the standard
at no extra cost.”
Fabricators who want to make their own
range of composite doors can buy everything
they need in one package from Entrance.
All they need to do is make the frame and
assemble their Entrance composite door.
“Making composite doors is easy with
Entrance,” adds Gregory. “Fabricators choose

from our huge range of door styles, colours
and hardware to create their own range and
the marketing and POS to go with it. Then
they order their combination online. We
deliver all the components they need to make
their composite door in a single package. It
couldn’t be simpler. No sourcing or purchasing
hassles. No worries.”
www.entranceway.co.uk

Welsh Heritage
»»THE VERTICAL SLIDER
window system from Spectus
Window Systems has been used
in a major Welsh coastal cottage
renovation project.
Supplied by trade fabricator
and by Spectus customer,
Universal Trade Frames Ltd
(UTFL) and installed by
Aberystwyth-based installer,
C&H Windows Glass &
Glazing Ltd, the project
included ten vertical slider
windows in Chartwell Green,

as UTFL Director Brian Kruger
explains.
“Having no reservations
about using PVCu as the foiled
woodgrain profile mimics
timber, the authentic looking
Spectus Vertical Slider system
was a natural choice in every
way. The new windows replaced
old, draughty, hardwood vertical
sliders, and due to the property’s
seafront position, weather
resistance was a big part of the
homeowner’s requirements.

Draught-free VS windows are one
of the most energy efficient on the
market.
The characterful property,
located in a small coastal village in
Ceredigion, Wales, had recently
been installed with a composite
door, and as planning permission
turned out not to be an issue the

homeowners were keen to replace
the existing hardwood windows
with more draught-proof and
energy efficient replacements in
matching Chartwell Green colour,
while also retaining the heritage
look and charm of the cottage.
http://utfl.co.uk/

Technological Transformation
»»PANELS DIRECT HAS
taken the next step in transforming
its efficiency by creating two new
online design and ordering portals
for customers buying either
composite or panel doors.

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The Keighley-based company
wants to make ordering as simple
and user friendly as possible for
customers so has turned to the
industry’s leading provider of door
portals - Business Micros.
Customers receive personalised
log in details, which enable them to
go online and design their chosen
door, generate a quote and even
place an order.The composite portal
is already live and the panel portal
will be live before the end of the year.
Both will work on any device and on
any platform so users can work on

their laptop, phone or tablet at any
time to suit themselves.
Steve Miller, Panels Direct’s Sales
Manager, said: “We are transforming
the business as we look to expand
and raise our profile not just in
Yorkshire but across the UK. Part
of that is obviously about efficiency
and moving to a paperless office
and factory but, much more than
that, it’s about responding faster to
customer demand and giving them
the very best service.
www.businessmicros.co.uk