Clearview National March 2015 - Issue 160 | Page 58

DOORS&WINDOWS

Just in time
for Spring
»»Freefoam, a leading
manufacturer of a wide range of
innovative products for the building
industry in UK, Ireland and Mainland
Europe, announce the launch of another
new colour to its foiled range, Chartwell
Green.
Due to the increasing popularity of
colour window frames, conservatories
and orangeries Freefoam has introduced
window trims and accessories in this
attractive ‘heritage’ style colour.
The new colour is available in 40mm,
65mm and 90mm architrave, 15mm
and 19mm quadrant window trims and
cloaking fillet offering suppliers and
installers the products to capitalise on
opportunities in a growing market.
This new addition to its range
underlines Freefoam’s position as the
colour specialist. Featuring built in
colourfastness, colour variety, and reliable
colour matching, all with a ten year

guarantee, the range offers choice to
architects, specifiers, property developers
and homeowners.
Colin St John, UK General Manager
summarised: “As colour specialists we
have been monitoring the growing trend
of Chartwell Green and recognise that

homeowners are moving away from white.
With the spring home improvement rush
just around the corner now is the perfect
time to launch this new range of matching
window trims and accessories.”
For more information visit www.freefoam.com

A Bigger Picture

Phil Warren, Sales Director, with one of the new Gallery Door options.

»»It’s hard to believe
that it’s been 9 years since Lister
Trade Frames of Stoke on Trent,
launched its Dual Rebated
Composite Gallery Door range.
Debuting at Glassex in 2006,
Listers introduced a high quality
bespoke range of composite doors
that offered the homeowner
vastly improved energy efficiency,
security and a range of colours
and wood grain finishes that were
well ahead of its time.

Phil Warren, Sales Director for
Listers, said, “We’d been looking
for alternatives to the more
common PVCu panelled door but
wanted to offer a higher quality
alternative to the composite doors
available back them. Working
along with Halo, we developed
and launched the first Dual
Rebated Gallery Composite
door.”
The Gallery Door’s selling
features revolved around its

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construction, which included
steel reinforced sections with no
use of timber. It was a 68mm slab
compared to the 44mm standard
on lesser composite doors
and of course, they were dual
rebated, combining all the best
weatherproofing, installation and
thermal aspects of the PVCu door
with the added strength, security
and solidity of a Composite
product. Listers also took the
unique approach of adding
Secured by Design locking as
standard to all Gallery doors for
extra peace of mind.
“As with any new product
though, there were some initial
restrictions,” commented Phil,
“not least the fact that there were
a limited number of styles. We
were only able to offer 12 variants
and although this served us well
for a number of years, as the

market and tastes changed, we
needed to expand that range and
add more features to stay ahead of
the competition.”
Fortunately thanks to an
excellent working relationship
with Halo, Listers worked
alongside them to help develop
the next generation of the
door range. Listers launched
the extended range at its trade
opening day in December 2014.
“The options are incredibly
exciting,” remarked Phil, “and
we now have huge amount of
styles to choose from. Not only
that, but we are now offering
any RAL colour to either side
of the frame and slab, as well as
a very impressive selection of
contemporary hardware. The new
styles are so varied and modern,
they’re already attracting a new
customer base.”