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The replacement PVCu market is one which seems to be out-performing everything else. Back when I was born the industry focused on cheaply made, poorly installed windows and doors, and now is the time when their lifetime has come to an end and they need replacing.
21 years on the quality of the products have improved such a great deal, giving companies a solid platform from which to sell their new and improved products. What should be mentioned however, is because of the improvements, these windows and doors are going to last a fair while longer. So long-term, the 3rd generation PVCu replacement market is going to be a way off. But that’s very long term. We need to focus on the short to medium. The current wave of replacements is going to be long lived, there is a lot to replace and this is going to take time, which is just the sort of thing the industry needs, a long and sustained new source of income. It’s also going to vast. A lot of crap was fitted years ago, up and down the country.
The business is there to be had, position yourself to sell well and the rewards should be substantial.
>The original replacement uPVC windows that were fitted 20-odd years ago weren't low quality by design; they were a new product in the first stages of their development. As with any product, they improve over time. And I'd argue that no more windows were badly fitted 20 years than they are today – if anything I think the quality of window fitters has got gradually worse over time. In the 80s window fitting was pretty much a trade in its own right (usually ex-glaziers or ex-chippies). Then, when the replacement window market started to boom, more and more untrained fitters… Read more »