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John Fredericks Launches Flush-Sash

John Fredericks isn't a company that rests on it's laurels. It has understood that the market whilst maintaining it's massive use of PVC, is heading down a more traditional route in terms of looks of it's frames and hardware. Hence the Suffolk Window and Suffolk Door ranges which I wrote about in previous posts. So [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:12+01:00December 11th, 2013|Categories: double glazing|

Michael Gannon Joins MyTradeTV

MyTradeTV has announced that Michael Gannon will be joining its team as Editor from Monday, 3 February, 2014. Speaking about the move, Lee Clarke, Managing Director, stated: “We are delighted to have Michael on board. He has a wealth of experience, not only in the glass and glazing press but in other sectors of the [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:12+01:00November 28th, 2013|Categories: double glazing|

All About The Glazing Beads

Continuing my theme of small technical aspects of windows which annoy @BudeWindows  ;-), Wednesday's topic of choice was inspired by what was an innocent tweet by @dempseydyer: "Part of the industry is still putting the argument across that externally beaded windows are less secure than internally beaded. Not true" Oh my that did spark of [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:13+01:00November 13th, 2013|Categories: double glazing|

The Industry Should Have It’s Own Price Regulator

The water industry has Ofwat, he energy industry has Ofgem, the education industry has Ofqual. All are official bodies that oversee their particular industries, and where applicable, regulate on pricing. Given the focus of rising raw material costs, maybe it is time the home improvement sector had it's own official regulator. If any of you [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:13+01:00November 8th, 2013|Categories: double glazing|

Working Out Of Hours: Yes Or No?

I had a pretty late finish Tuesday evening. I had a 5:30pm about 2o minutes away from base, which took longer than I anticipated as they were a nice couple and we ended up chatting about various things for quite a while. That can happen sometimes when you get on with people. Problem was, I [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:14+01:00October 2nd, 2013|Categories: double glazing|

After Economy, Comes Energy

Ed Miliband's pledge to freeze energy prices did two things. The first was to grab the headlines across all UK media outlets and score some early swing voters. The second was that it put focus back on energy and the UK's need to invest in more sustainable energy sources. As soon as Miliband announced these [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:14+01:00September 29th, 2013|Categories: double glazing|

Housing Market Turns A Corner: Good For The Industry?

We have had some pretty good news over the last few days out of the housing market, with many bodies saying that the housing market is showing signs of life again. Prices are on the up, mortgage approvals are up, which means money is starting to flow back into the system. This is great news [...]

By |2013-08-14T21:46:57+01:00August 14th, 2013|Categories: double glazing, positive|

Why I Started A Forum

There are a few reasons why I decided to launch a forum on this website. There will probably be some readers of this site who remember the old GlassTalk forum which shut down a while ago now. That was a fairly big forum which for a time attracted a few hundred users and generally quite [...]

By |2016-10-24T20:24:16+01:00August 10th, 2013|Categories: double glazing|
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