What Do We Think Of This?
This door and side lights arrived in our stores yesterday. This would be our first purple door to my knowledge that we have fitted. The door itself was a design [...]
Three Door Types
As far as I am concerned, there are three main door types in the UK residential market at the moment right now: As I have been tweeting some of [...]
Doors, Doors And More Doors!
I haven't sold a window in weeks! In fact I may have forgotten how to sell windows! The industry is now moving into it's quiet phase as the buying public [...]
Our Industry Is Evolving
Today (18th October) I attended a seminar hosted by John Fredericks. Now I have been told that I am not to give away much until the last of the three [...]
Door-Stop Reply To Solidor
Well it seems a response has prompted a response. The 'energetic' discussions about the state of the PVC door panel sector have continued as MD of Door-Stop International Nick Dutton [...]
Solidor At Odds With Door-Stop
Well Door-Stop seems to have got Solidor's back up a little. Judging by the Letter To The Editor on the Fenestration News website, Gareth Mobley has been forced to defend [...]
Have Composite Doors Plateaued A Bit?
Don't know about you, but have the sales of composite doors gone flat a little bit over the last few months? There was a period last year when all we [...]
>Aluminium Making A Colourful Comeback
>For many years PVCu has been top of the pile when it comes to materials choice for replacement windows and doors. But thanks to the recession and the inherent need [...]
>More Doors
>Let me ask you a question: did you find that you sold more doors than normal?I sold A LOT of doors during the second half of 2011. Maybe people were [...]
>Be Nice To Your Customers
>Customer service is probably one of the most basic and fundamental qualities to have as a business. Yet many fail miserably at delivering that service.What has inspired me to write this post [...]
>DERs Finally Here
>Doors have now joined the ranks of windows, in being judged on an A-G scale of how efficient they are.In my opinion these should have been introduced at the same time [...]
>Yale In Cahoots With Door Stop?
>A couple of comments have been made over the past couple of days on Twitter about this, but I must say I have known about this issue for about a [...]
>How Long Left For PVCu Panelled Doors?
>Until the arrival of companies like Door-Stop, composite doors were still very much a niche market product, very expensive and unknown to the general public.But now with many more manufacturers [...]
>Fires Shut Down 5 Nan Ya Plants
>It's emerged that the Yunlin County Government in Taiwan forced Nan Ya, producers of composite door panels exported to the UK, to shut down 5 of it's production plants after [...]
>Door-Stop Showcasing Impressive Growth
>Door-Stop International has just posted a £17 million turnover in just it's third year of business, that equates to a rise of 30%, up from £13 million the year previously.The [...]
>Black Is The New White
>It's clear that since the introduction of coloured doors in the industry i.e. composite and foil wood grained doors, the most popular colour with customers has been black. The reason? [...]
>Doors For £800 to £1000
>My most recent poll: How Much Should An Average Door Be Sold For? has finished, and the clear winner, and what most people think is that the average door in [...]
>Door-Stop vs Rockdoor
>Over the past couple of years, Door-Stop and Rockdoor have become the two main brands that customers have come to see as representing composite doors the best. So much so [...]
>Trends Show Composite Surge
>The chart above shows the ever increasing interest in composite doors.We have all seen increasing sales in composite doors over the past few years, mostly due to installation companies pushing [...]
>Work We’ve Done Recently
>I thought I might share with your some of the work we have a done recently:The above is a small Rosewood Victorian conservatory we did a couple of weeks ago [...]
>Composite Doors Overtake Panelled Doors For The First Time
>This isn't official news, but comes from a half-reliable source, and doesn't seem too inconceivable to believe.We had a visit from a HWL rep based in Leeds who came in [...]