25th February 2022

February Edition of Trade Counter News.

NEW FREEFOAM CASE STUDIES: REAL HOMES AND REAL STORIES

Home transformations and improvements have been a major outcome of the events of the last two years. Homes have become places of work and leisure.  People want to make their homes more spacious, convenient, comfortable, low maintenance and attractive, and many have used funds normally spent on travel and holidays on home improvements.

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With Cop26 and the growing climate crisis, is it time for installers to open their doors more widely to timber?

Tom Wright, Managing Director, George Barnsdale Limited

According to the ONS (Office for National Statistics), households in the UK remain the highest contributors to the country’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. Long before things like Cop26 became headline news, people had been starting to recognise the need to protect our environment and the Government’s intention to “build back greener” will impact on us all.

CRL will be bound for Birmingham from 10-12 May, for FIT Show 2022. On Stand A51 at the NEC, CRL will be presenting its Glass Rooms, an easy to install solution that enables homeowners to make the most of their outdoor space.

Simple to construct CRL Glass Rooms feature an intelligent modular design, with an aluminium structure that requires very few supports over large areas. The innovative connectors give a high degree of flexibility with many variations possible, while optional extras including sliding doors, vertical blinds and roof blinds makes it simple to create a unique space that can be enjoyed throughout the seasons.

The system’s modular design enables the Glass Room to be configured to suit any space, from simple rectangles to more complex L shape designs. The drainage is cleverly integrated into the post, with rainwater channelled through the gutter into the drain pipe. The front profile of the post can be easily removed using a clip system to allow easy access to the drain.

Endurance Doors are now taking orders for their revolutionary and ultra-premium Avantal composite door, with a number of Installer Partners now gearing up their respective showrooms with a flagship display of perfect product innovation and intuitive design.

Avantal is a game changer for the composite door market and is based on the proven and next generation solid timber core chassis of Endurance, yet featuring ultra-matt Black, Anthracite Grey and Signal...

Checkatrade is set to make its debut at FIT Show, which is returning to the NEC between 10 – 12 May 2022.

Checkatrade is the UK’s number one website for finding a tradesperson, with 44,000 trade members across the UK. It will be exhibiting at FIT Show to raise awareness of the benefits of membership and to talk to installers about the demand it is currently seeing within the trade industry.