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DOORS & COMMERCIAL ENTRANCES
Sales of GRP re doors resume
Make the most of aluminium
www.ggpmag.com January 2019
Doorco
stocked and
ready for 2019
Composite door manufacturer,
Doorco, has announced that it
has been actively increasing
stock levels to ensure it will
be fully stocked throughout
December, and ready to
deliver when the doors open
for 2019.
“One of the most important
factors in any supply chain
is stock. If you don’t hold
good stock levels, you can’t
deliver on any other of your
service promises,” said Adam
Sullivan, Doorco’s warehouse
manager. “For Doorco, our
99% stock promise is the rst
point in our customer charter.
Throughout the year we have
been delivering prepped
doors 98.3% OTIF, as well
as servicing the distribution
side of the business which
has grown by 55%. But, as
we headed into December, we
knew that orders would start
ooding in as fabricator and
installer customers looked
to get jobs signed off before
Christmas. At a time of year
when stock gets typically
diminished, we decided to do
the opposite and ramp our UK
stock levels and scheduled
deliveries from Doorco Korea
and other partners, to ensure
we were ready and waiting for
the nal push of 2018.
“Equally as important to us
is that we don’t start January
with diminished stock. Our
customers want to hit the
ground running in 2019, and
we not only want to be right
beside them, but one step
ahead. So, whether single,
mixed pallet or prepped door,
we aim to have it in stock for
quick delivery from the rst
working day in January.
www.door-co.com
Distinction Doors has confi rmed
that sales of both its GRP fi re door
blanks and prepped fi re doors
have now resumed, following the
self-imposed industry-wide ban
which resulted from the Grenfell
Tower Inquiry investigations and
subsequent bi-lateral fi re door
testing initiated by the Ministry of
Housing, Communities and Local
Government (MHCLG).
In order to comply with new
government expectations of GRP fi re
doors, any fi re door manufacturer
now looking to recommence supply
must have primary test evidence
illustrating that their door has
passed a fi re test from both sides, as
well as written confi rmation from
the relevant test house confi rming
this result.
Additionally, it is expected that
before resuming the manufacture
of fi re doors, a director from the
door manufacturer should write a
confi rmation to the supplier of the
door blank, enclosing the successful
bi-directional test evidence which
confi rms the door sets they intend
to manufacture and supply will use
only the exact components noted
within the door sets tests.
Distinction Doors CEO, Andrew
Fowlds, commented: “It has been
incredibly encouraging to see
how well our industry has come
together throughout this uncertain
period and continues to do so as
the Association of Composite Door
Manufacturers (ACDM) carries on
working with the MHCLG to now
address the wider issues associated
with the recent fi re door changes.
“We are pleased that a resolution
has been found which addresses
those concerns originally outlined
by the MHCLG tests, allowing the
industry to go back to market.”
www.distinctiondoors.co.uk
AluFoldDirect says that its new
Venlo RD2 entrance doors offer
‘contemporary style and highperformance’
to give installers the
opportunity to make even more of
the trend for aluminium doors and
windows.
Delivered in two weeks, the fl ush
sash aluminium entrance doors
are said to suite perfectly with the
rest of AluFoldDirect’s Everything
Aluminium range. Venlo RD2 is
available in three styles, including
clear or satin glazed panel options.
Craig Miller, managing director
at AluFoldDirect, said: “Venlo
RD2 entrance doors complete the
Everything Aluminium suite of
products, giving installers easy
access to aluminium glazing for
whole house refurbishments,
new-builds or other domestic
developments.
“The contemporary, slim design
of Venlo RD2 perfectly matches
our aluminium slimline windows,
bi-fold and sliding doors. We’ve kept
things simple, with three door style
options, in the two most popular
colours, delivered in just two weeks,
ready to fi t.”
Venlo RD2 entrance doors are
available in RAL 7016 anthracite
grey or RAL 9005 black. The door
offers ‘U’ Values as low as 1.4 W/
m2K. High-security multi-point
hook locks and heavy-duty dead
lock outerframe closers and keeps
ensure top security. PAS 24 and SBD
certifi cations are also available.
Craig added: “There are no stock
sizes for Venlo RD2 entrance doors
– each one is made bespoke to
specifi cation, so that installers can
be confi dent that in two weeks, they
will receive a stunning aluminium
entrance door right-fi rst-time, every
time, ready to install.”
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