Renegade Conservatory Guy

I’m delighted to be interviewing one of the real industry heavy weights today - Alan Burgess.

Alan is the MD of Masterframe - Specialist manufacturers of PVCu Vertical Sliding Box sash Windows. 
Established in June 1988 Masterframe have been devoted to manufacturing sash windows since 1991.
Remaining focused on producing just sash windows, has enabled Masterframe to develop sash windows to […]

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Old Roots; New Routes
It is clear that my previous letter published on the Fenestration News website, together with the weekly blog from the ‘industry debate’ on the Glazine, have stimulated a degree of debate amongst a selection of individuals not originally invited to Combe Abbey.

Some of the comments have been constructive, other less so. […]

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Is this the face of double glazing?

Or is this the Renegade Conservatory Guy…….
Well, it’s not me, but he could be the face of the industry.
He is Carl Birkenshaw, a double glazing salesman from Paramount Windows. According to the Daily Mail, he launched a violent assault on a customer moments after discovering they had spoken […]

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Old Roots; New Routes - the great double glazing industry debate?
I love it when a plan comes together!
On a previous post about the climate change and the double glazing industry debate I pointed out that the forthcoming meeting between the great and good from the industry was probably not completely representative. I was mostly […]

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Climate change and the Double Glazing Industry debate
I read with interest that the Glazine is organising an industry debate for 17th October to discuss ‘new legislation, climate change, saturation and maturity, consolidation, new products and new markets have driven massive changes in recent years’.
In theory this is a great idea, as no doubt the double […]

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