Comments on: Interview with Nick Dutton of Synseal http://renegadeconservatoryguy.co.uk/interview-with-nick-dutton-of-synseal/ Random thoughts from a bloke that runs a conservatory company Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:34:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: john armstrong http://renegadeconservatoryguy.co.uk/interview-with-nick-dutton-of-synseal/comment-page-1/#comment-488 john armstrong Fri, 23 May 2008 13:45:39 +0000 http://renegadeconservatoryguy.co.uk/interview-with-nick-dutton-of-synseal/#comment-488 the industry is in the late stages of maturity as far as replacement frames are concerned,the only growth you will achieve in conditions like these by; competitors going bust and absorbing there customers. undercutting traditional premium brand pricing hurray! product obsolescence - the windows are replaced because they are "shagged" i thank extruders like KB ,mechanical joints, non epdm rubbers,defunct hardware for letting us replace the crap with new.Its a pity that double glazing did not have the "death chip" rumoured to be found in most white/black goods,i forgot KB did! population growth .... ok i can't wait for that one. the 240,000 new homes that "are to be built" every year until 2016. as i have now clocked 18 years in double glazing my personal observation is that virtually every year the factory gate price has reduced by maybe 2% a year. survival ultimately and as always been will being one of the lowest cost producers,delivering on time and a product that is fit and forget. as a synseal trade fabricator I might add that our prices are very competitive as was proven recently when a large installer told his over priced german fabricator to hit the road long may it continue! the industry is in the late stages of maturity as far as replacement frames are concerned,the only growth you will achieve in conditions like these by;

competitors going bust and absorbing there customers.

undercutting traditional premium brand pricing
hurray!

product obsolescence – the windows are replaced because they are “shagged” i thank extruders like KB ,mechanical joints, non epdm rubbers,defunct hardware for letting us replace the crap with new.Its a pity that double glazing did not have the “death chip” rumoured to be found in most white/black goods,i forgot KB did!

population growth …. ok i can’t wait for that one.

the 240,000 new homes that “are to be built” every year until 2016.

as i have now clocked 18 years in double glazing my personal observation is that virtually every year the factory gate price has reduced by maybe 2% a year.

survival ultimately and as always been will being one of the lowest cost producers,delivering on time and a product that is fit and forget.

as a synseal trade fabricator I might add that our prices are very competitive as was proven recently when a large installer told his over priced german fabricator to hit the road

long may it continue!

]]> By: Join Me! http://renegadeconservatoryguy.co.uk/interview-with-nick-dutton-of-synseal/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Join Me! Fri, 23 May 2008 12:53:40 +0000 http://renegadeconservatoryguy.co.uk/interview-with-nick-dutton-of-synseal/#comment-484 [...] - I’ve already asked some tough questions to Nick Dutton of Synseal and Andy Jones of Edgetech on the site.  I’ll be interviewing more people from the glazing [...] [...] – I’ve already asked some tough questions to Nick Dutton of Synseal and Andy Jones of Edgetech on the site.  I’ll be interviewing more people from the glazing [...]

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