Staying on the theme of triple glazing, a full on debate threatened to break out between myself and the new popular account @SwearingGlazing. My argument is that triple glazing really is as quiet as probably most of us think. I’m not seeing much activity on the retail side, nor am I getting any requests for triple glazing from my own customers, despite a national TV campaign by Everest advertising triple glazing. His argument was that because I only deal in retail and cannot possibly know about any other facet of the industry, that I am missing a trick and that triple glazing might well be alive and kicking in other parts of the industry.
So, to help settle an argument for us, and to try and shed some light on the state of the triple glazing market right now, I need a bit of feedback. I’m calling on all installers, residential and commercial, architects, contractors, quantity surveyors and anyone else from any other part of fenestration to let me know their thought. Specifically, we want to know how much triple glazing you’re doing at the moment. How much demand you’re seeing for it at your end. Whether it is rising or not. Give me as much as you can. If you all tell me (honestly) it’s booming then I will stand corrected.
All your comments are welcome in the section below. Thanks!
Its not booming my trade department hasn’t even been asked for a quote.
I don’t think there’s any demand in the UK
A rated +++ is good enough
Most dgu manufacturers can’t even make dgu consistently to a high standard hence why we make our own very soon ditching ally spacer for good can you imagine the problems with triple
Perhaps the MD at CET can do a guest post for you considering everest is their largest customer
I have been asked for it once in the last twelve months ( Torbay )
We’re manufacturing similar amounts of triple to a few high end timber/hybrid customers (for domestic and commercial) as we have for a years. Apart from that, there’s little real increase in other areas from what I can see looking around. Some more enquiries, but nothing major, despite all the puff and push from the “stakeholders” lately. There’s a bit of a mis-selling scandal brewing if you ask me, if the level of trot seen already is pushed out to the wider industry. It’ very manipulative for their own agendas. Ask the right questions, and demand facts. And another thing….if you… Read more »
U factors my dear friend, u factors, does anyone actually know the difference between 1.4 and 1.5u.. what the true enenergy saving and how much is that in relation to an Average Gas bill for heating?
This A B C rating is over 12 months of the year, has anyone managed to take out the offset due to increased UV between May to October.
Now thats an area worthing discussing. comments appreciated.
Good comments Ginty. I’ve said it before, several times. Triple glazing is a niche product in commercial buildings and a nano-niche product in domestic. Better to invest in the best DG than in cheap triple – and how many people in the domestic sector make the wise investment in even good quality DG? The industry is rife with inferior products claiming to be ‘as good as the likes of Everest or Anglian’ and the average customer can’t be bothered to really understand how those claims can be challenged and what features are vital for performance, efficiency and long life durability… Read more »