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Every review on this page is written by Nick Dardalis, who has worked in the UK fenestration industry since 1989. That means nearly four decades of hands-on experience with aluminium, uPVC, timber, steel look, composite and hybrid systems. This expertise extends across every product category, every price point, and virtually every brand.
Our reviews are built on assessment of technical documents, factory visits, showroom assessments, and real installation environments.
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5 — Exceptional. Sets a new standard in its category or offers something genuinely unavailable elsewhere.
4 — Very good. Well engineered, well made, does everything it should and does it well.
3 — Good. A solid, reliable product that meets industry standards without standing out.
2 — Adequate. Does the job but has notable compromises in design, hardware or finish quality.
1 — Below standard. Significant concerns about quality, performance or value.
Comar bifolding doors are part of the overall Comar 7Pi range of insulated and high-performance door sets. In the range are sliding, folding, hinged and commercial doors. Architects and building designers have for years worked with Comar products in their residential and commercial building projects. Fabricators and installers benefit from …
The Origin Residential front door launched in 2016, giving Origin another quality product to offer homeowners alongside their successful range of bifolding doors, sliding doors, aluminium single or French doors and windows. In this article, we tell you everything you need to know about the Origin aluminium front door. Information …
The bifolding door market now consists of many quality and highly engineered bifolding door systems. Not only is the design of current bifolds great, but components, reliability and the overall product makeup are excellent. There isn’t a bad bifolding door on the market. How bifolding doors are supplied to end …
Exlabesa bifolding doors are a product few may have heard of, but they come from a long established aluminium systems company. Exlabesa was formerly known as Kaye Aluminium Systems or Kaye Building Systems. About Exlabesa Systems. Exlabesa already offers a range of commercial and residential systems in their product portfolio …
The Visofold 6000 bifolding door is the latest model alongside the four other bifolds from Smart Systems. Most people in the trade are familiar with the Smarts Visofold suite of bifolding doors, especially the Visofold 1000. Smart Systems is the largest aluminium systems company in the UK by turnover. Smarts …
On 17th October, AluK launched a brand new window system called the 77. Everyone in the aluminium sector knows AluK as a systems company and as a hugely successful brand in the UK. With many trade fabricators choosing AluK as their system of choice and even more installers deciding to …
Warmcore aluminium windows are one of the most recent windows to hit the market. They feature a pvcu thermal core, aluminium exterior and are aesthetically excellent with impressive U Values.
One of the most commonly asked questions to this website relates to information and advice about the Schüco and Origin bifolding door and what is the better door. Since we first wrote this article in 2016, both Origin and Schüco continue to be compared. However, since 2016, both Schüco and …
Senior Architectural Systems has been long established in the UK and offers a vast range of windows, doors and curtain walling systems. Part of their innovation includes their splendid Hybrid Windows, the very thermally efficient PURe range of windows and even fibreglass windows that are making significant headway in the …
The Houzz Website is one of the largest and best-known home improvement websites on the internet. With over 35 million unique visitors across their global websites, Houzz is now used daily by home improvement enthusiasts, designers and anyone passionate about design. As a valued information resource about aluminium products, fenestration and …
Aluprof folding doors are little known in the residential market. The Systems company Aluprof, markets it’s product through its network of fabricators that largely carry out commercial contracts. Therefore it’s unlikely to be found in most double glazing showrooms. However if you are buying a new build property constructed as …
In mid–2015, Synseal Extrusions launched the Synseal Warmcore folding door as a bifolding product. The Warmcore range of bifolding doors, residential doors and window come via a network of manufacturers and installers all over the UK. This review of the Synseal Warmcore Door examines this hybrid aluminium product in a …
Reynaers Slimline 38 windows are some of the best-designed steel-look aluminium windows on the market because they provide frame options replicating original steel profiles better than other aluminium steel-look windows on the market. This great styling comes with the well-known Reynaers profile quality, design, excellent specifications and the premium brand …
Vufold Bifolding Doors are based in Macclesfield Cheshire and have been involved in the design, manufacture and installation of bifolding and sliding doors for over 25 years. The company provides a range of high quality door products that comprise internal doors, external doors, French doors and accessories. Vufold Aluminium Bifolding …
The Warmcore Folding Sliding Door System from the well known systems company Synseal is a brand new bifolding door with a new generation of “warm aluminium”. Designed as a completely new product, Warmcore bifolding doors offer excellent thermal performance in the way they are constructed. The Warmcore Folding Sliding Door …
Synseal Extrusions Ltd are a long established and well respected PVCu systems company with an extensive and quality range of PVCu windows and doors. Well known for their K2 conservatory roof system, Global Roof, Shield and Synergy range of systems to name just a few. Their latest product is the …
The SAPA Crown Sliding Folding door is an addition to the successful SAPA Crown range of windows and residential doors and completes the Crown range with an aluminium sliding folding door. Designed for residential or commercial applications bifolding doors from two to seven pane doors can be created as well …
The AWS 70 SC window brings makes the more premium Schüco brand name, more affordable and more accessible. With fantastic Schüco design, quality and style, this model is designed to be a more affordable option with no loss of features or specifications and is suitable for replacement and new build …
The latest generation of Jack Aluminium TD68 commercial doors substantially improves the existing design of these high-traffic aluminium doors for shops, schools, offices and commercial buildings. Easy to make, fast to fit and meeting all manner of specifications for front doors. Jack Aluminium Systems presently offers commercial doors improving substantially …
Sunseeker slide and turn doors are one of the more affordable options when it comes to slide and turn doors, in a market that offers very little choice. Affordable, well made, smooth sliding and very functional, Sunseeker doors come recommended when you don’t necessarily want a sliding door, but like …
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