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 | | OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW | | | Scotts of Thrapston | | 14/02/2008 | | | This years Home Building and Renovating Show will be a chance for Scotts of Thrapston to demonstrate their position at the forefront of timber performance door and period window design in the UK. Scotts has become a respected authority on both the traditional and contemporary markets. The joinery team at Scotts has seen many trends come and go and believe that the market is currently in the middle of experiencing another shift in popular culture.
With much of the early PVC coming to the end of its life, the company is experiencing huge demand for replacement doors and windows, which Julia Berrie, Scotts marketing manager attributes to, “Customers becoming increasingly aware of the environmental advantages timber brings over PVC and supporting a resurgence in the use of managed natural material.”
An upturn in the number of people choosing to embark on restoration projects, which vary in scale and sensitivity, is also contributing to Scotts growing order book. A key consideration when producing doors and windows for older properties is ensuring they blend in with the building’s existing style and are sympathetic to a buildings history, enhancing its original splendour whilst subtly bringing them up to comply to modern day standards. Julia says: “Over time, timbers tend to darken and it is vital that we replicate that in our work – this we do in various ways, including a method whereby we purposely tint the wood. Our reputation for being widely experienced in the design and manufacture of double-glazed, period style window frames makes Scotts the first port of call for many.”
David Scott, Chairman of Scotts, comments: “The use of inappropriate windows and exterior doors is often cited by estate agents as being one of the main reasons for buyers being put off from buying a particular property, especially where period properties are concerned.”
David adds: “Much of the early PVC is now looking tired and people are aware of the advancements that have been made during that time in the way in which timber is prepared and treated, which now means that it lasts longer and presents low maintenance demands – often the catalyst in the past for consumers opting for a PVC alternative to wood.”
Julia remarks: “It is widely accepted that PVC can have an adverse effect when it comes to valuing period properties in particular and with many people now choosing to improve, rather than move, we are seeing a tremendous growth in the number of people wishing to return to timber windows and doors for reasons of both aesthetics and value.”
David says: “The wide choice of timbers on the market today, allows the home owner and designer to be far more creative than they ever could with PVC. Similarly, a wide choice of veneers, coupled with the array of timbers, adds to the creativity of interior door designs, with many clients now favouring doors with a different wood finish on either side. Timber is breathing new life into domestic dwellings the length and breadth of the country – long may it continue.” | |
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