Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 6 THE door industry journal spring 2023 Industry News Finally, a Composite Door You Can Rely On Comp Door burst onto the composite door scene in March last year, when it began manufacturing from its impressive 46,000 sqft factory in Staffordshire. Since then, Comp Door has quickly become the solid timber core composite door of choice for installers and homeowners looking for a dependable, part L-compliant composite door. More recently, Comp Door Group CEO, Steve Hudson, and his team have been encouraging customers of the other group businesses, such as JDUK Door Systems, to take advantage of the various opportunities to diversify into other product areas offered by the group’s combined product portfolio. At a series of open days at JDUK in February and March to launch the new JDUK Outdoor Living brand and pergola and awning products, Steve also introduced Comp Door to a room of garage door installers, to an extremely enthusiastic response. Many garage door installers also fit entrance doors but said they tended to steer away from composite doors due to the well-documented problems with them such as poor performance, faults and unreliable customer service from suppliers. However, Steve was quick to explain that, Comp Door was set up by an experienced team of composite door specialists to develop a high-quality, reliable product that looks great and performs well over time, by combatting excessive thermal movement, amongst other known problems. The result is a superior but affordable, high-performance product that is currently the only solid timber core composite door to be part L-compliant door! For installers, this means they can have complete confidence that the door they’re installing will guarantee happy customers, without costly callbacks. Comp Door also offers a personal service and quick lead times, with online order and payment options available, and customer support that is open, honest and convenient, such as live production and delivery tracking for all orders. But what exactly are the features that make Comp Door products stand out from the competition? Outstanding U-Value - Market-leading, part L-compliant U-values of 1.4 W/m2k for high energy efficiency. TriSeal frame - Industry-first TriSeal frame with 3 seals on the door frame, for optimum weatherproofing and reduces the chance of air leakage. Auto-fire slam shut lock as standard – The premium crosslaminated Albasia Falcata timber core is fitted with an automatic multi-point locking system. It features four self-locking, deadbolt latches that activate when the door is closed and keeps the door latched at all times over the full height of the door, requiring no homeowner intervention as with a single latch and lift lever, thus eliminating the chance of the door not being secured properly, and helping to combat excessive thermal movement that causes
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