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Whether you’re adding an extension or building a new home, linking the outside with the inside is highly desirable. Thanks to design and engineering innovation in the latest bi-fold and patio doors, huge spans of light are now achievable through larger, undisrupted panes of glass. But as beautiful as it is, having light flooding into your room all the time isn’t necessarily practical, so in parallel to the growth in bi-fold doors, more people are opting for blinds to complement their doors. Traditional blinds do a job, but in terms of operation, the headache of cleaning, and the cord safety aspect if you have small children or pets, they’re far from ideal. That’s why Profix is.

The home of Alcon Components Ltd has recently undergone a full office refurbishment, which included a window replacement programme carried out by Profix.  Alcon, established by engineer and sports car racer John Moore, has gone from making brakes for Audi Sport’s Group B Quattro rally cars to providing braking solutions for the top echelons of motorsports, all from their factory and HQ in Tamworth.   To better accommodate the growing team and to make use of their full office space, part of which was derelict, the company carried out a full refurbishment of the two-storey office building attached to their warehouse and factory.  This included the replacement of 42 windows with new, energy efficient PVC-U windows as.

With over 2 billion active users, Facebook represents a huge potential market for us, but it is well reported that it is becoming increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd.  Videos are helping to combat this, especially on mobile, and over the past year the time people spent watching Facebook Live every day has increased by four times.  Profix has recently enjoyed its own Facebook video success!  Just before Christmas, we posted a short video of our Swing and Slide doors in action and the engagement has been terrific, with over 282,000 views, 90 shares, 306 comments and 488 likes, our video has reached nearly 500,000 people.

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Who said colour was a modern trend?  As well as window styles varying throughout the ages, fashions in colours have changed as well.  For example, in the 17^th Century windows were predominately oak or left unpainted, whereas skipping forward to the 19^th Century windows were always painted.  Staining was not a traditional finish.  Many of the colours available were made with natural, earth and mineral pigments, as well as black, which was made from burning wood or oil.  Moving forward through the ages, choices became more exotic as chemists were able to make a wider range of colours commercially available. When it comes to renovating a period property, or replicating a more traditional style, the Profix R9.

2017 has been a good and busy year for The Profix Group. Profix Window Systems and Grand Entrance have been busy in both the social housing refurb sector, as well as new build supply and installations.  It’s our #onecall responsive service, backed up by our comprehensive product range and considerable experience and knowledge of these sectors, that makes us the one-stop-shop for both housing stock refurbishments and new build specifiers, and with the promise of more money to provide more homes, this is set to continue through 2018. Working with homeowners directly, we’ve upgraded a lot of conservatories this year.  The addition of a solid roof can transform a part-time sunroom into much needed additional