www.distinctiondoors.co.uk

Now the sole supplier of Nan Ya GRP door blanks in the UK, by far the highest selling composite door blank in the British market, Barnsley-based Distinction Doors has acquired the business and assets of Evergreen Doors Ltd from Epwin Group for an undisclosed sum. 

Drew Wright, Managing Director of Distinction Doors, said: "The acquisition of Evergreen, the only other UK distributor of Nan Ya GRP door blanks and glazing cassettes, is a natural fit for Distinction and cements our status as the largest distributor of composite door blanks and supplier of prepped blanks to the British market."  Distinction has grown its business organically over the past six years to achieve market leading status. It has widened the scope of the company’s activities from being a warehousing and distribution operation, to include a rapidly growing sizing, edge-banding and routing service together with the supply of components, including triple glazed decorative glass, locks, handles, letterplates and hinges. By adding Evergreen to its portfolio, Distinction’s share of the composite door market in the UK now exceeds 40%*, with annual sales of more than £20 million.

Distinction Doors Ltd, based in Barnsley, is a major stockist of high quality GRP entrance doors which replicate the appearance of traditional hardwood doors. Since Distinction Doors was formed in 2005 it has demonstrated spectacular growth and, to keep pace with demand for its doors, the company has recently re-located to a large modern facility. Its new home is a 40,000 sq ft warehouse, just off junction 36 of the M1, which has a stockholding of 30,000 door blanks and is equipped and staffed to pick and distribute doors across the UK.

Having introduced the Andaman range of hand crafted triple glazed units during 2008, Distinction Door Solutions is now building on the popularity of this glass range by adding three new designs for all 13 of the Nan Ya cassette styles which they hold in stock. The triple glazed unit has always been popular in the United States and has been fitted to millions of Nan Ya composite doors over the past decade.

With the ever growing popularity of the GRP composite door within the UK, it’s no surprise that the migration of triple glazing is now here to stay. Double glazed units offering coloured glass have, traditionally, been used to add interest to a white uPVC door.

With the advent of the pre-pigmented coloured GRP composite doors, the need to provide colour has largely gone. Attractive designs utilising clear glass bevels and individually cut textured glass pieces, set within zinc or brass cames, provides a classic and good looking unit that complements the coloured door. Drew Wright, Managing Director of Distinction Door Solutions, has long been an advocate of the triple glazed unit having seen both the Nan Ya products, and triple glazed units develop quickly together within the USA.   “The decorative triple glazed unit has distinct advantages over the double glazed version, with the decorative panel of bevels, glass pieces and cames encapsulated within toughened safety glass.  Quite simply, it is easier to clean….no dust nor dirt can gather on the decorative elements nor can the caming oxidise or discolour.  A simple wipe over the smooth glass front and back panes keeps the unit clean and attractive.”