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Channel 4's George Clarke helps rescue neglected architectural treasures across Britain.
Aired early 2014 this new series features a Barn outbuilding which belongs to one of our customers.
Our client was keen to share the fact that our 'Folding Sliding Doors' were specified as part of the restoration build.
The doors are in production as we speak and actual filming as already begun!
Looking forward to seeing the completed project!
It is always nice to receive customer feedback, especially if it leaves you finishing on a high, so when one of our Sales Consultants received this email, we thought it was worth sharing. It made us smile:-)
Hi Vicky
Chris fitted the doors to day as you said a top bloke, everything went very smoothly.
The client will see them on Tuesday and I am sure will be very happy.
I am very pleased with service you have provided and look forward to working with you again.
I hope you have a good weekend .
Best wishes
T C Watters
Gainsford, East Sussex
http://www.adventureisland.co.uk
£Salary dependent on experience
Company Car Performance related benefits.
Due to our continued success in the UK market place, we seek to recruit a National Field Sales Executive. We require a candidate who is able to capitalise on this success and create solid professional relationships with the commercial and contracting sector, with a view to the supply of our products to this market.
Working nationwide, you will be required to create and maintain a portfolio of significant accounts and provide any necessary technical support where needed.
Our innovative products are high quality, competitively priced and are ideally suited to the needs of Local Authorities, Housing Associations and Construction industries.
This role will centre on your building and growing relationships within the sector, by identifying and reviewing specific product requirements for folding sliding (bi-fold) door systems. You will offer and sell our product ranges which are in line with the project brief.
Person Specification
Experience in the contracting and tendering field
Knowledge and experience of specification sales to the commercial building and construction industry, including New Build
Experience in the window and door industry and commercial sales – preferable
Self motivated individual
Proven track record of career sales achievement
Excellent communication negotiation and presentation skills
Highly target driven, and able to work as part of a larger sales team
We are able to offer exciting career prospects to the right candidate in the light of recent expansion in the business.
Please apply in the first instance by sending your full CV to:
Annette Emanuel, Human Resources Manager
Folding Sliding Doors Limited, FSD Works, Hopbine Avenue , West Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD5 8ER
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Tel: 0845 644 6630 Fax : 0845 644 6631
Closing date is Friday 30th August
www.foldingslidingdoors.com
Imagine having all your friends at home for that barbeque party on a summers evening.
• Is everyone struggling to squeeze in and out of the patio door you have now?
• How many of them, after a few drinks, are going to walk straight into the glass? Ouch!
• How many trip up over the threshold? .... with a glass of red wine!
Allow the traffic to flow and keep the party flowing problem free, give yourself the extra space that you need with a folding sliding door.
Don’t separate your inside from the outside, open your horizons and bring the outside in.
The Folding Sliding Door Company was set up in 2001, just as the internet was starting to become popular, Wayback has a record of our internet archives dating back to that very same year.
The Folding Sliding Door Company have a proven successful trading history and are still going strong today due to our commitment on supplying quality folding sliding doors ( bi-fold doors).
Most of our competitors cannot boast the same, in pedigree and history.
The Wayback Machine is a digital time capsule created by the Internet Archive, a non-profit organization, based in San Francisco, California. The service enables users to see archived versions of web pages across time.
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Another commercial showcase (Watford) for our Oak timber folding sliding (bi-fold) doors, proving yet again the trust in the name & trust in the longevity & durability of our product. All the restaurant fascias were produced by The Folding Sliding Door Company, fixed top windows and bi-fold doors.
Worth the wait! Everybody loves the doors and we're really happy with them.
They have become the main subject of conversation around the dinner table.
Once again many thanks to all at FSD for your great service, advice and support.
At times I thought we were being a pest but you made us feel that it was better to ask the question than get it wrong.
Best wishes Paul and Ailsa, ps: the dogs called 'Charlie'
Eco Floating homes chose to install bi-fold doors from The Folding Sliding Door Company.
They were exhibited at the Ideal Homes show, Earls Court, London which took centre stage at the exhibition.
Eco Floating homes, green, friendly, low carbon sustainable architecture with interiors to inspire calm and harmony. The Floating Homes natural wood exterior integrates into the landscape, beautiful outside and inside. The companies ethos is to construct healthy, ethical homes that enhance the countryside and deliver maximum comfort with minimum energy bills and a small carbon footprint.
Modern Living, high quality homes with exceptional interior and exterior finishes, windows, doors, fixtures, and appliances. Stylish, uplifting, efficient, and expertly built, capturing the essence of modern living.
You can enjoy an outdoor lifestyle all year round, in complete harmony with the water setting.
Sales Consultants
£Competitive + excellent commission structure
Do you have the passion and drive to want to succeed in our dynamic sales environment?
Look no further, the Folding Sliding Door Company is for you!
Based in our Head Office, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, you will be responsible for the professional management of client’s requirements, from initial enquiry through to closure of sale.
You will actively promote the unique features of our products over the competition and you will provide excellent service and advice to existing and prospective clients.
We are looking for:
Forward thinking, adaptable persons with:
Experience of sales in the window and door industry is preferable, but it is not essential, as comprehensive training will be given
If you would like to apply to join us, please send your CV, quoting reference SC 13 to:
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From the 1st of July 2013 it becomes mandatory that all construction products including Folding Sliding Doors MUST display the CE Mark. Products not CE Marked after this date cannot legally be placed on the market!
Mandating CE Marking enforces the disclosure of performance between different manufacturers and suppliers allowing for clear comparisons of performance and enabling customers to make an informed choice!
CE Marking demonstrates a product has been tested against a harmonised standard and the performance information is reliable and has been registered by a notified body.
The Folding Sliding Door Company has produced a Declaration Of Performance and is fully CE compliant!
Q. What is changing?
A. CE Marking will become mandatory in the UK from 1st July 2013 as set out in the Construction Products Regulation 2011. Therefore any window or external door product (without resistance to fire and/or smoke leakage characteristics) ''NOT '' CE Marked after this date cannot legally be placed on the market.
Q. Who is responsible for CE Marking?
A. Everyone in the supply chain has a responsibility to cascade the correct data, but the organisation who places the complete product on the market is responsible for affixing the CE Mark and accompanying information. In conclusion this is the organisation that brings the frame and glass together. This organisation is described as the ‘manufacturer’.
Q. I am an installer who purchases unglazed windows.
A. If you are an installer who purchases unglazed frames and glazed units separately, you are classed as the manufacturer and have responsibility for affixing the CE Mark and accompanying information.
Q. I am an installer who purchases glazed windows.
A. If you are an installer who purchases glazed frames, whilst you are not absolved of all responsibility you will not be required to affix the CE Mark and accompanying information. However you will have a responsibility to ensure that the CE Mark and information is available so that you can cascade it to the purchaser.
Q. What should I do next?
A. CE Marking becomes a regularity requirement across the EU from 1st July 2013 as a result of the Construction Products Regulation.. If your product is not CE Marked on or after this date,
Inline folding sliding doors are best left to the experts.
Too many corners have been cut in recently launched systems. A common failing is the use of either a top or bottom running track but not both.
These design omissions can compromise the effectiveness, security and operating limits of the system.
The Folding Sliding Door Company currently manufactures doors in sizes up to 4 metres high and 15 metres wide
The Folding Sliding Door Company offers a 25 year lifetime warranty on its product. "That's how much confidence we have in our product".
The Folding Sliding Door Company offers a no-quibble change on parts and has seen no need to alter its hardware specification in the last ten years.
Folding Sliding Doors Limited is celebrating its 10th anniversary. It was 2001 when Paul Shearman, a joiner working in the window industry, developed an inline folding sliding door system. The main improvement over previous attempts was in the hardware. He used flush hinges, slim handles and a running track on the top and bottom of the opening for even weight distribution and ease of operation of the opening panels.
The appeal of this product was that the door leaves folded neatly to create a wider opening – perfect for cafes in summertime or rooms in the home that face the garden, to give just two examples.
Paul Shearman continued to improve his product. "We were the first to develop an inline PVC-U folding sliding door system with no face fixed hardware and concealed running gear in 2003", he says. Paul's development was an advance on the cumbersome out bound hardware that was available and the introduction of running tracks meant smooth operation and the positive support to enable the manufacture of taller and wider folding sliding doors. Flush tracks were fitted as standard, complying with Part M disability access regulations, and the absence of faced fixed hinges made the installation more secure.
Within two years Folding Sliding Doors had acquired premises and was employing 16 staff to manufacture the product, which utilised VEKA Matrix PVC-U window and door profile. Turnover had reached £1 million by 2003. This year the Bradford company is on course to achieve £10 million turnover.
Today, the company makes inline folding sliding doors in aluminium, timber, ali-clad timber and a range of PVC-U systems. In addition, Folding Sliding Doors manufactures its own range of hardware which it supplies to some major retail and commercial trade manufacturers.
The popularity of these glazed doors has soared during the company's time in business as property owners have realised the potential of wider openings in commercial buildings and homes. This type of product, often supplied by Folding Sliding Doors, has featured on many TV home improvement programmes.
The product commands a high value. Consequently many installation companies have been keen to add it to their portfolio and some new companies have tried their hand at manufacturing it. A recent trend has seen several window systems companies develop their own system in an effort to grab a share of this market for themselves.
We are in the process of developing a new website with lots of improvements and extra features to keep you updated and informed.
The new site now includes an itemised galley, instant chat with one of our operatives, a blog system that keeps you up to date with all the latest product and industry related news, a built in secure store and an exciting new forum.
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