Specialist door manufacturer Portal Products has slashed delivery times on its extensive Paladin GRP door range, making it easier for fabricators and installers to take advantage of the GRP door boom.

Fabricators and installers traditionally face waits from public sector fabricators of anything from four to 14 weeks for the delivery of GRP doors.

Where doors are being delivered with windows it means many installers have to make two site visits, once to install the windows, the second to install the door, unnecessarily tying-up installation teams and in so doing, delaying payment and increasing costs.

At the same time, the costs and time associated with occasional and one-off self-fabrication of GRP doors are for most fabricators prohibitive, cutting profit margins.

By contrast Portal Products can offer GRP doors in as little as eight working days, guaranteeing delivery to fabricators and installers so that they can rest assured that they can meet their contracts on time.

Brian Webb, sales and marketing director, Portal Products, said: “If doors and windows aren’t delivered on time or to coincide with the delivery of windows, it inevitably forces installers to make two site visits and that means time and money. Equally self-fabrication is for most companies too costly as it requires significant up front investment of both time and in machinery.

“We have invested in the latest CNC automated production systems so that we can offer our customers rapid order turn around, on average within in 10 working days and depending on the product, in some cases in as little as eight days.”

Portal has also introduced a new hassle free system, making it simple for fabricators to place an order. The company offers an extensive range of door styles, colours and standard and specialist glass ranges. Having made a selection, installers can then accurately price their selection in as little as two-minutes using the Portal Pricing CD. Having phoned the order through, all installers have to do is phone through their order and add their margin. 

Brian said: “The ordering system is straight forward and delivery is guaranteed. With delivery on time and costs comparatively low, all our customers need to do is decide on their margin. It means that business case for buying in speaks for itself.”