Frame Fast

Frame Fast has recently invested a further 800,000 in the installation of an automatic frame production system. Together with our new high output, software driven auto-cutting and prepping centre, we can deliver high accuracy and an increased capacity to a massive 1,750 frames per week. So you get the windows, doors, conservatories and glass your need, when you need it. To give customers some insight into what's new, what's here to stay and trends for the future, our director Nigel Leivers talked to Matthew Montague, the principle architect at Matthew Montague Architects.

Since it set up in 1997, Frame Fast has celebrated a series of business successes and continues to lead the market thanks to its state of the art, specially-designed production facility on Ascot Drive, Derby. With high-quality manufacturing, Frame Fast provides house builders, installers, architects and developers with the very best products and advice. Our full range of windows and doors for both domestic and commercial applications are on display at our Trade Counter showroom on Ascot Drive, Derby.

They offer all of the benefits of a modern uPVC window, with all the charm and character of authentic sash windows. We have kept a close eye on detail and recreated all the traditional features. There's a wide choice of high quality options for your customers to personalise their new sliding sash windows. A range of hardware options, including decorative sash horns, classic ovolo beads and Georgian bars, means you can tailor everything to create the window styling your customers require. With window sizes up to 1.6 metres wide and 2.4 metres high, you can easily replace period vertical sliding sash windows in large bays or on commercial properties.

Frame Fast manufactures Aspect uPVC bifold doors, the advanced system from Eurocell. With ultra-slim frames and large glazed panels, you can offer your customers a stylish, high-quality and easy-to-use bifold door. Aspect bifold doors are manufactured with a square-edge profile which has a superior seal along the door edges, making them draught proof. Our uPVC bifold doors are also available in both inward and outward opening styles. With bifold doors up to 6m wide, Aspect bifold doors create stunning openings that bring the outside in.

Our aluminium windows are available in any RAL colour in a range of finishes guaranteed not to discolour. Choose from Smart Systems' unique Sensations textured finishes or our dual colour options with a different shade on the inside to the outside, offering more choice for your customers. The polyamide thermal break technology in our aluminium window frames provides an effective thermal barrier to achieve lower U-values and better energy efficiency, exceeding the requirements of Document L Building Regulations with our standard warm edge double glazed glass unit.

Equinox solid conservatory roof will turn an old conservatory that is too hot in summer and too cold in winter into a 365 day a year living space. Available with either a tiled or slate effect finish, Equinox is a lightweight, energy efficient warm roof that offers a low U-value to control the temperature and keep heating bills down. The solid roof design is suitable for any roof configuration including lean-to, hipped, P-shaped, Edwardian and Victorian styles. Purpose-designed components such as flush fitting rafters, fully insulated box gutters and a variable ring beam to suit all roof pitches demonstrate to your customers that Equinox is a premium quality product.

Frame Fast aim to manufacture windows to suit any style of house. Our PVCu windows are available in a Bevelled or Ovolo profile. Bevelled frames have the appearance of a clean cut flat profile and the Ovolo style has a curved sculptured profile. Both profiles can be used in period and new style buildings but the Bevelled profile is more commonly used for the newer styled properties due to the sleek appearance. Depending on the customers needs our windows can be side or top opening and can be manufactured in a wide range of combinations with the options of internal or external Georgian bars.

Tiled conservatory roofs, Skypod Skylights, glazed conservatory roofs, glass units and complete conservatories are all manufactured at our automated factory in Derby, so you can get everything delivered when you need it, getting the job done properly and your installation team off site sooner. No matter how complicated the project, we make installers', builders' and architects' lives much easier, and give your customers a great space to use all year-round. Frame Fast was one of the first fabricators to offer replacement tile conservatory roofs, so we can offer installers advice on the best, easiest solution for converting an old conservatory into a warm, highly insulated glazed extension that your customers can enjoy all year round.

Frame Fast manufactures high quality Smart aluminium bifold doors, so you can offer your customers an easy to use, reliable and great looking door. We deliver aluminium bifold doors complete in the frame, so there's no extra assembly on site making them quick and easy to fit. As well as faster delivery and faster installation, Frame Fast bifold doors offer slim sightlines, easier opening and high security locking. Our aluminium bifold doors bring the space, comfort and low maintenance luxury your customers will enjoy.

Our aluminium patio door system is easy and quick to install allowing you to move onto your next project as quickly as possible, without compromising on a high-quality installation. Aluminium sliding patio doors offer an alternative to bifold doors, providing a wide door opening with less frame to break the view. Our sliding patio doors provide a stylish and effective way of making rooms feel bigger and warmer. Frame Fast aluminium sliding doors offer a large glazed area, bringing more light into the room and creating a wide opening to the outside.

Our uPVC Heritage Windows offer you a stylish range of designs and finishes to satisfy homeowners looking for Georgian windows or the look of traditional sash windows, with all the benefits of low maintenance uPVC. Our Eurocell Georgian windows are authentically styled with colour matched astragal bars and simulated divided light glass units, providing your customers with the traditional period look they want to achieve. Georgian bars can also be used to create art deco styling on windows and French doors, creating a contemporary look that is highly popular on 1930s house designs.

Frame Fast manufactures both uPVC bifold doors and aluminium bifold doors. Both our styles of bifold doors bring real benefits to any installation. They are easy to install, great looking and have superb security and energy efficiency. Our Eurocell Aspect uPVC bifold doors and aluminium bifold doors from Smart Systems bring the outside in with wide panels of slim framed glazing. Frame Fast manufactures the advanced Aspect uPVC bifold doors system from Eurocell. With slim frames and large glazed areas, our uPVC bifold doors are easy-to-use for homeowners and provide real quality and style.

Composite doors combine high performance features with great designs, making them the entrance doors of choice for lots of homeowners. At Frame Fast, we manufacture an impressive range of composite doors in 30 different traditional and contemporary door styles and more than 30 colour options, creating unique doors for every property. Frame Fast composite doors feature high security, multi-point locking as standard. Security is also enhanced by the door's rigid polymer subframe and high impact resistant GRP skin.

From bifold doors and composite doors, to door handles and Modus Windows, our showroom displays all of our latest glazing products. If you're looking for the right window, door, or conservatory for your next project, there is still no better way to find it then by seeing it in person. Our showroom is fully kitted out with bifold doors, composite doors, Modus Windows, aluminium windows and doors and sliding doors. The showroom is open 6 days a week for architects, specifiers, installers, house builders and roof installers, to come in and find the right product for their next project.

Switch to Frame Fast for a supplier that cares about your Business. Because we're window people we know what to do to help make running your business a little easier. Register below to create your trade account. To give customers some insight into what's new, what's here to stay and trends for the future, our director Nigel Leivers talked to Matthew Montague, the principle architect at Matthew Montague Architects. Nigel: Since lockdown we've seen a strong bounce back of business, especially with housebuilders getting sites up and running.

Building long term relationships with commercial developers, house builders and architects is important to Frame Fast. Our commercial team work hard to make sure we deliver your windows, doors or glazing project on time and in budget. Our automated manufacturing facility produces windows and doors designed to deliver exceptional security and energy performance. We have achieved Secured by Design accreditation for both PVCu and aluminium glazing products. Over the years we have developed valued working relationships with leading Midlands house builders and main contractors including Wheeldon Homes, Radleigh Homes and Meadowview Homes.

The slim Eurocell frame design offers lots of options for your customers to customise their door and there's a wide range of colours. With Frame Fast's attention to ensuring the highest standards and quality and a six point hook locking system, this door offers excellent performance. Inline sliding patio doors are available in a wide colour range to suit your customer's property, including foil on white options. As well as white, the wood grain colour options are Cream, Golden Oak, Rosewood, Grey, White Ash and Irish Oak.

You can offer your customers a lot of choice with our range of uPVC French Doors. As well as our stylish bevelled and ovolo frame designs and colour matched hinges, we also manufacture Modus French Doors in a choice of colours and finishes that truly impress homeowners. Made from fully reinforced uPVC frames, our French Doors offer a high security connection to the outside space, even with our low threshold option. Available up to 2 metres wide, they add light to any room and provide an elegant opening for conservatories.

Tilt and turn windows have two functions which are operated with the one handle. The tilt function opens the window inwards to offer ventilation with out the whole window having to be opened. The turn function enables the window to become side opening and fully opens inwards. This function makes it easier to clean the window from the inside and can also be used as an alternative emergency escape. These windows can be manufactured bigger than your traditional casement side opener. As well as being easy to use our tilt and turn windows are also fabricated to be simple to fit, saving you time on site.

As well as the traditional panel door designs with plain or decorative glass, we offer an extensive range of colours, finishes and styles to complement the style of any property. Frame Fast uPVC residential doors are available in Eurocell Logik and Modus profile, which also matches our windows and French Doors. Our products are highly energy efficient and very secure. Titon Asterion 3-Star Cylinder locking systems are used as standard to provide the ultimate security for your customer's installation.