Tai Tarian, one of the largest social landlords in Wales, has signed a new seven-year supply deal with aluplast, citing excellent sustainability credentials, quality of product, and ease of installation, as key reasons for partnership.
The new supply deal follows an initial five-year contract, where the profile was successfully put through its paces by the manufacture, supply and installation arm of Tai Tarian, which is based in Seven Sisters, near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales.
“We look after 9,200 houses,” Steve Meredith, Housing Maintenance Officer at Tai Tarian, says. “We manufacture and replace all the windows on a 25-year programme, which means the profile and other components need to be excellent quality.
“Our products also need to achieve certain criteria, such as Secured by Design accreditation; that means that it has to pass PAS24(2022) testing. aluplast meets all of these needs with ease.”
When deciding on a window profile supplier to partner with for its social housing, quality had to be at the top of the agenda, according to Steve.
“And that is why we are with aluplast,” he says. “It’s tried and tested. We completed our first five years with aluplast, which we were very happy with, and we’ve decided to extend our next contract term to a seven-year period.”
Since Tai Tarian is the window installer, as well as the fabricator, the views of the installation teams were also taken into account when making the new commitment.
“I spoke to the installers to discuss the way that they work, the way they transport the windows, and the way they handle them during installation, and they’ve had no problems with aluplast products from day one,” he says.
“In fact, they were thrilled when they learned that we were continuing our relationship with aluplast, because they love working with the product.”
As a social housing provider, Tai Tarian carefully considers the environmental impact of the products it uses, including the raw materials.
“The fact that aluplast profile is made using ecotech extrusion technology – which incorporates recycled material – is very important to us,” Steve says.
ecotech is made by extruding recycled and virgin material separately through two feeds, into one die, to create a profile that has virgin walls, with the recycled element isolated within the inner profile webbing. This maximises strength and appearance, while significantly reducing the impact on the environment.
