ISO-Chemie: Continued growth in 2025 for window and door sealing solutions

The energy crisis will continue to fuel demand for window and door foam sealant tapes in 2025, says Andy Swift, sales and operations manager for ISO-Chemie.

He predicts the UK market will remain robust in the next 12 months with the need for more effective insulation and sealing solutions of windows and doors remaining a priority in the design, specification, new build housing and wider commercial construction sectors.

Building regulations and increasing numbers of planning reviews in the wake of the Labour Government’s raft of changes to national planning policy, including measures to accelerate the delivery of renewable schemes, will all create a strong case for ever more energy efficient products.

Additional new homes in 2025 to meet the chronic shortage will also see extra windows fitted, while anticipated cuts to interest rates will help to stimulate levels of house building activity throughout the year.

Healthy interest

This will all contribute to healthy interest – and sales – in cost effective, easy-to-use window sealing solutions among specifiers and developers, says Andy Swift.

“The UK window and door sectors along with associated products, will undoubtedly experience continued growth next year. We expect to see many more retrofits of old housing stock and refurbishment of existing housing stock,” he says.

“This will accelerate opportunities for innovative sealing and load bearing bracket support systems such as our Bloco One and WINFRAMER products to deliver better thermally efficient window installations.

“Retrofitting properties with sealant tapes becomes a direct focus for property developers and housing associations and is a cost-effective way to insulate existing properties very quickly. As they say the greenest home is the one already built. It just needs suitable retrofit insulation.”

Andy says as we look towards the coming 12 months, understanding current energy saving trends is crucial for stakeholders within the industry to be able to deliver effective end-user solutions.

“House building to higher air and thermal standards remains a priority in the next 12 months – and is a message that we will continue to push to architects and other property specifiers. There are products out there to ensure that airtightness and thermal efficiency within buildings should never be overlooked or ignored – it remains a matter of specifying and designing in these products,” he adds.