2021 AND COVID-19 RECOVERY IMPACTS ON THE JOINERY INDUSTRY

Lets face it, 2020 was a complete ride off for most of us.

Whilst during the severity of COVID and restrictions although it didn’t impact our industry as much as other industries we are certainly in 2021  feeling the pinch of it.

In terms of where we are at as a business – we are flat out!

Currently we are booking installations into May onwards, requests for quotations and measure ups are at an all time high and we are booking  into late March for these – where as this time last year we could have seen you within two weeks.

Great for industry and business alike, not so good for those that are wanting things done tomorrow, unfortunately it just can't happen and this is across the board in our industry.

We received a report from one of our suppliers just last week saying the Joinery Industry is up 50% on demand than this time last year and in  years prior.

With the government stimulus’s in place and more of us spending time at home - home renovations have significantly increased.

As a business we are working as hard as possible to cater to all during this extremely busy time.

Nation and worldwide our leading supplier in hardware Blum (which supplies the highest quality hinges e.t.c) has had difficulties in processing  and distributing orders, due to lockdowns in Austria and Germany where their production occurs. They have been in overdrive working 24 hours a day 7 days a week to catch back up. Due to this we have been delayed in final fitoffs until stock arrives, however pleasingly as of today we are starting to receive our hardware again which is fantastic.

My biggest piece of advice for anyone contemplating joinery of any type is to start the process now, as delays are much longer than usual and by  starting early it eases a lot of pressure on all parties.

Transparency is key with any business and we enjoy being able to give you these updates so you know where we are at prior to the initial call you  make.