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Supply only uPVC windows and doors for the trade

Made to your sizes in our own factory, delivered to your yard or site, fitted by your team. No survey visit, no sales appointment, no installation on our side. Supply only is how installers, builders and developers buy frames, and it is how we have supplied the trade for over 30 years.

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The Direct Answer

What does supply only mean?

Supply only means you buy the finished windows and doors and fit them yourself. The manufacturer takes your sizes and specification, builds the frames, glazes and hangs them, and delivers. Survey, removal, installation, making good and certification stay with you.

Hurricane Windows & Doors manufactures uPVC windows, uPVC doors, composite doors, French and patio doors and uPVC sash windows on a supply only basis for trade customers across the United Kingdom and Ireland, from our factory in Ballymoney, County Antrim.

If you fit windows for a living, supply only is usually the cheaper and faster route. You are not paying for a retail sales process, a home visit or a fitting team you do not need. You are buying manufacturing capacity, and the value of that comes down to accuracy, consistency and lead time.

The Decision

Supply only or supply and fit: who does what

The difference is not the product. It is where responsibility sits. Both routes give you the same frames from the same factory. Supply only moves the survey, the labour and the compliance sign-off onto your side of the line.

Stage	Supply only	Supply and fit
Survey and final sizes	You measure and sign off. The sizes you give us are the sizes we build.	We survey and carry the risk on sizes.
Manufacture	Us, in house.	Us, in house.
Delivery	To your yard, unit or site.	To site, sequenced to the fitting programme.
Removal of existing frames	You.	Us.
Installation and making good	You.	Us.
Waste and old frame disposal	You.	Us.
Building control notification	You, through your own competent person scheme or a building control application.	Handled as part of the installation.
Product guarantee	Covers the manufactured product. Fitting is excluded.	Covers product and installation.
Typical buyer	Installers, builders, developers, shopfitters and experienced self-builders.	Homeowners and end clients.

The one rule that matters. On a supply only order, the sizes are yours. A frame that is 15mm too wide is not a manufacturing fault, it is a survey fault, and it is not covered by the product guarantee. The survey checklist further down this page is the cheapest insurance on the job.

Technician inspecting a made-to-measure uPVC window frame in the Hurricane production workshop

In-house Manufacture

Window frames wrapped and prepared for trade delivery in the Hurricane Windows warehouse

Prepared For Delivery

White uPVC casement window manufactured to measure for trade supply

Made To Your Sizes

Product Range

What we supply on a supply only basis

Everything below is made to measure. There is no stock range and no standard size list, because trade orders almost never fit one.

Supply only uPVC windows

Casement, tilt and turn, fire egress and fixed lights, in double or triple glazing. Over 40 colour options including white, dual colour and woodgrain foils. Steel reinforced, internally beaded and fitted with multi-point locking as standard.

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Supply only composite doors

Manufactured, glazed and hung on the frame, ready to go into the opening. A wide choice of door styles, glass designs and colours, with sidelights and toplights where the opening needs them.

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Supply only uPVC doors

Front, back and stable doors in uPVC, including panel doors and fully glazed configurations. The usual specification for rental stock, refurbishment programmes and back-of-house openings where cost per unit matters.

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Supply only French and patio doors

French doors and sliding patio doors made to opening size, with the sash and frame combination you specify. Handed and prepped so your fitter is not making decisions on site.

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Supply only uPVC sash windows

Vertical sliding sash windows for period and conservation-sensitive properties, with run-through horns, deep bottom rails and astragal or Georgian bar options.

Sash and conservation supply

Triple glazing, supply only

Triple glazing is available across the window range where the specification or the client calls for it. Worth pricing both ways before you commit a whole plot or block to it.

Triple glazing costs and savings

Send your schedule and we will price it line by line, not as a single project figure.

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Who Buys This Way

Who supply only suits

Supply only works when you already have the fitting capability and what you actually need is a reliable manufacturer behind you.

Installers and window fittersYou have the team and the scheme membership. You need frames on time, built right, at a price that leaves you a margin.

Builders and main contractorsWindows and doors are one package on a larger job, delivered to programme without a separate sales process on every plot.

DevelopersRepeat specifications across plots or blocks, phased delivery, and the same finish on unit 40 as on unit 1.

Shopfitters and refurbishment contractorsAwkward openings and tight programmes, needing a maker rather than a catalogue.

Experienced self-buildersManaging your own build with a competent fitter, without paying a retail installer's margin.

If you are a homeowner without a fitter lined up, supply only is usually the wrong route. Ask us about a supplied and fitted quote instead.

Process

How a supply only order works

Send your scheduleSizes, opening configurations, handing, colour, glazing specification and quantities. A marked-up drawing, a spreadsheet or a legible list all work.

We price itA line-by-line quote against your schedule, so you can see what each unit costs rather than a single project figure.

You confirm sizesThe point of no return. Once the order is signed off we manufacture to those sizes. Check the survey again here.

ManufactureBuilt in our own factory. Frames are welded, reinforced, glazed and hardware-fitted before they leave us.

DeliveryDelivered to your yard, unit or site, labelled by opening reference where you have given us one.

Lead Times & Logistics

Delivery across the UK and Ireland

Lead time is the thing that actually costs an installer money. A cheap frame that turns up three weeks late has cost you a fitting slot, a scaffold hire and a client relationship.

We manufacture in Ballymoney, County Antrim, and supply trade customers in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and mainland Great Britain. Orders for the mainland are consolidated and delivered on a planned schedule rather than piecemeal, which is what keeps the cost per unit sensible on a crossing.

Planned, not piecemeal

Consolidated mainland deliveries on a set schedule, so freight cost is shared across the order rather than loaded onto single units.

Labelled to your references

Give us your opening references on the schedule and we will label the delivery to match, which cuts fitting time on multi-unit jobs.

Phased against your programme

On developments and refurbishment contracts, frames released in phases against the fitting programme rather than all at once.

Ask us for the current lead time before you plan the programme. Lead times move with the order book and with the specification. Triple glazing, non-standard colours and shaped frames take longer than white casements. We will give you a working-day figure against your actual schedule rather than a headline number.

Trade Accounts

Trade pricing and repeat ordering

Trade pricing is not a discount code. It reflects the fact that a trade customer places repeat orders, gives us accurate sizes, and does not need a sales visit. Volume and repeat business are priced accordingly.

Line-by-line quotingPriced against your schedule so you can build your own margin on top with confidence.

Volume pricingMulti-unit orders across windows and doors, quoted per project rather than off a fixed list.

Specification held on filePlot 40 matches plot 1 without re-specifying every time you order.

A direct contactSomeone who knows your account, rather than a general enquiry queue.

Ordering composite doors in volume?

Composite Doors in Volume

Casement window fitted into a rendered opening with stone surround, illustrating a made-to-measure supply only frame

Built to the opening, not to a catalogue

Made-to-measure manufacture matters more on supply only, because the sizes you give us are the sizes we build.

Risk Control

Getting sizes right on a supply only order

Almost every problem on a supply only order traces back to the survey, not the factory. On supply and fit, a survey error is the manufacturer's cost. On supply only, it is yours. Ten minutes of checking is cheaper than a remake.

Measure in three placesWidth and height across the structural opening, then work from the smallest of the three.

Apply one fitting toleranceAgree and record it, then apply it consistently across the whole schedule rather than unit by unit.

Check for out of squareOlder openings and rendered walls rarely are, and it changes what will actually go in.

Confirm cill type and projection firstSettle the cill before you calculate frame height, not after the order is placed.

Mark handing consistentlyEvery opening door and sash, viewed from the same side, and state which side that is on the order.

Note the access routeWhere a frame has to pass through a stairwell, hall or lift before it reaches the opening.

Flag fire egress at schedule stageRetro-fitting an egress hinge after manufacture is not always possible.

Confirm glazing per openingObscure glass, toughened glass in critical locations and any trickle vent requirement.

Photograph and reference every openingLabel each photo with the reference you are using on the order, and we will label the delivery to match.

Compliance

Who is responsible for Building Regulations on a supply only order

On a supply only order, the person who installs the windows is responsible for building control compliance and notification, not the manufacturer. That is the trade-off you accept in exchange for the lower unit cost.

Replacement windows and doors in a dwelling are controlled work across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The route to demonstrating compliance depends on where the job is.

England and Wales

Notify through a competent person scheme such as FENSA or CERTASS if you are registered, or submit a building control application to the local authority if you are not.

Scotland and Northern Ireland

In Scotland the work is dealt with under building standards through the local authority verifier or a recognised certification scheme. In Northern Ireland it goes through the district council as a building regulations application.

Republic of Ireland

Work is subject to the Building Regulations and, on relevant projects, the Building Control Amendment Regulations process.

We supply the specification, you supply the certificate. We provide the product specification and performance documentation you need to support that process. What we cannot do on a supply only order is certify an installation we did not carry out. Thermal performance requirements are set by the regulations in force at the time of the work and they change, so confirm the target that applies to your project and jurisdiction, then specify the glazing to meet it. We will build to whatever figure you give us.

FAQs

Supply only windows and doors: FAQs

What does supply only mean when buying windows and doors?

Supply only means the manufacturer builds the windows and doors to your sizes and delivers them, and you carry out the installation yourself. Survey, removal of the old frames, fitting, making good, waste disposal and building control notification all remain your responsibility. The alternative, supply and fit, includes installation and certification.

Can I buy supply only uPVC windows without being a trade customer?

Yes, provided you have a competent installer lined up. Supply only is most commonly used by installers, builders and developers, but self-builders and homeowners managing their own project can order on the same basis. What matters is that someone competent is fitting the frames, because the installation and its certification are not covered by a supply only order.

Who measures the windows on a supply only order?

You do. On a supply only order the sizes on the order are the sizes we manufacture to, and responsibility for those sizes sits with the buyer. Frames made correctly to an incorrect survey are not a manufacturing fault and are not covered by the product guarantee, so the survey is worth double-checking before the order is confirmed.

Do you deliver supply only windows and doors to mainland UK?

Yes. We manufacture in Ballymoney, County Antrim, and supply trade customers across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and mainland Great Britain. Mainland orders are consolidated and delivered on a planned schedule, which keeps the cost per unit workable. Ask us for current coverage and lead time against your specific schedule.

Who is responsible for Building Regulations on a supply only order?

The installer is. Replacement windows and doors are controlled work, and on a supply only order the person carrying out the installation must notify it, either through a competent person scheme such as FENSA or CERTASS in England and Wales, or through the relevant building control body in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. A manufacturer cannot certify an installation it did not carry out.

Is supply only cheaper than supply and fit?

The unit price is lower, because it excludes survey, labour, removal, making good, waste disposal and certification. Whether the total project cost is lower depends on what your own fitting labour costs and how efficiently your team works. For an installer or builder who is fitting anyway, supply only is almost always the better commercial route.

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Send us your schedule

Send through your window and door schedule and we will come back with a line-by-line supply only price and a lead time against your programme. Hurricane manufactures made-to-measure uPVC windows, uPVC doors, composite doors, French and patio doors and sash windows in-house in Northern Ireland for trade customers across the UK and Ireland.