Athlone Windows are a company known for having windows and doors that are manufactured to the highest standards. Building Ireland spoke with company owner Martin Coleman about a business which is highly competitive with its prices and guarantees.
In the short space of eight years, Martin Coleman and the team at Athlone Windows have helped to transform the business into a thriving one with a positive outlook for the future.
The company has grown from strength to strength since Martin’s takeover in 2009 and supply and fit PVC windows and doors in Galway, Westmeath, Roscommon, Offaly, Longford, Dublin, Mayo, Tipperary and all across Ireland.
Those behind the running of Athlone Windows now consider their company to be first choice for customers when it comes to windows, doors, conservatories and designed glass.
Martin, for one, has had tremendous faith in the company’s potential from Day One, having taken over in the middle of a harsh time for the Irish construction industry.
“I’d been working in the building business all of my life and had been buying windows off Athlone Windows,” he stated.
“I saw an opening in the market and when it came up for sale I decided to buy it and get into the business. I took over the company in 2009 and right now we have 14 staff working here, including my son Tom and daughter Jacqueline.”
Based in the Blyry Industrial Estate in Athlone, Co Westmeath, Athlone Windows is backed up by a highly experienced fitting team and offers its customers competitive prices, same-day service and comprehensive after-sales.
Satisfaction is a 100 per cent guaranteed at Athlone Windows, with its windows and doors being manufactured to the highest standards. Their installation teams are professional in both workmanship and how the treat customers’ homes.
The company provides glass repair for its customers as well, as Martin pointed out when we spoke to him.
“We supply and fit PVC windows and doors and we also provide designed glass, conservatories and do glass repair as well,” he explained.
“We’re an agency for Rationel Windows and we have a glass business in which we stock all types of glass from sheets of glass to stove glass. Along with this, we also have a 24-hour call out service with seven vans currently on the road.”
Athlone Windows offer a comprehensive range of products to suit all tastes and budgets and their products can be viewed at the company’s offices and workshop in Blyry, Athlone.
They will visit you in your home to carry out a site survey and offer guarantees that will present customers with a thorough and understandable quotation with no hidden extras or charges.
The team at Athlone Windows have been working in the industry for more than 30 years and their products and service is guaranteed.
All of the above goes some way to explaining why the company is so busy at present, which Martin reiterated when we spoke to him at the beginning of 2017.
“We’re very busy. It’s well up from this time last year,” Martin stated.
“Myself and Declan Kelly look after the sales and Declan would have a lot of experience in this line of work – 22 years to be exact. He came on board with us just before Christmas there and we felt we needed the extra help with the way business has been over the past 12 months or so.
Martin is hoping for another good year in 2017, especially with the glass end of the business having improved year on year.
Home glass repair has become an important aspect of the business now and is a large part of the reason why Martin currently has seven vans on the road.
Athlone Windows strives to save its customers money and time with their window repairs, replacing double pane windows without removing the entire window, restoring home and energy efficiency.
With regards to businesses, company owners can get a fast, 24/7 Emergency Board-Up service for their business whenever glass breaks. Athlone Windows repair and install storefronts, partitions, door closers, security doors, laminate glass, mirrors and more.
The company’s expert team can handle window repair, insulated glass replacement, glass doors and home glass decor like mirrors, table-tops and shelves.
“We do a lot in the replacement window market and I feel that we excel in the replacement market,” said Martin.
“We have three lads on a fitting team and we’re dependant completely on repeat business from our customers, so we ensure to do a top class job for them.”
Fire and Stove glass is another aspect of the business, as are Coloured Glass, Double Glazed Units, Glass for Stairs, Balustrades & Balconies, Conservatories, Shower & Wet Room Enclosures, Designed Glass, Leaded Glass, Glazing Services, Perspex Plastic Sheeting and Mirrors.
Athlone Windows offer a complete range of glazing services both domestic and commercial and offer lass cut to size while you wait. All types of glass and double glazing repairs, hinges and locks etc…are offered to make life easier for the customer.
Along with all this, an attractive guarantee is offered on the company Glass, as Martin outlined when we asked why he things his customers choose him first.
“I think it’s because we’re passionate about what we do here and the fact that all of our windows come with a 15-year guarantee,” he stated.
“As I said earlier, we are reliant on repeat business from our customers here and we make sure to do a top class job for them.”
With competitive prices, a 15-year guarantee on their glass, experienced fitting teams, same day service and a reliable after-sales service, it’s little wonder why so many are coming to Athlone Windows first for all their windows and glass needs.
Athlone Windows
38 Blyry Industrial Estate,
Athlone
Co. Westmeath
Tel: 09064 98494
Fax: 09064 98495
Web: athlonewindows.ie
Email: [email protected]
Emergency Repairs
Tel: 086 2354981
Taken from Building Ireland Magazine, May 2017, Vol 3 No 4
