Any preference even looking at 3G Alu-Clad?

I was introduced to AB's products by a client who used the timber 2G products and was delighted with the cost/quality balance.

Just be sure when talking to AB that you are discussing lead times for the alu clad windows (made in mainland Europe) and not the UK-manufactured timber ones. I fell foul of this a few years ago and had to cancel the order and go elsewhere (and delay the whole project still ;-( ). IIRC lead times were something like 5 months for alu clad and 2 for timber (but check with AB as the relative times may well have changed). Again, IIRC, the section was pretty skinny compared to the GBF (now 21 Degrees) wins I went for instead. May have required some head-scratching with IWI/EWI returns.

Hi VE, obviously things have improved significantly since May 2022, when they wrote:

''Nick before I process this any further I need to make you aware that lead time is in the region of 14 to 15 weeks at present.
The 8-10 week lead time you refer to is for U.K manufactured products, your order would be produced in Denmark.

Can you firstly let me know if 15 weeks is acceptable as there is no improvement on this unfortunately due to volume of orders
And also backlog associated with materials procurement issues.''

I recall the prices being significantly lower than GBF all-timber Performance range. It was disappointing not being able to try them, but at that time the lead-time was far too long.