BOVALLS. INTERVIEW WITH EVA AND INGER GUSTAFSSON
How did Bovalls come about and who was the creator?
The company was started by our grandfather, Bengt Gustafsson. He was the son of a wood merchant and builder. He began in that company together with his two brothers but he wanted to do something on his own. He set up a joinery business in 1943 where he built the whole range of joineries needed for a wooden house. All the products were manufactured locally at that time. Over time, the factories become specialised in different types of joinery such as window factories, door factories, etc. Bovalls became an external door company in the early eighties.
Tell us more about the materials and designs for your doors…
First of all we make every solid wooden component in Bovallstrand, We do not buy ready-made components. This is to maintain control of every detail. And many of our products are built from solid wood, as was done ages ago. The materials are oak, teak, freijo, ash, walnut, pine and spruce, all FSC-certified. The design is created to give your house a warm welcoming touch. Building materials are often painted in cold colours and a wooden door provides warmth. The doors are also designed to last; we want customers to have a quality product that is durable for years.
What measures are you taking to be ecologically sustainable?
All incoming wooden materials are FSC-certified and we are also involved in buying timber from a Fair Wood project. We use as much as we can from the incoming timber, and the waste material left over is made into wooden chips and used as an energy source to heat our facility in Bovallstrand.
What should we look out for when purchasing a door for our home?
First of all you should look for a design that fits your house. You also have to think of the security of the door. We only have outward-swinging doors, which are more secure than inward-swinging ones… for both personal safety and anti-burglary protection. If you need to light up your hallway you should choose a door with glass or a door combined with a sidelight. We only use security glass (both hardened and laminated) in our doors.
How do you buy a door from Bovalls?
You can contact our saleswoman Alice, who lives in the Marbella area, or the factory in Sweden directly. We do not work with dealers. You always buy a door directly from the factory to ensure you have the right door in the right place, for the best price. When you order a door from us you receive confirmation together with a drawing. As soon as we receive the signed drawing we start building the door. When the door is ready (normally after three to six weeks) we send it well-packaged to your house, and it takes approximately one week.
Bovalls
Bovallstrand, Sweden
Tel. Marbella: (+34) 699 908 148 (Alice)
alice@bovalls.com
