<b><b>With plastic windows starting to lose their &amp;“perfect&amp;” status and the woodwork boys getting their act together, there has been a shift in the market which was inconceivable five years ago. Housebuilder looks at the industry&amp;’s drive to get wood back in the frame</b></b><br><b>British Woodwork Federation director Kevin Cubbage rates the formation and development of the Timber Window Accreditation Scheme (TWAS) as the most satisfying part of his time at the federation.</b><br><b>The five year old initiative has gone a long way toward arresting the decline in the use of timber windows in housebuilding and the long haul back to a substantial market share has now begun. </b><br><b><b>reclaiming lost ground</b></b><br> The hardest job for the timber window industry is to reclaim its share of the new-build housing sector. Starts have been at a low level and the battle is still on to reclaim the loyalty of large housebuilders and turn them back to timber. Smaller builders frequently opt for timber, while local authorities and housing associations are once again putting timber forward as the preferred material. <p></p><p>The timber window market has put its own house in order, and the BWF and the members of TWAS have faced up to the problem …