What are the advantages of aluminum windows
I cant abide upvc windows but suspect I dont have the pockets for solid wood windows which will require extra looking after.
I would like windows which are black framed on the outside and white on the inside and I prefer to keep wooden sills inside and the tile sills outside.
So I keep coming across aluminum windows which say they can do this but also come in about 200 different colours!
Has anyone chosen this type over upvc and if so what are they like?
I would like windows which are black framed on the outside and white on the inside and I prefer to keep wooden sills inside and the tile sills outside.
So I keep coming across aluminum windows which say they can do this but also come in about 200 different colours!
Has anyone chosen this type over upvc and if so what are they like?
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Aluminium, being a metal of course, is not good thermally so the frame design has to thermally "broken" so heat cannot transfer from inside to outside, which costs more to manufacture. You can have much smaller section frames in Alu though, and to quote Pink Floyd, Any Colour You Like. The frames are stronger so you can have large expanses of glass, which is why they are used in modern architecture buildings, and require no maintenance other than cleaning. They won't corrode.
You can get composite frames, if you like, with powder coated Alu outside and clear coated timbers inside.
Why would you need to change your windows?
We spell it aluminium in the UK.
As they are old now and need an upgrade.
Thanks, I have been trying to find companies that do composite, but dont really understand what is meant by composite other than front doors I have seen on people's houses (which look very good). Do they do window frames in exactly the same sort of thing?
I thought we did but it underlined it in red so I changed it. Its not a word I find myself writing a huge amount!
A real house but until it goes through its never anything but hypothetical! We have been round a few times in the road and the last time I thought that the house next door looked as if it had had its front door kicked at around the handle. It has made me get even more cold feet than I already have so there is a bit of doubt.
We dont know whether to ask for a second viewing as even questions I was asking the EA about practical issues which I need to plan for, seemed to make him think we were having doubts about whether we wanted it. I find that really odd as if you're not allowed to ask questions about something you're paying a huge amount of money for.
Presumably you are using a US dictionary. It is usually easy enough to change to a UK one, if you post what you are using then you will probably get help with this.
(How do you turn on the spell-checker (US or UK)?)
Depends what browser you are using.
A good test.....during the winter months the framework of my conservatory is freezing cold to touch on the inside.....yet the Kitchen window just a few feet away which is UPVC is just cool to touch....on the outside!
Think very very carefully before going ahead with aluminium windows. Personally i wouldn't even entertain the idea.
BTW you do know you don't have to have white UPVC don't you? A friend of mine had brown UPVC fitted because they don't like white. Each to their own but i don't like the brown ones!
I would not read too much into a "kicked" in door could be a number of reasons and nothing bad about the neighbourhood
Perhaps consider Coloured uPVC Windows
BIB -And of course you could have them brown on the outside and white on the inside if that would better suit your colour scheme
However, this is all pie in the sky at the moment especially as I have arrived home to find the sellers property information sent by our solictor, mentions that there was a claim for subsidence in 2006. I dont know what to think about this now. The house needs a lot of work anyway as it is. A quick search on gocompare with the declaration that the house has suffered in the past from subsidence, brings up on ONE insurer and the quote is £410 per year. It doesnt help that although the property is on a hill and cant be flooded, it is within 150mtrs of a stream so that cuts out other insurers too.
The things we knew about were condemed back boiler, rewiring, single glazed wooden windows, lumps of render fallen off side of house, new kitchen and bathroom needed and general tidying up. Porch needs rebuilding too. There may be issues with the roof also as there was some evidence of water damage in one of the bedrooms.
The rear of my house faces south-east and therefore is subjected to full sun for most of the day.
Three years ago I noticed that the frames in both upstairs windows had warped due to heat intensity over time.
I replaced them with UPVC with internal steel bracing throughout each window.
And now I can't remember
There are some cases where aluminium do not work, I have not came across proper technology to imitate traditional sash window.
Timber sash windows have few advantages. Improve living conditions as it has been proven that due to its natural insulation and carbon storage capacity creates much healthier living environment then aluminium or PVC.
It is also ecological friendly, it is completely renewable material and can be easily reused.
Wood effect is also a different issue, stained timber cannot be match in aluminium profiles.
I would draw the line at a UPVC door though. I have a wonky ill fitting ancient wood cottage door that should look beautiful once restored and the new windows look so in keeping - it won't look out of place.
Aluminium looks awful imo.
With the choice of other better materials these days, why would you want them?