Instructions for the installation of mansard windows

Attic premises allow you to most rationally use residential space, because even more often the houses are equipped with rooms in the attic. Like any other residential premises, attic is needed a sufficient flow of light, which will not only provide electrical lighting. Therefore, they are equipped with windows having a certain specificity in the design due to the distinctive features of the structure of the attic itself.

Species of mansard windows

The most popular manufacturers of premises for attic rooms are Velux, Roto and FAKRO attic windows. The size and design of windows are selected individually, based on the planning and needs of the attic. The windows are produced in various modifications, by type of installation, they are divided into:

1. Vertical windows are the most simple modification that is practically no different from the windows in other rooms. They are mounted in the front of the attic, where the wall is located at a right angle or in the slope. Installing the attic windows of the faughter or velux in a rope at a right angle is carried out by an extension of a small additional design in the form of a homemade house. Such windows allow you to further increase the area of \u200b\u200bthe room, but at the same time they skip a small amount of light.
2. Inclined windows. Mounted at one angle with a roof slide. This design passes more light and has a variety of ways to open. Not only the classic opening of the sash horizontally and vertical, but also turning the sash on 180 ° and much more.

The following classification divides Fakro and Velux mansard windows according to their designs in their designs, which also affect the installation process:

1. Standard shape windows - square or rectangle. They are the most common, in their design have a frame and a deaf or opening sash. The most popular are the designs with the opening flap, the mansard windows of the velux or the faughter without the function of opening the sash must be ordered separately.
2. Transform into a balcony window. This design consists of an inclined frame installed in the rope, the second frame is set to the side or below. One sash opens up, and the second or down, forming a small loggia.
3. Additional element at the bottom of the window. The opening flap is equipped with a small deaf element below. This addition is used when the size of the skate is not large enough to mount two openings, and the lighting from one window is not enough for the entire attic.
4. Estabs in the upper part of the frame. They are made round or triangular. Such a blank decorates the window, makes looking like a medieval boom.
5. Farmery window. Mounted in rooms with high tensile, which limits overview through an inclined frame. The inclined design is complemented by opening vertical sash.
6. Light tunnel. This design is found not very often, is very specific. It is installed in those places where the slope has no direct contact with the room. The design is a window through which there is a tunnel or a pipe with a hole in the place that needs to be illuminated. At the end of the tunnel, the scattering light is installed.

Dersighted windows make up much greater impact than ordinary openings in the walls. They are made of special materials that are suitable for operation in these conditions. It has its differences and installation of mansard windows. The price of these products is also different from the value of ordinary glass windows, this is due to their increased strength and features of the structure. For example, the design with the rotating flap has a large price than the window with the usual mode of the movement of the sash. According to the possibilities in the movement of the windows, the windows are divided into:

1. With the center of the axis of rotation, which is scrolled on 180 °.
2. With a raising axis of rotation, which is revealed by 2/3 of the bottom edge of the frame.
3. With a combined opening axis, which allows you to rotate or raise the sash.
4. With the side of the axis, which functions standard.
5. With an axis located below, which moves forward.
6. Window on remote control. We are needed if they are located in the zone of difficult reach.

Elements of the design of mansard windows

Dersighted window systems are a complex design that can withstand significant loads. This design is made of frame, sash and accessories, which turns turns to the sash and its fixation. For the products of the company Faro and Dersighted Velux, the price is due to these factors, as well as the presence of additional installation elements.

The installation of mansard windows Veluxes and the faughter is made with an addition to the design of the anti-moisture apron and a vapor, a gutter for removing water that does not transmit the temperature with material, protective salary and internal slopes. These elements complement the installation kit at the request of the ordered person. In general, on the windows of Velux and attic fakro windows, the installation price varies, depending on the number of fixed and additional elements installed. An independent installation of windows is significantly smarting the estimate of all works.

Scheme of installation of mansard, selection of installation sites

The installation of mansard windows does with their own hands begins with the choice of installation site. It is selected according to the following rules:

1. The dimensions of the windows are selected, pushing out from the size of the attic and the gap between the rafters. In the manufacture of the opening, it is not recommended to break the integrity of the rafter, the opening breaks between them.
2. The optimal area of \u200b\u200bthe window is 10% of the total area of \u200b\u200bthe room. The side edges of the frame are mounted at a distance of 4-6 cm from the rafal. If the gap between the beams does not allow you to install the window of sufficient size, it is manufactured by an additional opening.
3. Installation height picks up the roof pate. At large corners, the openings are taken at thenime, on the gentle in the upper part. Also taken into account the arrangement of the handle, if it is attached at the top, the window is set at a height of 100-110 cm, the lower position of the handle involves mounting the window at a height of 120-130 cm.
4. There is a dependence of the window mounting from the roof coating material, no cuts are made in the ceramic tile, the window is located above the coating. In the sheet material, the openings are cut on any convenient height.
5. Methods of movement of the sash are selected based on personal preferences and desires.

After determining the installation site and dimensions of the design, the selected areas are placed on the inner wall. To install Fakro, Velux's attic windows, or another manufacturer, it is recommended to choose all components from one model line.

Preparation of the place for installation of mansard windows

Consider the installation of Fakro or Velux mansard windows on the roof already built in the room with not decorated walls. In this situation, a waterproofing film is already placed on the inner surface of the wall, it is placed on it for mounting. The left gap from the frame to the rafter is 2-3 cm, the installation is carried out on the bottom mounting beam. When the lower line is marked, 9 cm is left for roofing materials from the profile, 4-6 cm are left for flat to the top of the window, 9-15 cm are left up. Next act like this:

1. The labels are made in the waterproofing layer, retreating 20 cm on each side. The left areas are wrapped inside the room, the roof material is removed.
2. Departing from rafted 2 cm, cut off the grid.
3. At the bottom line, a mounting bar is fixed, it is selected from 50 mm in thickness. The bar is fixed with an indent of 8-10 cm from the crate. Check the horizontal of the bar of the construction level.
4. The lower edge of the waterproofing material is attached to the stapler bruster. The upper edges are attached to the top crate, the side is getting out.

Mounting and adjusting the attic window

During the installation of the frame, you must follow the instructions for the installation of the attic windows of that manufacturer, the products of which were purchased. Windows of different brands have constructive differences. Some firms make rectangular clamps that are fixed on rafters, others offer products with coal brackets that are fastened to rafters and crate. In all trademarks, the frame fasteners to the window is made in various positions. For example, to the attic windows FAKRO instruction describes two grooves with the designations V and N, which determine the depth of planting the frame. This indicator changes with different types of roofing and salary. In general, the installation looks like this:

1. The sash before mounting is removed, this process is described in detail in the instructions for the window. Salary is also deleted, only one frame is mounted at the initial stage.
2. Mounted brackets in the space allotted for this place. Upon top of the window, the heat insulation is fixed and fixed with its stapler.
3. The heat insulation material is laid out on the mounting bar, pressed it with the frame and fix it.
4. The brackets at the bottom are fixed firmly, and the upper is not to the end, as the frame still has to be aligned. Mounted sash and check the evenness of its stroke. If there are skews, adjust the level of the upper fastening. The fully fixed window must match the level, the gaps on the sash should not be varied. If you do not adjust the window at this stage, then further fixes it is no longer possible.
5. The installation of mansard windows is ends at this stage of the tightening of all mounts until it stops. Also installed on the rafters side systems of fasteners. The side isolation is fastened to the window, insulation stacked on the sides.

Installation of waterproofing around a mansard window frame

The waterproofing apron is attached to the windows of almost all trademarks, it concerns the Farko and attic version of Velux. Installation of waterproofing material begins after mounting the basics of the window. If this material was not included in the kit, then it is purchased and manufactured independently. The cost of mansard windows in this case will increase a bit. The installation process of the waterproofing material looks like this:

1. At the upper line of the opening, the section of the crate, its width is measured in the size of the drainage gutter.
2. The waterproofing film is trimmed according to the impact. Suk a drainage groove under the film, install it into the clearance between the crate. In such a design, water will not block the window, but in the chute.
3. The apron is unpacking, unfolded and sweep its location so that the window and roof are protected from the penetration of moisture. An apron is fixed by a stapler, fasteners - frame, mounting bar, raftered, upper doom. The apron is filled under the crate, on the upper line it is boated under the drainage chute.
4. After fasteners, the apron of the roof at the bottom of the opening is again mounted.

Installing the Oklade of the Atorass Window

After laying apron, the technology of installation of mansard windows provides fastener of the salary. The process starts at the bottom and then moves up, the algorithm looks like this:

1. At the first stage, the lower corrugated apron is stacked, then parts on the sides and top, the latter are installed on the windows.
2. In these works, it is necessary to clearly follow the information in the instructions, since each manufacturer has its own distinctive points. This also applies to the products of Faro and Velux, the attic installations in some cases are provided with the use of the seal. For example, the Roto windows are equipped with a seal, under which it is necessary to start salary and fix it there. The fault windows have no such addition, the salary is fixed on the frame, it is covered with special elements masking joints and connections.
3. The salary is joined and securely fixed on the frame and the crate.
4. The lower apron fixes at the top of the roof.
5. Upon completion of work on the salary, a special element creates a tight gasket between the window and the roof.

The manufacture of the window opening in the attic completed, then follow the finishing works and the equipment of the windows with sunscreen elements. From what materials will be selected for this, it also depends on how much the installation of the attic window turnkey. When sealing joints, the assembly foam does not use, and they acquire specialized sealants. Slopes for the attic window also have their own distinctive features, the lower part of the slope is always vertically, and the upper horizontal. This design will provide the optimal movement of the warm flux from the heating devices. As a result, condensate will not be formed on the glasses.

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