The window is an integral component of any residential premises, in front of which there is a number of requirements. The design should provide air microcirculation, illuminate the space with natural light, maintain the optimal temperature mode, as well as protect the room from noise. Comfort, aesthetic attractiveness and reliability of windows - defining factors when choosing, which have modern combined structures.
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Varieties of combined windows
The reason for increasing demand for windows combined is that they are manufactured by technologies that are constantly updated, production facilities are upgraded, finishing materials are improved and it affects the quality of the final product. An important role in choosing such windows is allocated to their practicality and high technical characteristics.
Wood-aluminum construction
This type of product is the most common today, due to which they are often equated with the concept of combined windows. Due to the undeniable merits of design, wood-aluminum products firmly taken the position in its market segment.
The advantages windows include:
- manufacture of environmentally friendly natural material;
- ensuring low heat and sound conductivity;
- possibility harmonious combination with any interior housing;
- aluminum components are resistant to corrosion;
- lightness and structural strength;
- preserving the structural characteristics at varying temperatures.
The disadvantages include:
- need for patronage wood components from atmospheric exposure;
- life does not exceed 70 years.
Finnish type
Such wooden box characterized by having a structure of two separate types of flaps, inner frame is made of wood and the outside is made of aluminum. This allows you to open each by using them separately from each other.
Reliability The special design ensures rod which at one end is fixed to the outer casement and is stationary. A different ending may move along the inside of the frame and fasten it in the desired position. The distance between them is 95 to 200 mm, which allows to provide reliable sound and heat insulation space.
Important!The inner frame has a standard glazing and the outer flap has a single glass, which on request may be a mirror, a sun or anti-shock.
Among the most popular Finnish manufacturers are:
- TIIVI;
- DOMUS;
- FENESTRA.
Advantages Finnish type:
- The ability to install the blinds in the space between the frames.
- DOMUS firm window glazing produced by VAC technology that provides naturalness of the appearance of wood due to the special impregnation.
- TIIVI design brands have paired sash.
- Windows FENESTRA manufacturer equipped with technology that prevents the emergence on the wood frame of dark spots.
Disadvantages:
- windows open only in a single plane;
- design are heavy.
Swedish type
This design has two frames, connected by a static method. The outer shutter of the window is equipped with a single Swedish glass and is made of aluminum, and the inside of the window is glazed. Today the most famous Swedish manufacturer of window type is a firm TIIVI.
Advantages:
- the ability to open the frame in two planes;
- the possibility of equipment of the window with a folding fitting;
- the thickness of the profile box, reaching the indicator to 105 mm, allows you to mount the blinds inside the window.
Flawit is that the static design makes it difficult to dismantle the built-in components, in case they fail.
German Type
The window designs of this species have a dedicated difference from analogs - there is no second sash in them. The window is made with one frame from the tree, which is attached to the protective pad from aluminum. For greater reliability and increasing the performance characteristics of the structure, the pad adjacent is as close as possible and fixed to the wood through the clip.
Advantages:
- reliability and durability of the design;
- ease of installation;
- ease of care;
- the possibility of changing the lining, in case of its dissent;
- resistance to atmospheric influences.
Disadvantages:
- the need to open the lacquer of wooden components;
- fire hazardous material.
Information on the key aspects of the choice of wood-aluminum windows can be seen on the fragment:
Aluminum wooden structures
The windows with such a combination of materials look like an aluminum profile, which by the inside of the profile is trimmed with wood. From the room such a design looks quite aesthetically, thanks to the linings of various designs of wood. The strength and reliable clutch of the outer and inner flaps provides a thermal station - a special plank made of fiberglass. It allows you to isolate and maintain heat in a residential space by interrupting the heat flux.
Advantages:
- fireproof materials used;
- aluminum components are distinguished by durability, ease and durability;
- standering design tolerates atmospheric effects;
- aluminum is easy to care, it is slower than the polycarbonate and gives back to cleaning any means;
- ability to create window designs of any shape, such as opening, size and color.
Disadvantages:
- high cost of materials;
- the need to dye the wooden components of the profile.
Decorative lining is made from various wood breeds, which is pre-impregnated with special composition. The thickness of this element is from 20 to 25 mm, they are equipped with a rubber seal and reliably protect the room from moisture, noise and contaminants. In addition, from the proposed range of combined aluminum-wooden windows, there are special designs designed for operation in cold and windy weather conditions.
The most famous manufacturers:
- Decco;
- OpenTec;
- FORIS;
- WDS;
- DeceinInck.
Wood-polymer designs
Combined windows of wood-plastic have not yet gained their popularity on domestic space, but this does not reduce their advantages. This design is a wooden profile that is protected by a plastic component from the outside. PVC component is fixed on the basis of the sash through special holders. They allow to eliminate the structural stress, which arises due to the difference in the expansion of materials - PVC and wood.
Advantageswooden-polymer windows:
- equipped with a moisture degree system;
- do not require special care;
- due to the variability of decorative decoration of plastic components, the windows are harmonized with various design solutions.
Disadvantages:
- fire hazard;
- costly installation;
- the stronger the profile seal, the smaller air flow ensures the window.
Polymer aluminum windows
This type of construction involves the manufacture of a window profile from plastic, which for greater reliability is covered with an aluminum overlay from the outside. Such products have a number of advantages, and also differ in the variability of a decorative manifold, due to which they fit easily into the design of the building facade.
Advantages:
- plastic windows with aluminum protection are quite durable and lungs;
- due to the additional chamber inside the profile, the design provides good insulation and noise insulation indicators;
- profile is distinguished by durability;
- products retain operational characteristics when changing the temperature mode;
- outside the windows it is easy to care for, since any means of household chemicals are suitable.
Disadvantages:
- the formation of the aliament of the fastening components and guides, which can impede the rapid opening of the system during the cold season;
- the combined windows are plays analogues, but they won in quality.
Accessories for designs
Modern window designs made with the combination of various materials provide many options to improve their comfort. The accessories presented on sale are not simply improving the performance characteristics of products, but also bring comfort in residential space. Consider the main types of accessories for combined windows.
- A mosquito net - designed to protect the inner space of the room from the penetration of insects, mosquitoes, dust. Also, they perform a protective function for domestic animals, preventing them from the window.
- Blinds - help reduce the stream of sunlight penetrating the room. They can be fixed both inside the profile and outside the design.
- Shutters - allow you to protect a residential premises from dirt, wind, isolate a room from noise and other household stimuli. Also, rolling shutters act as a protective element against the unwanted penetration of intruders.
- Supply valves - provide fresh air in the residential space, adjusting the balance of humidity.
- Double glazed windows - help to arrange light opening in their taste, given decorativeness, heat-stash, sound insulation, etc.
Among the additional accessories for combined window profiles, such components of fittings can also be isolated:
- automated control of ventilation;
- children's lock function;
- micro-ventilation mode;
- remote Control of Framugas and Blinds;
- castles with anti-vandal constipation.
Caring for combined windows
Features of the care for combined window structures depend on the material of the manufacture and type of product. Nevertheless, similar materials are often used in the production of such windows, and therefore you can summarize general recommendations for their content.
- Carefully monitor the state of the sealing ribbon on the frame. In the profiles of the combined type, they should be washed at least than 2 times a year and soak with special oil.
- Every six months clean and lubricate all the moving parts of the accessories, its fasteners.
- Regularly eliminate clogging in the drainage channels - holes specifically designed to eliminate the accumulated moisture inside the window profile.
