By sunny The selection of windows and doors is a crucial part of making home improvements. However, many homeowners are often confused when it comes to picking out windows and doors and don’t know how to identify their strengths and weaknesses. Today, we will talk about window hacks to help you easily pick out high-quality doors and windows.
First, how to identify the good and bad doors and windows?
Look at the profile
Profile is the main constituent material of doors and windows, bear the key role of fixed with the wall, directly determines the service life of doors and windows.
- Profile brand: choose a well-known brand of profiles, the quality is more secure.
- Profile wall thickness: Generally speaking, the main wall thickness of 60 profiles should be ≥ 1.4mm, less than 1.4mm does not meet the national standards. The wall thickness of 80 profiles is usually 1.6mm or 1.8mm. these provisions are for reference only, the specific need to judge according to the actual situation of the product.
Look at the glass
Glass is an important part of doors and windows, and its quality directly affects the safety and sound insulation effect of doors and windows.
- Toughened glass: It is recommended to use toughened glass, which has high hardness and will form grains after breaking, and will not cause harm to people.
- Glass thickness: Choose hollow tempered glass with a glass thickness of 5mm and above, and make sure there is a 3C mark on the glass.
Look at the hardware
Although the hardware may seem small, it has an important impact on the overall performance and service life of the doors and windows.
- Multi-point locking hardware: Multi-point locking hardware is superior to single locking point hardware, providing better sealing and security.
- Hardware brand: Choose hardware of well-known brands, such as HOPPE, Goya, Noto and other international brands, as well as HOPO, Lixing, Jianlang and other domestic brands.
- Practical experience: personally experience whether the knob of the hardware is smooth, whether the window is opened and closed without abnormal sound, and whether it is tightly closed without rust or scratches after locking.
Look at the sealing tape and furring strip
Sealant and furring strip is the key factor affecting the sealing of doors and windows.
- Adhesive tape brand: ask the business brand of adhesive tape and the price of EPDM adhesive tape used in doors and windows.
- Furring strip treatment: understand whether the furring strip has been silicone treatment or whether it is a higher quality clip sheet furring strip.
- Practical operation: Go to the completed home of the door and window manufacturers to check whether the adhesive tape has shrunken seams, hardening, aging, shedding or no elasticity; whether the wool strip is absorbent or hair loss phenomenon.
Casement windows should have a ‘thermostat layer’.
The reason why the broken bridge aluminium windows and doors can be insulated, relying on its unique insulation strip.
- Isothermal layer standard: if there are two kinds of flat window products with the same price, choose the windows and doors with more reasonable design of ‘isothermal layer’, that is, all kinds of insulating strips of broken-bridge aluminium windows and doors are just on the same line.
Adhesive strip penetration and pressing in
The penetration of the sealing tape will also affect the sealing of the windows and doors.
- The penetration type adhesive strip: the penetration type sealing adhesive strip is broken at the four corners, which will reduce the sealing performance of the corners.
- Press-in tape: Press-in tape can be connected ‘seamlessly’ without violence at the corners of the window, improving the overall sealing performance.
Drainage channels
The design of the drainage system channel is also an important indicator of the quality of windows and doors.
- Drainage design: the quality of the window can be sorted by the drainage design: no drainage system channel (poor quality windows and doors) <simple cutting of the drainage channel <specialised drain <well-designed drainage holes (there are matching drainage hole covers, which do not damage the sealing of the windows and doors).
Look at the workshop production management
Production management level and equipment precision also directly affect the quality of doors and windows.
- Production equipment: advanced CNC equipment and experienced workers can ensure the quality of the product process.
- Production management: clear reward and punishment management system and strict production process is also the key to ensure quality.
Second, how to choose the way to open doors and windows?
The common ways of opening doors and windows are sliding, external opening, internal opening inverted and upward hanging and so on.
Sliding windows
Sliding windows used to be very popular, cheap and do not take up space. However, it has poor sealing, easy to leak air and water, and poor sound insulation.
Casement windows
Casement windows do not take up indoor space, but there are security risks, especially in high-rise buildings. Therefore, in foreign countries rarely use open windows, China also stipulates that more than 7-storey high building can not use open windows.
Inward opening and reversing windows
Inward opening and inverted windows are the first choice for many families.
Advantages: when inverted, they do not take up indoor space, the curtains can be opened and closed freely, and the lifting hanger will not conflict with the window sash. Children can play freely without worrying about hitting the window corners or falling out of the window.
When the window is inverted, the indoor ventilation is natural, and the wind blows in from the side of the window, which does not blow directly onto people, making them feel safer and more comfortable. When there is a light breeze and a small rain, the rain will only splash on the glass and not into the room.
Window Hacks Summary
Comprehensive above, we can come up with the following window hacks to identify the good and bad windows and doors:
- Profiles: Choose profiles of well-known brands and with wall thicknesses that meet standards.
- Glass: use tempered glass, and ensure that the glass thickness and 3C mark.
- Hardware: Choose hardware of well-known brands and experience its performance.
- Sealant and furring strips: Know the brand and treatment of the sealant and furring strips, and check them in practice.
- Isothermal layer: Choose casement windows with reasonable ‘isothermal layer’ design.
- Adhesive tape penetration: Give preference to press-in tape to improve sealing.
- Drainage system access: Select windows and doors with reasonable drainage design.
- Production management: If conditions permit, inspect the production management level and equipment precision of the window and door manufacturer.
By following these window hacks, you can more easily pick out high-quality windows and doors that suit your needs. I hope these tips will help you make a wise choice in your home renovation!