How to Choose the Right Aluminum Alloy Windows for Your Home | Eloyd windows and door
Have you ever wondered why your energy bill is always higher than everyone else’s? The culprit might be right in front of you. If your windows are run-down, leaky, and decaying, not only will your heating and cooling bills rise, but the overall comfort of your home becomes a huge problem. If that happens to you, it’s time to go window shopping.
There are a lot of factors to consider when choosing well-designed windows, including withstanding climate changes, complimenting your interior space, enhancing energy efficiency, and increasing the value of your home. Here’s a list we compiled to help you make sure you get the most out of your window replacement journey.
1. Appearance
It’s important to look for window designs that are modern and match your interior aesthetics. For that, you will need to consider aspects such as color, size, style of doors, etc.
2. Open Method
Aluminum alloy doors and windows can be opened in a variety of ways. Commonly used are sliding windows, outward-opening windows, inward-opening windows, outer-hung windows, inner-turning windows, and inner-opening and inner-turning windows. These windows have different characteristics and advantages, which can be selected according to each unique situation.
3. Aluminum Profiles
Aluminum profiles are extruded from aluminum alloys and are high strength, corrosion-resistant and durable. When purchasing, you can see the cavity structure, wall thickness, purity, etc. of the aluminum profile. Generally, the aluminum profiles with thermal insulation and broken bridges are better in sealing, thermal insulation, and wind pressure resistance for cavity structures. Each brand has its advantages that need to be compared. The better the wall thickness, the more materials are used. Naturally, the overall strength of doors and windows is more reliable; the higher the purity of aluminum, the better the stability and anti-oxidation performance, and the high-purity aluminum can reach 99.7% purity.
4. Glass
Large-brand glass manufacturers have huge advantages from stabilizing quality and safety guarantees to making sure to choose tempered glass that has at least passed 3C certification. Tempered glass with a glass thickness of at least 5mm or more is generally marked with "3C". This material has high strength and can withstand harsh weather conditions such as hurricanes. Most of the glass on the market is equipped with double-layer hollow tempered glass. For the pursuit of higher effect, three-layer hollow glass can be selected, because it has stronger impact resistance and is not easy to break, and the sound insulation effect will be doubled.
5. Hardware Accessories
Hardware accessories play a vital role in doors and windows. As an engine, it affects the performance of doors and windows. Choosing good hardware accessories can ensure efficient sealing, good sound insulation and heat insulation, and higher safety factor. Due to the complexity and importance of the hardware system, the following will use the casement windows as an example to share the key points of the hardware.
Common casement window hardware accessories are mainly composed of three parts: operating parts, locking parts, and load-bearing parts.
Operating Parts
The operating part refers to the handle part of the window. We need to repeatedly operate the handle to open our windows every day, and its quality directly affects the service life of the window. A good handle should be made of zinc alloy. With good surface gloss, fine and smooth without impurities, and having a smooth touch is also very important. It can be tested by the flexibility of the switch and listening to the sound of the transmission. The internal structure of a good handle is made of gears. Transmission, a slight crisp sound can be heard when rotating, the number of rotations can be as high as more than 100,000 times, and the surface is anti-corrosion and anti-rust for more than 10 years.
Locking Part
The locking parts refer to the actuators and multi-point locks. These accessories play a vital role in wind pressure resistance, water tightness, air tightness, sound insulation, heat insulation, and theft resistance of doors and windows. The transmission is an important part that connects the handle and the multi-point lock. The quality of the transmission determines the smoothness of the handle opening. Remember to find materials that do not corrode easily and a stable function of the system transmission. The shell of high-quality transmission is made of zinc alloy casting and high-quality anti-corrosion surface treatment. The panel is made of stainless steel with high hardness and is not easy to corrode. The internal structure design affects the life of the transmission. The best quality transmission on the market adopts a silent gear transmission structure as it runs efficiently and smoothly.
The multi-point lock part is composed of a lock point, a locked seat, and a transmission rod. The lock seat is installed on the window frame, and the lock point is generally installed on the window sash on the opening side of the window. The high-quality aluminum alloy windows are scattered around with lock points and lock seats, which are connected by transmission rods so that the windows can be better sealed and safe. The locking point lock seat is generally divided into ordinary type and anti-pry type. The structure of the ordinary type is simpler, and the anti-pry type is more complicated and has higher safety performance. Generally, it is recommended to choose the anti-pry type. The multi-point lock greatly improves thesound insulation, heat insulation, sealing, and anti-theft performance of the window.
Load-bearing Parts
The load-bearing parts of aluminum alloy windows are related to safety. The frequent occurrence of window drop accidents is mainly caused by the failure of load-bearing parts. The load-bearing parts of outward-opening windows are usually sliding braces, generally, four-link or six-link structures, and the material should be selected high. The strength of stainless steel also depends on the thickness of the main load-bearing rods. A good sliding support rod is 4 mm thick and can bear more than 60kg of windows. It is also necessary to observe whether the rivets on the connecting rod are firm, and another thing to observe is the sliding support and window frame clips. The connection of the groove is also very important. Multiple fixing structures such as self-tapping screws + stainless steel clips should be used, which can withstand the external force of hurricanes without falling off and have strong bearing capacity.
6. Process
High-quality aluminum alloy windows should be finely machined, with excellent precision, smooth tangents, and good installation. Large-brand door and window factories will use high-precision equipment and standard streamlined production lines to ensure accurate size and compactness of splicing, and other accessories such as adhesive strips and sealants. This can be initially learned through the brand's video, official website information, etc. At the same time, installation is also very important. A good on-site installation can prevent water leakage.
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