Choose The Best Aluminium Windows For Your House

Traditional materials have timeless beauty as is exemplified in the use of wood for doors and windows. Wood can be painted and it will still have its beauty. Wood can be varnished to bring out its grain which is another aesthetic. The drawback of wood is it requires frequent maintenance to keep up its beauty. More modern alternatives are even better for doors and windows.

Steel does tend to have an industrial look to it. uPVC windows & doors and aluminum windows and doors are becoming popular due to a variety of advantages these materials possess. Aluminum and uPVC are ideal for extrusion into various profiles with different shapes and thicknesses. Aluminum is the best choice for windows and doors with uPVC being a close second. Aluminum can be anodized with various shades of permanent finish or it can be powder coated and such finish will last for years and years needing no maintenance unlike wood that must be tended to on a regular basis. Aluminum does not distort or go out of shape. It is resistant to rot, fungus and rust. It is also lightweight which means one can use slimmer profiles and yet have a strong frame and a larger opening for glass glazing. 

For those people who wish to go a step further and achieve the natural woodgrain look in aluminum framed windows and doors, it is easy to get them with a woodprint foil bonded permanently to the metal. It is difficult to distinguish between real wood and woodgrain foil bonded aluminum unless one takes a very close look. With the use of appropriate aluminum sections it is possible to incorporate double or triple glazing in the doors and enhance energy conservation.

uPVC could be an alternative to aluminum windows and it stands up well too. Like aluminum, uPVC sections are machine extruded in various profiles. The woodgrain can be incorporated right into the extrusion to make it look like wood. uPVC can be made in any color and this color will last for life since it is not a coating but it is part of the material itself. uPVC has the advantage over aluminum that it is easy and fast to work with and it has better acoustic and thermal insulation properties.

 

It is a matter of personal taste as to whether you should choose uPVC or aluminum. You cannot go wrong in either case. It is always possible to achieve the woodgrain look in both with the use of woodgrain foil lamination. Where uPVC cannot match aluminum is the gleaming anodized look possible in the latter that goes so well with certain modern interiors. If the woodgrain look is desired then either material is good enough. Aluminum does have a slight edge in the matter of hardware fitting but there are alternatives in uPVC too that narrow down the difference. To sum it up, one cannot go wrong with aluminum as the material of choice for doors and windows or even uPVC which is fast becoming more popular across the UK and both types can be sourced easily from primewindows.co.uk.