Windows: wood or plastic?
The problem of choice arises whenever there is a choice. Twenty years ago, no one would never have occurred to think about it for more than five minutes. How to choose a window? Wooden, painted - others do not... Today, the market offers a choice to suit different tastes and budgets: wooden, solid or laminated veneer lumber, with plastic or aluminum profiles Combined... Although basic options really is not much to choose is not easy, but to make a mistake - very simple.
The first thing that prevents decide - the abundance of false information coming from both manufacturers and retailers seeking any means to "promote" their products, and by the disinterested "highly experienced" counselors often do not suspect that they give good advice misconceptions, myths and outright misinformation.
Try using FORUMHOUSE inhabitantsto understand where the useful truth, and where - a harmful fiction.
So, the first important piece of advice: please be skeptical.
Researcher (User FORUMHOUSE):
- My life teaches that the statements of experts related to the production or sale of, about which they make application, be sure to be subjected to critical analysis. Most often, this approach is justified.
To this we can add one more concise farewell: Do not blindly believe advertising!
Another important factor that should be considered necessary, proceed to the election: comparing window profiles of different materials, it is necessary "to tabulate" window of approximately the same class and price categories. And in any case do not take into account products of poor quality, and even installed correctly. It makes no sense to compare the cost of plastic windows "above average" with inexpensive wood and vice versa - a comparison in any case will be invalid. And almost half of the success depends on proper installation. The window can be any good, but the incorrect installation would nullify all his dignity.
Now let's deal with some popular and tenacious myths. Here are a couple of the most commonplaces.
PVC window, as opposed to "natural" secrete toxic compounds, and the plastic with time and yellowing "degraded". For such "authoritative" opinion is now scoff at. Firstly, to make PVC identify the body harmful substances, it is necessary to grind and eat. Well, or melt and breathe properly. And if plastic yellow - it means you have tried hard and have found the cheapest offer, to which the word "quality" does not apply. With the same high-quality PVC products such simply does not happen.
A lot of controversy between supporters of wood and plastic is on the theme "breathing - is not breathing." Say, "dead" plastic hermetically seals the room, unlike wooden frames, Zero oxygen permeation. The common opinion on the matter quoted forumchanin
Hammond(User FORUMHOUSE):
"Wood - natural material consisting of a plurality of cells between which there are microscopic pores, air permeable. Thus, even when installed and sealed tightly closed box in the apartment will get oxygen, which is lacking in our body. "
One would like to believe, right? Alas, the argument is good for beginners who trust advertising leaflets. Hardened construction projects and repairs inhabitants offline smash it to smithereens. Modern wooden frames are impregnated with different "chemistry" - by wood beetles, swell, rot and fading. What is already here "breath"!
Gagsuv(User FORUMHOUSE):
- This refers to the window of a simple woodwork, not covered by anything. Think of such Soviet windows only covered with a huge number of paint layers, they will allocate at burning the devil knows what. But even they are countless layers of varnish and paint constantly swell and crack and rot. That's why therePVC windowsFrom laminated veneer lumber. The way to the tree to "kill" (ie, make the most of static), also used chemistry.
1. Wood is moisture, rather than air, otherwise it will be purged, that is simply unacceptable.
2. Wood is used for frames glued, and through the adhesive layer does not pass.
3. And from the outside and inside of the tree covered with a thick layer of varnish, in most cases, a polyurethane, which also does not miss anything.
Conclusion: and wood, and ventilate the room can not be avoided with plastic windows. And in general, ventilation, heat and humidity in the room - the question is not the window material and the ventilation system.
By the way, it's time to clarify what is meant by "wooden" windows. One option - it is a budget and that suits many, especially the owners of buildings "on the ground" - the so-called "woodwork", simple wooden frames.
Margolev(User FORUMHOUSE):
- Plastic Plastic strife. Just like a tree. I stand wooden double glazing (never glazed), made at the nearest mill, but it is clear from a dry tree and the man with her hands. Nothing never snapped, not twisted, is not blowing and the siphon. The only thing necessary to renovate them on the south side, and not only "shkurochkoy and Lacko," but also seals from time to time change, crumbling into dust, do not even know, whether from the sun or from frost.
But the recognition of the majority, from a practical point of view, "woodwork" can hardly keep up with the high-quality plastic windows.
Basilisk(User FORUMHOUSE):
- Wood (not the Euro) all good, but:
1. Paint them regularly.
2. Wood breathes (ie not open, then the gap).
3. 10-15 years rot.
4. Accessories to them (again, not the Euro) miserable.
Another matter - the so-called "euro-windows', the same windows, but from specially treated wood of high quality profiles, often - with aluminum decor. Durability, functionality, use fittings - such windows are not inferior to the PVC. And in terms of aesthetics - certainly superior to them. The plastic can be painted in any color and laminated wood - this option is more expensive than usual White, but he can not compete with the natural texture and beauty of the tree and left plastic. Alas, for the beauty you have to pay: high-quality wooden windows will cost much more equal in the class and the quality of PVC profiles.
It turns out that the choice, anyway, have to do, starting from their own subjective feelings, needs, and of course, financial opportunities.
Olegos33(User FORUMHOUSE):
- Modern wooden windows and PVC is:
a) the price difference (heaven and earth);
b) the practicality of use of PVC:
c) maintainability also for PVC:
g) mechanisms and windows in general, the same (just different brand and model):
e) the aesthetics of wood. But also in PVC decor is not enough;
e) substantially the same functionality;
g) the technical capability to execute in PVC is much broader.
Gvido(User FORUMHOUSE):
-Plastic.The most important advantage - the cost of products.Minus- by limiting the overall dimensions and wind loads. The plastic is not all the plans can be realized.Wood.The most important thing in the timber (the European standard) windows - their structural versatility. 90-95% of your ideas you can implement it in the tree. Overall dimensions are only limited production capacity. Windows themselves can do a lot more elegant. For example, in Bivalve box can be aligned skylights dead part and casement - both in height and width. You can make a wavy leaf. That is to say, every whim for your money.Of the minuses.Like it or not, it is a tree, and it is necessary to take care of him. More precisely, for the lacquer coating. Time processing of special equipment a year. The coating is exposed to ultraviolet light, and it should be updated periodically. Installation of wooden windows has its own specifics, and illiterate installer can permanently damage the product. And, of course, the cost of wood (European standard) window is 1.5-2 times higher than plastic. The rest - and plastic, and similar wood. It all depends on your imagination and wallet thickness.
For those who want to explore the question of choice more closely and in detail, it is helpful to visit thissection of our forum - here discusses the different types of windows and window profiles, questions of their installation, and of course, there is an endless debate - which window is better?HereYou can read more tips on which option should be preferred under any circumstances, and hereand hereDispelling the myths and advertising gimmicks that prevent to come to a goal. Video on how to choose the right plastic window, you can see this link.
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