Insights
Short, factual notes from the drawing office — the kind of thing a specifier asks us on the first call. Published monthly.
Specifying
- Lift-slide door sizes: clear opening vs frame width
- How to specify impact-rated windows for a Florida villa
- Tilt-turn vs casement: what European buyers expect
- Acoustic glazing: how 45 dB is actually achieved
- Wood-aluminium windows for coastal Australia
- How factory-assembled sashes cut site labour
- Bi-fold vs lift-slide: choosing the terrace opening
- Pivot doors: specifying a 400 kg leaf
- Barrier-free thresholds: the flush detail
- Solar control for the hot elevations
- Sunroom vs conservatory: the glazed-room spec
- Screens and the insect-load market
Markets
- Sourcing custom aluminium windows for the US market
- The Australian cyclone rating system, explained
- Windows for tropical South-East Asia: ventilation first
- Building in South Africa: glazing and security
- Bushfire-rated windows: AS 3959 and the BAL levels
- US inland vs coastal: two specifications, one factory
- Singapore and SGCC: the South-East Asia compliance line
- Windows for Africa: UV, dust and the long haul
- Canada: the energy code and the cold case
Comparisons
- Powder coating vs anodising for export windows
- 6063 vs 6061 aluminium in window profiles
- Laminated vs tempered glass for impact rating
- Argon vs krypton: filling the cavity
- Low-E coatings compared: soft coat vs hard coat
- PVB vs SGP interlayers for impact
- Powder colours vs woodgrain transfer finishes
- Thermal-break vs non-thermal frames
Compliance
- CE marking and EN 14351 for windows
- NFRC ratings: U-factor, SHGC and how to read them
- AAMA vs AS 2047: testing a unit two ways
- SANS 222/536 for the South African market