TRIPLE GLAZED ALUMINIUM WINDOWS

Aluminium is one of the most sustainable building materials on Earth and can be recycled almost indefinitely without losing any of its original composition. This makes aluminium the ideal choice for your home including your Passive Haus building project which has rigid stipulations on what can and can’t be used in its construction.

Aluminium is the perfect material for window construction as it’s both strong and flexible. This means it can be moulded to create different window shapes such as square, rectangle, triangle, round and even trapezium. Aluminium window frames can also be made in larger than standard sizes while retaining slim profiles which means less frame and more glass. This means that aluminium window frames are suitable for ambitious, bespoke home design projects.

With strength comes security and aluminium windows from EKCO are police preferred, Secured by Design. This means they will keep your home and your family safe from even the most determined intruders.

If our window frames were manufactured purely from aluminium they wouldn’t be as thermally efficient as timber, or aluminium-clad timber windows. This is because timber is a low heat conducting material. However, aluminium window frames are made to include a thermal break. A thermal break is a non-metal layer of low heat conducting material built within the aluminium frame. This ensures that no heat is lost through the frame which keeps your home warm in the coldest of winters and cool in summer.

As previously mentioned, aluminium window frames contain a thermal break to stop heat loss. However, this is only half the story. The other half depends on your choice of glazing and to make your home as energy efficient as possible you should consider triple rather than double glazing.

Double glazed windows are an effective barrier against most heat loss and are perfectly adequate when fitted to homes in a warm or temperate climate. However, for homes in colder locations, or areas which are subject to severe weather fluctuations, triple glazing is the perfect choice. This is because triple glazing, as the name suggests, uses three panes of glass instead of two with insulating gas between the panes. Triple glazing therefore keeps your home or commercial premises warm in winter and cooler in summer. Triple glazing was first used in Sweden which has extremely severe winters. This makes triple glazed windows equally as effective in Scotland and across the UK with extremely low U-Values – the industry measure for energy efficient homes.

We all need a good night’s sleep and an added benefit of triple glazing which is sometimes overlooked is its effectiveness in sound reduction. This makes triple glazed aluminium windows perfect for homes or businesses located within high traffic areas such as busy city centres or located near airports or railway lines.

As triple glazing contains three panes of glass it is extremely difficult, and time-consuming, to break from the outside. When added to the strength of an aluminium frame you will have a window that is a major deterrent to would-be burglars. This means that not only will triple glazed aluminium windows add value to your home but may also reduce your insurance premiums too.

Triple glazed aluminium windows are available in a range of styles and designs including casement, fixed frame and bay windows. This means that triple glazed aluminium windows are suitable for almost every type of home or business property.

Our aluminium window frames are powder coated in a range of RAL colours to suit your home. You can even choose contrasting colours on the inside and outside of the frames. And, because of the strength of aluminium and its resistance to wear and tear, your triple glazed aluminium windows will require little, if any, maintenance over their lifetime.