Previously, plastic windows were rarely encountered in summer villages or private sector, but today the preferences of the owners of cottages have changed in favor of the latter. Plastic windows today is aesthetically, modern and very convenient. When giving preference to plastic windows, one should take into account some procedural differences between the installation of windows in panel and brick high -rise buildings and wooden houses.
What should be considered when installing a window
Knowing in advance what difficulties and nuances expect during the installation of plastic windows in a wooden house you can thoroughly prepare for them. It depends on the differences of wood, concrete, stone and other materials among themselves. First of all, wooden materials, such as logs and a beam, eventually give shrinkage and sag. Those who do not pay attention to this risk becoming the owners of curved plastic windows after a while. For such owners, considerable expenses are inevitable for repair or re -installation of windows. In this article you will get acquainted with all the rules for installing plastic windows in a wooden house.
Stages and procedure for installing a window mechanism
Before the direct installation, it is necessary to prepare window openings, after which it is possible to make a casing, saying easier – yarks and casing. This design is designed to firmly fix the window and protect against unpleasant shrinkage of wood. In other words, the casing creates a special isolation between logs or bars and a window. On the ends of the wooden material in the window opening, it will be necessary to make a comb on which a carcass with a groove is later put on. Such a comb on the ends is designed so that the logs glide directly inside the carriage, and not along the frame. Later, with the sediment of logs, the design of the windows will be protected from curvature. You will be interested in the house from the carriage.
Before installing plastic windows, control measurements of all parameters should be carried out, to find out, using the level and plumb line, the accuracy of the location of the vertical and horizontal parts of the casing.
During the installation of a plastic window, do not neglect the fastenings that go with it. If not all of them are used, then tightness and thermal insulation will deteriorate. For a flat installation of a plastic window, you need to use the level. Such a procedure protect the window from the inclination of the window, its arbitrary opening. To top it off to the work done, the window should be treated with building foam. The proper installation of the window is the guarantor of long -term and trouble -free operation.