Myths about plastic windows( Top 6)

For several decades, plastic windows and doors have become widely used in most modern residential, office and industrial facilities. Plastic structures have firmly taken the place of the main type of partitions from the environment to create windows / doors in the house and apartment.

Along with its popularity, many say that metal-plastic windows have many features and controversial points. Well, let's look at all the subtleties of these simple and technological mechanisms. Exploding myths about plastic windows .

See also: Rating of the best manufacturers of plastic windows in 2017.

Myth 1. The best manufacturer of plastic windows - Germany.

Partly. It is important not in what country do metal profiles and double-glazed windows, and on what technology and on the basis of what materials. And yet, it all depends on the conformity of the manufactured product to international and European standards. Adapted standards for regions with low temperature conditions allow the end user to obtain plastic windows with a guarantee of operation up to 10-15 years.

Myth 2. Plastic windows - solid chemistry, which is harmful to humans.

In that case, look around you and name the number of plastic objects that are around you. All of them are harmful, they must be urgently thrown out!
The very technology of manufacturing plastic metal profiles for frames and doors is protected by quality certificates. They guarantee safety and harmlessness to humans. Chemical emissions as such are simply absent.

Myth 3. Are they perfectly silent?

No. As you know, sound is characterized by such a parameter as frequency. Roughly speaking, this is the rate of change in air areas: rarefactions and squeezes. The speed of moving such areas is the frequency. As a result, high frequencies( very fast vibrations of the areas) of sound can not sufficiently "press" the glass to transfer compression to the camera and further into the room. Therefore, plastic windows perfectly protect against high frequencies( squeak, voices of birds, meow, etc.) and absorb little low-frequency sounds( sound of a jackhammer, compressor operation, etc.).

Myth 4. The number of cameras and the thickness of the profile - the more the better!

This is one of the main misconceptions. For a double-glazed unit the standard is 2-3 cameras( 4 + 5/7 + 4).Believe me, this is enough to keep the heat in the room. The thickness of the glass is 4-5 mm. With the profile a little more difficult: it all depends on the quality of the material from which they are made and the number of partitions( chambers).The standard for the best PVC profile is 4-6 chambers - this makes it possible to more efficiently distribute airflows in the middle and maintain a constant temperature, which affects the thermal conductivity.

Myth 5. Using vacuum in the design.

This is more like a marketing move from sellers than to the truth. Under the conventional vacuum is understood the area of ​​significant rarefaction of air or its absence. If we created a vacuum of such a level as a physical vacuum, then the glass of the package simply fell apart into small parts. But still, it is necessary to say that the technology of manufacturing a double-glazed window provides for a small vacuum to create a low-pressure region in the middle of the package. This allows you to hold the glass in the bag: "pull" them inside the camera.

Myth 6. Why do plastic windows "cry"?

Because the whole fault is the absence of banal airing. Example, installed a new balcony frame from the metal profile, and the neighbor still has an old wooden and 3-mm glass. In the morning we woke up and see that the windows on the balcony were covered with droplets of moisture, and the neighbor is doing well. How so? It's simple. Plastic windows provided a significant airtight balcony, where the air could not get from outside and there was no circulation of air masses. As a result of equalizing the temperature outside and inside the balcony, the difference in moisture condenses on the glass.

In order to avoid such situations, it is recommended to ventilate the room 2 times a day for 5-10 minutes.