Help! Glazing to entrance
We recently moved to an early 1970s house and need to replace the glazing throughout. Elsewhere we’re replacing windows with slim black aluminium frames. I’m really struggling to decide what to do with this entrance. It’s private, in an inner courtyard and currently has 2 front doors - to be replaced with one!
I want to keep the mid century vibe - was considering crittal style (see bad photoshop image) but not sure it’s right for the style of property. Could replace existing vertical timber glazing with black aluminium? All ideas welcomed ... thank you.
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2 years agoHere’s a few more pix of windows elsewhere Akira- many are aluminium set in a timber frame (but thermally poor). So thinking to replace in black aluminium to update. Here’s an internal picture of the glazing to entrance too - you can see the vertical bars are quite deep. Do you think crittal is aesthetically right- or stick to a simpler version of what exists but in aluminium? Thank you for your thoughts- really wrangling with this!
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2 years agoHi sugarbowl17. The glazed screen looks good from inside as well. Why do you think it’s thermally poor? Do you get a lot of condensation when heated or do you feel the house is not warm enough in cold days? Timber has much better thermal property than aluminium. Aluminium windows work thermally only if it has a proper thermal break in the frame. Aluminium has high embodied energy content, so less use is preferred for sustainability. The worst part of a window thermally is always the glazing even if it is triple-glazed. Depending on the issues you are having, replacing the glazed screen might not be your solution. At least the entrance screen was, it looks to me, well-designed, probably by a proper architect, and well-built so you could easily downgrade it, if you are not careful. Is it not, for example, just a matter of upgrading the heating system? or Upgrading the windows only? I can’t see the detail of the hole-in-wall windows, so I’m not certain but if they are very old then it’s much easier to upgrade these than the screen.
Regarding the aesthetic of the house, it has a Scandinavian Modern aesthetic with timber used on ceiling and windows etc., so this is one more reason not to replace with aluminium windows. It reminded me of the Louisiana Museum in Denmark, known as ‘the world’s most beautiful museum’. (My photo attached below) There is a type of composite window which has timber frame internally and aluminium externally, combining the thermal efficiency of wood and durability of metal which might be suitable. You can contact us if you'd like us to look at your project holistically.
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