Each window is an individual element of the house that should take into account the architectural features of the structure and create comfort to the inhabitants. For a successful installation of a new design, it is important to know how to measure a plastic window.
Features of window openings
When installing window systems, specific features of existing buildings are manifested, which is difficult to determine when measurements. Walls can have an uneven thickness, and the openings form irregular geometric shapes. The dimensions of recently erected structures do not always correspond to the parameters on the construction drawings of the project. Old houses can store such surprises under plaster that will require urgent measures to strengthen the walls.
Given the visible and invisible difficulties of determining the real picture, the window froze will not give an adequate result on their own. It is appropriate only for the preliminary calculation of the cost of the ordered window systems.
The parameters of the measured window
The existing window is frozen using a telescopic ruler, conventional roulette or with a digital display. Errors can be up to 10mm. The main defined parameters:
— the width of the opening between the slopes;
— the height of the opening from the window sill to the upper slope;
— the length of the window sill and its width from the edge to the window frame;
— the width of the slope from the frame to the angle of the wall;
— The width of the drainage from its edge to the frame.
Trapezoidal, arched or other configurations of non -spine openings require additional measurements. If there are doubts in the depths of the sealing of the existing window, you can remove the platband and repel a small part of the wall material.
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Advantages of a professional approach
Having ideas about how to measure plastic windows, it is better to entrust this procedure to professionals who will make them and install them. The complexity of the exact determination of the size is that the existing windows do not make it possible to actually evaluate the structure and configuration of the opening, as well as determine the permissible deviations from their size. An experienced measurer takes into account the following parameters and characteristics:
— features of the house (built on the basis of a typical or individual project, newly erected or old building);
— walls of walls (brick, blocks, panels, wood, multilayer structure);
— features of the structure of the facade and the external decoration of the building;
— The size of the opening.
The manufacturer, installing plastic windows, is responsible for the quality of work and gives a guarantee for it. Installation of window systems with window sills, castings and subsequent decoration of slopes should form a common structure that protects the premises from the penetration of cold, street noise and draft.