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The choice of windows and doors for your home depends on factors like weather conditions, desired security levels and maintenance requirements.
Author: Alba Lorente
Date: Jun 8, 2012 - 4:21:38 AM
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The choice of a new home’s doors and windows is one of the most important and binding ones both at a functional and at an economic level. Since the investment tends to be high, it is essential that our choice be motivated on reasons beyond the esthetic aspect: quality, security, material and opening mode must respond to our needs and adapt to the rest of the house’s style.
Expert builders and sellers of windows and doors know that not always the initial preferences of their clients building a house are the most suitable ones: weather conditions, for example, play an essential role in determining what type of doors and windows are best for a house.
In general terms, all houses can benefit from having windows that contribute in maintaining both heat and cold outside the structure. Even in more temperate climates, the savings in terms in energy are significant: windows and shutters can in fact be enough to retain fresh air inside the building in the hottest days of the summer avoiding the need of incurring in air conditioning costs. During the winter, good doors and windows keep the cold outside and maintain a more stable temperature inside.
The same thing goes for the exterior doors of the house: doorways built in softwood or in low quality hardwood might not be the safest or most adequate one, especially if you live in a cold area.
Security is the second issue you need to consider when buying doors and windows once you have determined the material in which you want them to be built. Since they offer protection not only from the weather but also from unwanted guests like thieves and burglars, it is important that you consider the degree of security that is needed in your home. Most of the windows and doors of a certain quality should be enough to persuade burglars not to try to force they way in but especially in isolated areas or with residential villas being extra careful does not harm. In that case, security doors and windows are your safest bet.
There are many who choose doors on a steel structure but decide on coating them with a wooden look. These types of doors can now be personalized and adapted to virtually any kind of decorative style. Moreover there are a variety of sliding doors that can be also used in spaces with big openings like terraces and gardens.
The choice therefore depends on the requirements of each house but also on the time you are willing to dedicate to maintaining them in shape. Wood is an extensively requested choice: it can last for a long tiume and contribute to maintaining a good temperature if of good quality. However, it requires more attention and care than other materials like pvc. Doors and windows in wood must be varnished every few years with products that avoid the formation of mold in humid areas.
The best thing about choosing the doors and windows for a house is that once you have determined the material in which you want them to be built, there are many alternatives to customize windows and doors: from lacquers and coatings to a variety of opening modes: sliding, swinging, from the top, book-like…
The key is, as for the rest of elements in a home, that of getting information before making any decision, evaluating offers from various suppliers and choosing doors and windows that both please and are functional.
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