Browse Forums Windows & Doors Re: Window Colours - Help 28Apr 04, 2009 11:44 pm Idiots are fun, that's why there is one in every village! - Dr. House - Re: Window Colours - Help 30Apr 05, 2009 10:50 am Idiots are fun, that's why there is one in every village! - Dr. House - Re: Window Colours - Help 33Apr 05, 2009 12:14 pm Quote: Why do you ask, ed? Maybe because he is a window supplier and likes to keep up with customer opinions Anyway I voted beige, we have merino window frames - I actually wanted and thought we were getting primrose which is more cream than beige but somehow missed the fine print in contract - merino is similar but not the same, it is ok but am still annoyed with myself for not picking it up before it was too late to get it changed (like when the windows were installed ) Re: Window Colours - Help 34Apr 05, 2009 12:55 pm Helyn Quote: Why do you ask, ed? Maybe because he is a window supplier and likes to keep up with customer opinions I realise all that, but I wondered why he picked these three colours. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Window Colours - Help 35Apr 05, 2009 1:54 pm donuts Why do you ask, ed? These 3 colours are supposed to be the most popular. We use them with Burbank Homes and have these is stock as finished windows and doors- BUT... silver has almost no demand, despite the colour we have being real silver rather than the dove grey offered by many... Can't understand it unless the whole colour scheme on offer is unpopular. Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Window Colours - Help 37Apr 05, 2009 2:20 pm I've got to admit Ed - I never even considered silver until I joined this thread. I think to me it reminds me of my childhood home and Mum and Dad having aluminium window frames. Colours seemed to be more "pretty". Silver more utilitarian? Some things are worth waiting for. Re: Window Colours - Help 38Apr 05, 2009 5:32 pm For me personally, silver has to be in the right kind of house. I think it gives an industrial edge almost, and that doesn't suit a lot of homes. Black and white are great because anything goes internally, but with white, if there's sliding doors, the cleanliness of the tracks becomes a potential issue. Maybe that's why people go with beige instead? Woodland Grey can be limiting depending on the interior. If the interior is Grey or charcoals, the windows suddenly look very green. With people loving beige, the beige colours are safe I guess. The other issue is if you are using other colorbond colours. We are using Evening Haze for guttering etc, that really only left us with black, white or Woodland Grey that would work. The Woodland Grey I felt would be more limiting than the the others, so we chose black. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Window Colours - Help 39Apr 05, 2009 8:08 pm I agree with kyton - I too grew up with silver aluminium windows and tend to think of them as old-fashioned, so perhaps that's why there's not much demand for them. But I think they are making a comeback, and perhaps we H1-ers are a bit quicker off the mark then your average homebuyer, hence the difference in opinion? "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Window Colours - Help 40Apr 05, 2009 10:30 pm Helyn Another colour which seems popular in new houses around here is a dark blue - is it deep ocean ?? Yes, and that's my colour! It matches the blue tinges in some of our bricks (Austral 'Latrobe') and doesn't look out of place from the inside with our light grey architraves etc. Out of Ed's list of 3, I chose black. There is a house nearby which has what I describe as wheat coloured bricks with black window frames and it looks awesome from the outside. That house has a very dark rendered portico. For comparison, another house in the area has a grey taupe coloured rendered facade, with white window frames and white venetians, and looks equally as good from the outside. As long as the frames match something they will look good IMHO. Geoff - Decophile. Hey. Head to a metal and decide on which profile you will use first. Profiles with larger corrugations can greatly change the appearance of the color in different… 0 2181 I'd get the gutters to match your roof and pipes to match the paint - otherwise they become a feature. Nice pick with the paint colours! 1 26247 |