Browse Forums Windows & Doors Re: Holes in PVC windows 6Jul 01, 2011 6:44 pm ElephantGuy ed @ ecoclassic They are required and necessary... I think these are tilt & turn windows(?)... when water gets into the sash rebate, it drains to the profile and out through these holes. Normally have covers over, ours do with little hinged flaps. Ed Hi Ed, you are right, they are tilt and turn. Covers over the holes would look better but how would the water get out? Do you have to go around and remove them every now and then? No they just open when there is water behind... 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: Holes in PVC windows 7Jul 01, 2011 8:57 pm Nika25 I lived in Europe more than 20 years (uPVC double-glazing is a norm over there) and have never seen any holes in them. I do not have any experience with double-glazing in Australia though. We are going with uPVC double glazing for our new house, could you please advice what brand/manufacturer your windows from, so that we will try to avoid them Thanks! Don't worry about the supplier, nothing wrong with the windows. Most European windows are 'base drained', that is with drainage holes under the window rather than 'face drained' as shown in the picture. Reason being in Europe they tend to have external cills which the water drains onto, just don't use them here. Hope that clears it up for you? Stuart Re: Holes in PVC windows 8Jul 01, 2011 9:27 pm Does anyone know if the Deceunink windows have covers available?
Re: Holes in PVC windows 9Jul 01, 2011 11:01 pm ElephantGuy Does antone know if the Deceunink windows have covers available? Email me and on Monday I will ask someone who knows Deceuninck... Thanks 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: Holes in PVC windows 10Jul 04, 2011 12:56 pm I have it on excellent authority that Deceuninck have the covers, and as the windows are tested with the covers in place, it is a condition of supplying the windows that they are fitted. The covers carry the Deceuninck name on the front. Art windows are Kommerling, and the same should apply, they will certainly have covers. 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 yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7297 Plumbers 'can be' plumbers, made all the worse by self certification which the building surveyor invariably accepts as proof of compliance! The good thing is that you know know. 3 4835 it depends on the natural ground level, if they excavated their boundary wall needed to be built as a retaining wall. If you filled, which sounds like the case then you… 1 7074 |