Replace window while preserving the reveal, supplier pre-selection

  • Erstellt am 2022-01-24 20:27:52

ostseekind

2022-01-24 20:27:52
  • #1
Hello everyone,

we are about to purchase and modernize a single-family house. The aging wooden windows are to be replaced by floor-to-ceiling wooden-(aluminum) windows.

Problem 1: all locally contacted companies offer the windows (from in-house production or) various manufacturers, about which I have found no hits here in the forum. Therefore, my question is whether there are any experiences and how we can generally approach the topic and make a preliminary selection, or are the differences in these areas rather minor? The list includes:

    [*]Tryba
    [*]Unilux
    [*]Wertbau

Problem 2: the existing windows have an exterior reveal and roller shutters, which should be retained. The window companies we have spoken to so far say that is possible, but of course they cannot guarantee anything. However, I am concerned that either the reveal will suffer greater damage or the whole thing will be somehow cobbled together, but in no case will it come close to the original condition, neither in terms of quality/sealing nor appearance. Does anyone have an idea whether this can even fit together in a wooden-aluminum window variant with such a reveal?



Grateful for any tips...
:)
 

11ant

2022-01-24 21:18:43
  • #2
I have no opinion on all three, they are not familiar to me either (I was a window dealer until 2019, but of course you don't know all suppliers there, especially not the smaller ones). Unfortunately, I share your concerns. I do not even (re)cognize the house manufacturer. Hopefully you know it – that would be the first approach to get informed.
 

ostseekind

2022-01-24 21:23:50
  • #3


It is a Weberhaus in timber frame construction. WeberHaus would also do the work, but has no capacity in the foreseeable future, so we have to go through third parties. Their statement is that the windows can be taken out inward and the reveal should remain undamaged. But how will new windows be properly installed and connected then?
 

11ant

2022-01-24 21:28:25
  • #4

Oh, from when then? - that must have been "before my time," I don't recall any sheet metal-lined reveals.

That's exactly how I see it too, with the identical concern. I would pass the question on to the architect.
 

ostseekind

2022-01-24 21:42:49
  • #5


The year of construction of the WeberHaus is 1994 with original windows



Whom we did not have or need so far... :-(
 

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