ToNKeY
2015-09-07 15:03:29
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Hello everyone,
we are about to start our second attempt to build our dream house, or rather, we have already started and are currently waiting for a detailed offer with a building description.
So I now have to gradually deal with several topics, namely:
- windows and doors
- central ventilation system with heat recovery
- heating
- possible own contribution
- fireplace
The starting point shall be windows and doors. Our supplier usually works here with windows and exterior doors from Schüco and CePal interior doors from Garant.
What concerns me now is whether these manufacturers are a good choice according to my requirements or whether it would be sensible to tender this position based on another manufacturer.
My requirements are as follows:
Interior doors: Here I was thinking of white hollow core doors with a robust and easy-to-clean surface.
Front door: A normal front door with a sidelight and decent thermal insulation as well as burglary resistance (RC2). As a special feature, which I am very enthusiastic about, I discovered the "SCHÜCO 211 853 4 latch deadbolt lock 'SafeMatic' with anti-panic function" at Schüco, which I find extremely sensible. Furthermore, I am still undecided whether an intercom system with or without video or an integrated door chain would be sensible, although I do not know if Schüco offers the latter. Is Schüco even a good choice or are there providers with a better price/performance ratio? Is such an automatic locking system useful? Can you generally save yourself the trouble of locking the front door with it, or are there serious weaknesses so that the extra cost is not worth it?
Windows: The requirements are a bit more complex, so I list them in bullet points:
- white
- ground floor: RC 2 N
- upper floor: RC 1 N
- electric exterior roller shutters
- 200 NM handle lever (I have often read that 100 NM is too little)
- triple glazed
The following questions come to my mind regarding the windows:
- push button or lockable? (Lockable is ugly and who actually locks the windows in practice? Is a locked window with an inserted key safer than a window with a push button handle?)
- Schüco or another manufacturer
- which U-value is economically most reasonable? (does the extra cost pay off through energy savings eventually?)
- plastic or aluminum?
- rather invest in better glass or better frame? Where is the golden mean?
- Does anyone know the window construction company Morlok from Rötha near Leipzig? Is it recommended?
Garage: The garage will receive a large filled Hörmann sectional door with electric drive, as well as a window, a door to the garden and a door to the house, since it will be built directly onto the house. The way to the garage then leads through the utility room, so the door does not have to meet aesthetic requirements.
Is it enough if the exterior door of the garage is executed in RC 2 or should the door to the house also meet this standard? As far as I have read, the door to the house must be at least a T30 door – on another construction site of the builder, this was implemented as a metal door, although I would have concerns regarding thermal insulation.
Which door should meet which standards here? Are there alternatives to the Hörmann sectional door?
What interests me regardless of the individual sub-item is whether the price/performance ratio of the individual products is right. Of course, I want the best for my money and use as little of it as possible to get a sensible and long-term satisfying solution. That means I am open to all manufacturers. It does not have to be a well-known brand if money can be saved or I get better performance for the same money. I do not want to pay unnecessarily much but am quite willing to add a bit more for meaningful upgrades within the possible scope. What should be paid attention to with the respective products and which features are worth the money?
Many questions to start with, but so much is really running through my mind. Every decision in building a house is one you have to live with for many years, if not forever, which is why I am naturally afraid of making the wrong choice or wasting money uselessly somewhere that I could have used much more sensibly elsewhere.
I thank you in advance for your help and hope you do not tear me apart immediately.
Best regards, Markus
we are about to start our second attempt to build our dream house, or rather, we have already started and are currently waiting for a detailed offer with a building description.
So I now have to gradually deal with several topics, namely:
- windows and doors
- central ventilation system with heat recovery
- heating
- possible own contribution
- fireplace
The starting point shall be windows and doors. Our supplier usually works here with windows and exterior doors from Schüco and CePal interior doors from Garant.
What concerns me now is whether these manufacturers are a good choice according to my requirements or whether it would be sensible to tender this position based on another manufacturer.
My requirements are as follows:
Interior doors: Here I was thinking of white hollow core doors with a robust and easy-to-clean surface.
Front door: A normal front door with a sidelight and decent thermal insulation as well as burglary resistance (RC2). As a special feature, which I am very enthusiastic about, I discovered the "SCHÜCO 211 853 4 latch deadbolt lock 'SafeMatic' with anti-panic function" at Schüco, which I find extremely sensible. Furthermore, I am still undecided whether an intercom system with or without video or an integrated door chain would be sensible, although I do not know if Schüco offers the latter. Is Schüco even a good choice or are there providers with a better price/performance ratio? Is such an automatic locking system useful? Can you generally save yourself the trouble of locking the front door with it, or are there serious weaknesses so that the extra cost is not worth it?
Windows: The requirements are a bit more complex, so I list them in bullet points:
- white
- ground floor: RC 2 N
- upper floor: RC 1 N
- electric exterior roller shutters
- 200 NM handle lever (I have often read that 100 NM is too little)
- triple glazed
The following questions come to my mind regarding the windows:
- push button or lockable? (Lockable is ugly and who actually locks the windows in practice? Is a locked window with an inserted key safer than a window with a push button handle?)
- Schüco or another manufacturer
- which U-value is economically most reasonable? (does the extra cost pay off through energy savings eventually?)
- plastic or aluminum?
- rather invest in better glass or better frame? Where is the golden mean?
- Does anyone know the window construction company Morlok from Rötha near Leipzig? Is it recommended?
Garage: The garage will receive a large filled Hörmann sectional door with electric drive, as well as a window, a door to the garden and a door to the house, since it will be built directly onto the house. The way to the garage then leads through the utility room, so the door does not have to meet aesthetic requirements.
Is it enough if the exterior door of the garage is executed in RC 2 or should the door to the house also meet this standard? As far as I have read, the door to the house must be at least a T30 door – on another construction site of the builder, this was implemented as a metal door, although I would have concerns regarding thermal insulation.
Which door should meet which standards here? Are there alternatives to the Hörmann sectional door?
What interests me regardless of the individual sub-item is whether the price/performance ratio of the individual products is right. Of course, I want the best for my money and use as little of it as possible to get a sensible and long-term satisfying solution. That means I am open to all manufacturers. It does not have to be a well-known brand if money can be saved or I get better performance for the same money. I do not want to pay unnecessarily much but am quite willing to add a bit more for meaningful upgrades within the possible scope. What should be paid attention to with the respective products and which features are worth the money?
Many questions to start with, but so much is really running through my mind. Every decision in building a house is one you have to live with for many years, if not forever, which is why I am naturally afraid of making the wrong choice or wasting money uselessly somewhere that I could have used much more sensibly elsewhere.
I thank you in advance for your help and hope you do not tear me apart immediately.
Best regards, Markus