uPVC Sash - Traditional style - Chiswick
Here you can see the traditional option in Grey with welded corner joints, deep bottom rail and 60mm midrail.
FYI – With uPVC sliding sash windows you have a choice of two styles. Each style has several upgrades and design alternatives to choose from. The two styles are ‘Traditional’ and ‘Heritage’. Both options give you very similar performance in terms of quality, heat retention, sound proofing, and longevity.
Both options Include as standard - Period deep bottom rail. Period external ‘run-through’ horns. Toughened safety glass in the bottom panes. Full box removal, thermal foam insulation & replacement of the internal architrave to match your current period architrave. A rated double glazing for optimum heat retention. A rated Frames for optimum draught proofing, and sound proofing. Tilt ventilation feature. Key operated sash locking, sash lifts, pole eyes, sash limit stops, tilt knobs. A choice of welded or butt jointed corners. A choice of smooth frame surface or woodgrain effect frame surface.
Heritage - The heritage specification is achieved by adding two, three or four features which the ‘traditional’ frames do not have. 1) A slightly deeper bottom rail. 2) An even slimmer mid-rail 3) External putty line beading 4) White suited spacer bar, gaskets, and draught proof seals.
How to decide - As a rule of thumb, clients who tell me they want their new windows to look as close as possible like real timber windows down to the finest detail, go for Heritage and pay the extra £100 or £200 per window. Clients who want good quality with some period features, but who are not too bothered about replicating timber details down to the nth degree, go for ‘traditional’. Both options look very similar, and the differences need pointing out in the showroom.