Features of UPVC Windows & Doors
Points | uPVC | Aluminium | Wood |
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Maintenance & Painting | Totally maintenance Free No need of painting | Need Periodic maintenance & Painting | Need Periodic Maintenance & Painting |
Aesthetics | Very good aesthetics | Not aesthetically good | Very expensive wood gives good aesthetics |
Energy Efficiency | uPVC is very bad conductor heat & almost airtight. Hence these windows are energy efficient | Aluminium is a good conductor of heat & gaps in joints make these windows poor energy efficient. | Wood is bad conductor of heat but due to gaps in joints these window are not energy efficient |
Fire Properties | Excellent | Excellent | Poor |
Sound Proof Features | Very Good | Bad | Average |
Cost Efficiency | Maintenance free & energy efficient features make these windows cheaper in long run | Periodic maintenance & poor energy efficiency makes these windows costly in long run | Involvement of log of agencies, periodic maintenance & wastage makes these windows costly in long run |
Easy Installation | These are factory made windows and easily installed at site | These windows are fabricated on site & so there is lot of site obstruction in site | These windows are fabricated on site & it is completed in many phases, so it takes so much time to complete it on sit |
Environmental Friendly | It makes no bad impact on environment. It saves deforestation. | CO2 emission associated with the production of aluminium windows is double than uPVC. So it increase the greenhouse effect. | Wooden windows increase the deforestation. So use of wood in making windows & doors give very bad impact on environment. |