#05_PRODUCTS & SERVICES

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If renovation and modernization measures are imminent, PVC windows offer a wide range of product features from modern security and ventilation systems to barrier-free solutions. PVC windows are not only suitable for installation in post-modern buildings. The spectrum also includes solutions for historical buildings. For better planning of modernization projects, profile suppliers also offer numerous tools that make the search for the right window easier.

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SECURITY TECHNOLOGY

Modern PVC windows have the resistance classes RC1 and RC2, whereby RC2 is recommended for security reasons. Of course, windows can be equipped or retrofitted with additional security technology. Special glazing techniques exist, e.g. bonding, burglar-resistant PVC frames, fittings with mushroom pins and additional locks or grilles. These investments can be particularly useful for patio doors or windows on the ground floor ___

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VENTILATION AND
SOUND INSULATION

There are modern PVC windows with clever rebate ventilation systems integrated into the frame, allowing for ventilation without opening the window. The air from outside is filtered. If you live next to a major road and still want to enjoy peace and quiet, PVC windows with higher sound insulation values are an option ___

PASSIVE HOUSE STANDARD AND
BARRIER-FREE ACCESS

The state of the art are PVC windows with frame insulation values (Uf) of less than 1.0 W/m2K. Accordingly, a passive house standard can be realized simply and effectively. This keeps the warmth where we want it.

To ensure barrier-free access to balconies and terraces, PVC system suppliers offer comfortable and age-appropriate threshold systems for house and balcony doors ___

PERFECTLY FITTING DESIGNS

Modern window shapes are just as diverse as the architecture of a building or the individual lifestyle: The spectrum ranges from timelessly straight lines to round arches and triangles to trapezoidal or circular. Today a suitable PVC window for every style of façade from the Wilhelminian period to Bauhaus and the post-war and post-modern period to the efficiency building style of the 1990s and early 2000s exists. Various frame and sash heights or sash depths, forend and transom constructions, all-glass or glazing bars characterize the appearance of both modern and historical façades ___