Over the past two weeks, the window contractors have worked hard trying to catch up with their delay. By the end of this week, we will have most of the 33 openings in the house finally closed. The only pieces missing will be the solid-wood doors that won’t be delivered and installed until the end of October.
The windows are all wood-framed with aluminium cladding on the oustide. We found this to be the best compromise for thermal insulation (wood frame on the inside) and minimum wear & tear and maintenance on the outside (aluminum cladding).
The windows that do not open are all triple-glazed 4/16/4/16/4 (each window pane is 4mm thick and there is a 16-mm-space in between filled with Argon gas). All of the other windows and doors with windows will be double-glazed 4/16/4.
This is one of the most frustrating things right now: waiting for the windows and doors. Although we obtained quotes two years ago, selected a contractor a year ago and gave the contractor a 6-month extension on delivery due to delays on the maçonry work, we are still waiting for the windows and doors…
Well, let’s be fair, the window frames for the big bay windows were delivered on August 5th but the window panes did not come with it and are yet to arrive…
At least, the frames look good.
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