Modern wooden windows areolate sound and warmly no worse than plastic and are able to serve dozens of years - but only if they care for them and repair it in time.
Care and Restoration Rules
When washing a wooden window, it is desirable to prevent the alcohol detergent to get the rim and sash to enter the frame and the sash, which should be wiped with a cloth or sponge (but not from artificial felt - scotch-bright), moistened in clean water. It is necessary to wash not only the glass, the inner and outer surfaces of the frames, but also zone of the fold (adjoining the sash to the frame), including seals. Silicone lubricant should not be applied to sealing gaskets, as it will collect dust with abrasive properties.
To extend the service life of frames and window fittings, special care is required. In addition, sometimes there is a need to replace seals and double-glazed windows: the first can wear or break, the second is to crack from the impact or as a result of thermoshock.
The key to successful care for wooden frames is the right choice of protective and repair makers, which should be experienced on the folding surface.
Paintwork (usually acrylic or alkyd varnish) on the outer surfaces of the windows is an average of 7-8 years, from the inside - at least 15 years. But if with each washing to process the surface with protective emulsions (in fact, highly diluted varnishes) Aido, Remmers, Sikkens, etc., then you can extend the coverage of 1.5-2 times.
With the appearance of visible defects (cracks, lacquer detachments), the frame must be cleaned first with the grinding skin with the graininess of P120-P150, then P180-P220. If deep cracks are found, they are required to be expanded with a knife, and the sections of the fallen wood are completely removed. Next, damage is close to acrylic or epoxy putty - on sale there are colored formulations that imitate different wood species. Transparent lacquer is applied for external work, a azure or oil with solid waxing (if the manufacturer recommends the surface to be pre-primed, it must be done); Stew before the start of painting works are protected by paper scotch.
The most difficult thing to repair the chips of colored varnish or enamel. With small defects, it will help a conventional incisible marker - brown, black, yellow or gray. If the area of damage is large, the repair coating must be accurately chosen in color. In order for you in the store with a varnish or enamel in the desired tone, it is worth using the RAL palette printed or a mobile application RAL-DETEXTOR, RAL Colors, etc.
Many windows are equipped with outdoor aluminum lining, which are much prolonged by the life of the design.
Narrow pad-withdrawal is slightly less effective, but more elegant
Accessories once in 3-5 years old needs lubricant - for this purpose, the composition based on silicone, graphite or lithium (litol) is suitable, before applying which the movable parts of WD-40 water testing fluid should be treated.
Some companies recommend adjusting the locking mechanism of the wooden window twice a year - in the fall, reinforcing the clamps to the frame, and in the spring weakening it. However, inept adjustment will make harm rather than the benefit, and the frequent visits of masters from the service will cost Nedlyozy. Therefore, in practice, the shut-off tracks regulate only if there is a draft or sash closes with a large force on the presser (the reason for the other and the other is usually linked in the wallpaper of wooden parts).
Occasionally after a few years of operation, the sash savings and begin to touch the frame - in this case, the pulling of fixtures and the control of the loops helps.
Seals, as a rule, are made of modified rubber or silicone and are filled into L-shaped grooves on sash and frames and are relatively easily retrieved. It is more difficult to find products of the same section and install them in place.
Fortunately, today the window seals of the most common sizes have already begun to sell in large network construction stores. Install the gaskets will help the curved spatula with rounded corners. In extreme cases, and as a temporary measure, you can, retain the old seals, install additional self-adhesive in place damage.
White (and any one-photon) frames can be painted alkyd or acrylic enamel
But before applying the composition, the surface must be cleared
Eccentric pins are regulated by hexagoned key or scolding to prevent window blowing
Sealing gasket will be easier to insert into the profile groove, if you mix it with soapy water
Replacing glass package
In modern wooden stroke windows, pressing double glazed windows to the strapping of the sash are usually not nailed, and planted on the sealant; To dismantle them, you must neatly cut through the knife for wallpaper two adhesive seam - in places of adjoining to the sash and to the glass.
Remove the strokes without damaging them, it is not always possible, but it is not easy to paint the frame in the color of the RAM, since the tree has a darkness with time. Therefore, it is best to contact the company that made the design, or to the pilot joiner. Today, the replacement of glass accommodation costs 30-60% of the cost of the window.