allthatpebbledash Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Hello everyone. In the process of our now third round of planning and we’re looking at aluclud windows. Idea is to have the internal frames clear lacquered to see the timber. I’ve seen GBS windows up close and the timber is jointed in many places. Rationel also appears to be the same as above. Many joints. Internorm doesn’t have joints as such but you can see where the pieces of timbers have been pressed together. Has more of a linear structure. We don’t mind this look. I was hoping if anyone has images of the other suppliers? Nordan Norrsken Allen brothers Idealcombi Velfac (same as Rationel?) There’s probably more but these are companies I know of so far. I’m trying to save trips to go see all of them in person by ruling out ones that are jointed everywhere. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Nordan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 According to @IanR, Internorm and Norrsken are worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) We spent a long time going round this circle, and found very few options that matched our expectations (i.e. good quality wood finish with unobtrusive joints). I think there were some "designer" timber options from Norrsken that looked good but were very expensive. In the end we concluded for most suppliers the timber was simply not designed to be on show, so we went painted finish with a view to bringing in the timber-look elsewhere in the final decor using the large amount of money we'd saved!! Edited February 23 by BadgerBadger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 42 minutes ago, allthatpebbledash said: Internorm doesn’t have joints as such but you can see where the pieces of timbers have been pressed together. Has more of a linear structure. We don’t mind this look. Our Internorm windows have no joints on the visible surfaces, but finger joints are visible on the shut-faces, so can be seen if the windows are open. Our Solarlux SL90 Bi-fold is the same, although slightly better finished, so unnoticeable. 8 minutes ago, Mr Punter said: According to @IanR, Internorm and Norrsken are worth a look. I did like the Norrsken windows, especially the hardwood option which at the time wasn't that much more than Internorm's softwood option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Conversely it was jointed look that drew us to clear coating them. We were in a hotel in Are in Sweden several years ago and they had very similar looking windows and my wife was smitten with that look so was an easy decision for us (well her) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthatpebbledash Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, IanR said: Our Internorm windows have no joints on the visible surfaces, but finger joints are visible on the shut-faces, so can be seen if the windows are open. Our Solarlux SL90 Bi-fold is the same, although slightly better finished, so unnoticeable. How about the lamination of the timbers put together? If you could, can you share some images please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, allthatpebbledash said: How about the lamination of the timbers put together? If you could, can you share some images please. There are no visible joints on the frames. The only laminate joint visible is on the inner return of a sash: Below is on two different windows. The left hand image is the worst I could find. All others are more similar to the right image where the grain better disguises the joint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthatpebbledash Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, IanR said: There are no visible joints on the frames. The only laminate joint visible is on the inner return of a sash: Below is on two different windows. The left hand image is the worst I could find. All others are more similar to the right image where the grain better disguises the joint. Thanks for the images. The timber finish looks really nice. Suppose it’ll now come down to price once we get to that stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanmenie Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Have a chat with Simon at Nordica https://www.nordica-uk.com/ I have the Alu clad windows but mine are painted white inside, lovely Scandinavian windows at a good price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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