Panoramic window designs for the first time began to install in France. Later they were distributed in other countries, but they retained the name "French windows". Houses and apartments with panoramic windows look status and solid.

Panoramic windows, their advantages and disadvantages

Most often panoramic windows are designed in such a way that their width is many times more than height. These proportions are applied if the whole wall is glazed completely, or when the windows itself, the opening in height and length is small.

The advantages of panoramic glazing:

1. Panoramic windows that you see below, open the viewer with a luxurious view of natural beauty or city landscapes, and a lot of light is passed into the room. This is especially important in the cold season when the day is significantly reduced.
2. The appearance of the apartment or house is made unusual and refined. The dwelling becomes if not exclusive, then, at least, non-standard.
3. Double-glazed windows are almost impossible to destroy. They are produced from a particularly durable glass covered with a special film. Even if someone succeeds to damage it, the coating will not allow glass to get enough into fragments. And the moving parts of the windows are usually protected by alarm.
4. Panoramic windows provide a very high level of noise insulation.

Disadvantages of panoramic glazing:

1. If a private house is not discouraged with a high fence, and the apartment is not on the upper floors, then foreign people will be able to see everything that happens in the house from the street. To protect yourself from this, you will have to resort to tinting of glasses.
2. A significant disadvantage that panoramic windows have a price that is much higher than the cost of ordinary structures, due to the complexity of installation, labor cost, and large material consumption.
3. In the warm season in the room with panoramic windows can be very hot, especially if they come out on the sunny side.
4. Due to the unimpeded penetration of sunlight into the room, the upholstery of furniture and decoration of the walls will most likely begin to burn out.
5. If a whole glass is installed, it will be very inconvenient to wash it, as well as to ventilate the room.
6. To prevent condensate appearance, you will have to install a separate heating system.
7. To install panoramic windows, the demolition of the whole wall or its part will be required. This will entail a lot of problems with the coordination of this operation in the relevant instances, as well as additional costs.

As can be seen from the above, before installing panoramic windows in the house, you need to thoroughly think about everything "for" and "against" and only after that make a final decision.

Erker design with panoramic windows

Erker is a wall of a wall, protruding from the overall plane. It usually happens in the form of a polyhedron, a semicircle or a rectangle.

The Erker himself gives the building a beauty and originality, and if it is equipped with panoramic windows, it will look even better. If it goes into a beautifully decorated courtyard or garden, it will be very convenient with the help of panoramic glazing to focus on the window of the person on the most beautiful element of the species, such as, for example, flower bed, statue at the fountain, romantic gazebo or armor with colored fish.

But it must be remembered that such windows, at the expense of which part of the street landscape becomes an element of the decoration of the room, should not be toned, hide with dense curtains, close the blinds, etc. Therefore, it is desirable that the territory around the house has been protected by a high fence.

Types of panoramic windows

The main types of panoramic windows include:

• ordinary;
• corner;
• garden;
• false window.

1. Conventional window designs are most often applied and are the most simple. From the standard, which are in all houses, they differ only in their shape.

The usual windows are good because with all its simplicity, they are very beautiful and in combination with modern finishing materials, such as siding, are able to change the appearance of the house beyond recognition.

With the help of low, but wide windows, it is quite possible to adjust the opening view, or rather focusing on the most beautiful areas, leaving no attention less visible.

If such windows are located at a sufficiently high level, they will be quite appropriate in the bathroom and in the toilet.

In addition, the usual panoramic window is often equipped with a window sill. In this case, it appears the opportunity to give the room an additional commodity at the expense of pots with flowers, various figures and other decor elements.

2. The features of the structure of some houses allow you to mount the luxurious corner windows in the floor to the ceiling altitude. They create a suck of another mood rather than ordinary. The meaning of their installation appears when the shady garden is bangled outside the window, a forest area or quiet lake. Therefore, the angular panoramic windows most often choose the owners of country households. The fact is that in the urban trait, under them, instead of the noisy forest, the construction site or highway is often located.

3. Installation of panoramic windows is produced not only in residential premises, but also in various garden and park buildings, for example in the woven and gazebos. In this case, the usual classical buildings acquire a completely different appearance and immediately become a place of recreation and a pleasant pastime.

Such a gazebo will not only take a break or hide from the rain, but at the same time enjoy the surrounding natural beauty. Buildings, equipped with panoramic windows, are built not only at the receiving territories, but also in public places - park and protected areas, city gardens, etc.

4. Blind windows come to the aid when the view outside the window is not distinguished by beauty or not the ability to coordinate redevelopment with the authorities, and it really wants panoramic glazing. They are highlighted panels in which are placed printed in the best quality landscape. Due to the luminescence and realism of the image, the illusory visibility of the zocking appearance occurs.

Such imitation is good because it allows you to periodically change your boring picture. In addition, there is a diverse selection of form and dimensions of the device. But at the same time it must be remembered that it makes sense to apply only a high-quality picture, printed in an expensive printing house, otherwise "view from the window" will not be close to reality. In addition, electricity costs will increase.

Materials from which panoramic windows are produced

Profiles for panoramic windows are:

• of steel;
• from wood;
• from aluminum;
• from plastic;
• from the glasskomposit.

1. Benefits of steel panoramic windows:

• increased strength, elasticity and compactness of material;
• the stiffness of the structure achieved through the connection of its elements by welding;
• high heat transfer;
• the possibility of manufacturing windows of various sizes and forms, including round and arched;
• refractory material;
• high anti-vandal properties;
• very long service life;
• the possibility of using anti-corrosion material;
• the ability to adapt the design of the window design under the interior of the house with the help of a wooden decor of various colors.

The use of profiles from steel significantly affects the cost of panoramic windows. Their price in this case increases at times, but they are established once and for all, in contrast to windows from other materials.

2. A tree, as a material for the manufacture of windows, is in demand, because it is an environmentally friendly natural material that causes pleasant emotions and carrier positive energy.

For the manufacture of panoramic window structures, two types of wood are used:

• solid wood, treated with all sorts of chemical compositions, which protect the material from fungus, make it refractory, protect against deformation and burnout;
• adhesive wood is a very high-quality material that has a long service life and not subject to deformation.

But both of the above-described material after processing a different kind of chemistry, in the first case, these are the compositions that attach various beneficial properties, and in the second - glue between wood layers, are no longer 100% environmental.

The benefits of wooden frames include:

• high, in comparison with other materials, thermal insulation indicators;
• excellent noise insulation;
• frost resistance;
• high strength;
• stability when exposed to adverse weather conditions;
• it is possible to produce windows of non-standard forms and sizes;
• subject to the use of modern mechanisms, window sash will be opened in different planes;
• the windows of wood are installed on the walls under the tilt, as well as in the attic.

Disadvantages of wooden frames:

• high cost;
• after the impregnation with the compositions that give fireproof properties, the wooden frames do not all become so 100%;
• due to the lack of internal cavities, the material has a lot of weight;
• when installing, it is necessary to apply accessories and mechanisms designed for greater severity.

3. When aluminum frames are manufactured at the factory, they contribute special additives that give the material high strength. At the same time, it remains light and when used in panoramic windows, it provides in charge of the maximum amount of light. Aluminum frames are very appropriate to look at buildings and in rooms with modern appearance.

Advantages of panoramic aluminum windows:

• the material is not susceptible to burning, rotting, has a long service life and during heating does not highlight hazardous substances;
• painting of aluminum profiles in the shade, corresponding to the color range of the room or building;
• if the customer is desired, the frame is equipped with wood overlays;
• it is possible to install double-glazed windows with multiple cameras;
• profiles produce two species - warm and cold, they are applied depending on whether the room is heated or not;
• frames may have a curvilinear form due to the plasticity of the material;
• made flaps can break down, fold, move away, be deaf.

Disadvantages of aluminum windows:

• if aluminum in crude weather will be in contact with other metals, for example with copper, it can lead to its destruction;
• the carrying capacity of aluminum is small, in connection with which it is necessary to strengthen the panoramic design of steel profiles;
• low heat insulation.

4. Due to the large size of panoramic windows and significant loads, including winds, plastic windows must have increased rigidity. It is possible to achieve this:

• by enhancing profiles with elements from steel galvanized;
• by enhancing the design with the help of special power connectors mounted between the sash.

To protect the plastic windows from blowing winds, it is necessary to increase the number of locking points and equip the sash with a special seal.

In the case of panoramic windows, it is impossible to save on the accessories in no case, otherwise there is a chance that the flaps will be saved and stop closing.

Before installing a plastic panoramic window in the apartment, you should thoroughly think through its device, the design of the sash, in order to be comfortable to wash it and open it.

Types of opening of plastic windows:

• most common swivel-folding;
• swing, are used to enter the loggia or veranda;
• parallel-sliding, equipped with a folding mechanism;
• sliding in the type of harmonica;
• parallel exhibition with the subsequent shift towards.

One panoramic design, if the customer is desired, equipped with sash relating to different types of opening.

5. The glass-component windows are deprived of the shortcomings inherent in the windows from other materials. They are reliable, have low weight, provide high heat and sound insulation. Grokomposit is the most modern material that is the best choice for panoramic glazing, but with a very high cost.

The advantages of the material:

• refractory;
• when heated does not release harmful substances, in contrast to plastic;
• not subject to deformation under the action of high and low temperatures;
• there is no need to adjust the accessories in connection with the change of the season;
• there is an opportunity to paint the frame and separate wood;
• it is not afraid of corrosion, rotting, fading, UV irradiation;
• it has a long service life.

Disadvantages of glass accommodation:

• the inability to create curvilinear frames;
• angle compounds are not welded, and twisted with fasteners.

Each of the materials described above has its strengths and weaknesses. If there are difficulties in choosing a material for panoramic windows, reviews left on sellers sites can help make a right solution.

Stages of installation of panoramic windows

Apartment or house with panoramic windows can be obtained in two ways:

1. Destroy the wall or part of it and install.
2. Plan the installation still at the design stage. Projects of houses with panoramic windows make to order many firms and organizations.

The overall windows themselves are expensive, and in addition to them, it is also necessary to pay for the installation. In case the budget is limited, then the savings are possible when independently installed. Then you will have to pay only double glazing.

Installation sequence:

1. After receiving the permission in the appropriate instance, destroy the wall or part of it, including the existing window and the masonry under it.
2. Place the frame in the resulting opening, secure it exactly, leaving the gap between it and the wall.
3. Do drill holes in the frame and in the wall throughout the perimeter of the window. Fasteners should be sufficient, so that after the time the frame is not overflowing. Attach your sash and reflect their height and degree of fit.
4. All gaps between the frame and the wall are treated with the mounting foam. It should not reach the profile by 1-2 cm. When the foam fences and disperse on the sides, it comes to him. Excuse the time required for complete drying and cut over the surplus sticking out of the seams.
5. Write on the seams a vaporizolation tape.
6. At the last stage, turn off the slopes.

To better understand how panoramic windows look like in the apartment, photos and video are presented in the article.