The two doors leading to the front courtyard are installed and look very nice. These two doors, like the windows are wood-framed with aluminium cladding on the outside.
Dining room door – it’s a single door with a large window pane
The doors have a three-point closure system (middle, top an bottom of the door) which is supposed to be more weatherproof and secure than doors with a single latch at the level of the handle.
Living room alu-wood door. This is a double door providing a very large opening into the house.left side can also be opened to make a very large opening.
The other doors, 5 more to come (for the upper and lower cellar, kitchen, front entrance and garage), will all be made of solid wood with some wood fiber insulation in between the two layers of planks. We are expecting their delivery and installation by the end of the month.Les deux premières portes de la maison viennent d’être posées et ce sont celles qui mènent sur la cour de devant. Ces deux portes sont de même construction que les fenêtres, en bois-alu et ont un système de fermeture à trois points. La porte se referme toute seule, simplement en la poussant ou en la tirant contre le cadre, il n’y a pas besoin de baisser la poignée.
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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