How Do You Know If Your Home's Doors And Windows Need To Be Replaced?

When doors and windows are old and incomplete, we will naturally want to replace them with newer and safer ones. So the question is: Which doors and windows can be kept? Which doors and windows need to be replaced? The principle is generally that it is better to choose reasonable than expensive. Remember safety while choosing the best.

1. Kitchen and bathroom can be replaced: Kitchen and bathroom doors and windows do not have very high requirements for sound insulation and heat preservation. Generally, they only need to be waterproof and windproof on rainy days and meet basic lighting, ventilation, and privacy protection.

2. It is recommended to replace bedroom windows: The doors and windows of study and bedroom spaces have higher requirements for sound insulation and heat preservation (conducive to sleep and air conditioning consumption reduction). Therefore, it is recommended that the old doors and windows be replaced with solid and heavy broken bridge casement windows with excellent sealing and sound insulation. This will be more advantageous in the face of heavy rain and typhoons, as well as sound insulation, noise reduction, and heat preservation.

3. Balcony windows depend on the situation: Balcony enclosures are necessary and safe for families with children. If the newly purchased house is not equipped, we must install it in time. In addition, before installing the balcony enclosure, we also need to consult the property to ensure the facade's and the community's overall aesthetics. If the new house has a balcony enclosure, we must carefully check whether the balcony windows can be closed tightly and whether there are cracks, water leakage, air leakage, damage, etc.

4. Pay attention to wind safety: A typhoon blew out the quality of doors and windows. The storm blew away the balcony doors and windows, the glass was broken, and people were injured by falling. Accidents and injuries require people to pay attention again and again. Many worry that "the floor where the house is located is so high. Should I buy a larger and thicker window series to ensure the strength of the doors and windows?"

For everyone's concerns, the width of the window series section becomes larger, improving the strength of the entire window. But our focus is not just this. The strength of doors and windows and the wind pressure resistance of the whole window are also related to the profile structure, profile wall thickness, door, and window center support, corner connection process, window type, and area size. We should pay more attention to the above details when customizing and purchasing.

Standard online reports of "doors and windows blown away by typhoons" and "new window glass shaking" may be caused by product quality and installation issues, while the latter is most likely caused by glass area and thickness issues. Therefore, it is not without reason that strong winds damage doors and windows.

(1) Non-compliant glass

According to relevant national regulations, windows with an area of more than 1.5 square meters or floor-to-ceiling windows on buildings with seven floors or above must use safety glass. However, many users' door and window glass do not meet this requirement, and there are still many single-glass and untempered glass.

(2) Non-standard aluminum

The quality of aluminum alloy doors and windows affects their firmness, sealing, and service life. Some door and window brands that fail quality inspections produce aluminum doors and windows that are not thick enough and do not meet the standards.

(3) Non-compliant hardware

Door and window brands' hardware is mostly outsourced. The quality of hardware can reflect a brand's attention to detail and attitude towards consumers. In order to save costs, many brands purchase hardware with defective quality. If hardware accessories of poor quality are used on doors and windows, they will not be installed firmly, which may lead to safety accidents over time.

(4) Unreasonable installation

Objectively speaking, door and window damage during typhoons is not just a problem of door and window quality. Unreasonable and unprofessional installation is also the main reason for "doors and windows being hit." In addition, we should regularly maintain the doors and windows at home and check for uncertain factors so that the safety of our doors and windows can be more guaranteed.

In addition to being windproof, sealing and preventing rain from doors and windows is essential. Suppose you want to live without being disturbed by wind and rain. In that case, you must pay more attention to waterproof and sealing details such as casement window strip sealing (number of strips), drainage system, door, and window lock points, sliding window track groove windproof blocks, edge sealing covers, embedded frame sashes, high and low track designs, etc. when customizing.

In addition to the above, if residents want higher performance or requirements for doors and windows, they can consider the following three aspects:

(1) Higher thermal insulation requirements: The window series products can be appropriately selected from large series, and the profile insulation strips should be widened. The window glass should be chosen from three-glass, two-cavity, low-e, and other products with obvious thermal insulation effects.

(2) Higher sound insulation requirements: The window profile should have three seals, and the glass can be hollow laminated.

(3) Higher wind pressure resistance requirements: Prioritize window series with strong center support and guaranteed brand; the window sash glue injection corner assembly, wide wall thickness, window glass, etc., can be selected as appropriate.