A Breathtaking View: Enhancing Your Home with Picture Windows and Side Casements

Picture windows and side casements can dramatically improve the aesthetics and functionality of your home. These window styles not only bring in an abundance of natural light, but also provide excellent ventilation and energy efficiency. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits of installing picture windows with side casements, and provide tips on how to choose the perfect window design for your home.

The Beauty of Picture Windows

A picture window is a large, fixed-pane window that offers an unobstructed view of the outdoors. It is designed to showcase the beautiful scenery outside your home, creating a stunning focal point in any room. Picture windows are often used in living rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms, where they can help create a sense of spaciousness and bring the beauty of nature indoors.

One of the main advantages of picture windows is their ability to flood your home with natural light. This not only makes your living space feel brighter and more inviting, but also has numerous health benefits. Exposure to natural light has been shown to improve mood, increase productivity, and regulate sleep patterns.

Additionally, picture windows can help improve the energy efficiency of your home. Since they are fixed-pane windows, they have no gaps or seams that can allow drafts to enter. This means that your heating and cooling systems will not have to work as hard to maintain a comfortable temperature in your home, ultimately reducing your energy bills.

The Versatility of Side Casements

While picture windows offer an unparalleled view, they do not provide any ventilation. This is where side casements come in. A side casement window is a type of window that is hinged on one side and can be opened outward to allow fresh air to enter your home. By combining picture windows with side casements, you can enjoy the best of both worlds: an unobstructed view and excellent ventilation.

Side casement windows are also known for their ease of operation. They can be opened and closed with a simple turn of a handle, making them an ideal choice for hard-to-reach areas, such as above a kitchen sink or behind a sofa. Additionally, casement windows are highly secure, as their locking mechanism is embedded within the window frame.

Choosing the Perfect Window Design

When selecting picture windows and side casements for your home, there are several factors to consider:

1. Size and Placement: The size and placement of your windows will have a significant impact on the overall look and feel of your home. Consider the architectural style of your home, as well as the size and layout of your rooms, when deciding on the dimensions and location of your windows.

2. Frame Material: The material you choose for your window frames will affect the appearance, durability, and energy efficiency of your windows. Common materials include wood, vinyl, aluminum, and fiberglass. Each material has its own advantages and drawbacks, so be sure to research your options thoroughly before making a decision.

3. Glass Options: The type of glass you choose for your windows will also have an impact on their performance. Look for energy-efficient glass options, such as low-E coatings and double or triple glazing, to maximize the insulation and energy-saving potential of your windows.

4. Hardware and Accessories: Finally, don't forget about the finishing touches. The hardware and accessories you choose for your windows, such as handles, hinges, and decorative accents, can make a big difference in the overall appearance of your home.

In conclusion, picture windows with side casements are an excellent choice for homeowners looking to enhance the beauty, functionality, and energy efficiency of their homes. By carefully considering factors such as size, placement, frame material, and glass options, you can create a stunning window design that perfectly complements your home's architecture and interior design.

Casement Window

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Casement windows are the most common style of window. They feature hinged panels that swing open and closed. Casement windows are available in single panels or multiple panels. The direction a door swings, either to the right or the left, is called the handing. In addition to handing, window are identified as either inswing or outswing depending on whether they open into the house or towards the outside.

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This newly built private house is in Sydney, Australia. The area occupied by the fenestration system in our scheduled design drawings was up to more than 110 square meters. A wide range of design details made the perfect mix of modern aesthetics and traditional sophistication, the simulated vertical hung windows with tilt & turn opening systems in this home are absolutely breathtaking. SDLS (Simulated Divided Lites with Spacer Bar) brings some historical vintage feeling to the whole building without losing any energy saving performance. Long narrow fixed windows creating larger-than-life expenses, coupled with German high-end systems made this project stand out from the rest.

Simulated Hung Window with Tilt & Turn Openings

The client's idea was to maintain a certain vintage feel, and our aim was to meet the energy efficiency needs and standards of modern houses as much as possible while maintaining a retro design. Doorwin’s 61S simulated hung windows with tilt & turn openings is a respectful modernization of a classic architectural masterwork.

Why choose the tilt and turn opening method?

Because it generally has better air seals than sliding, single hung, or double hung window frames. Tilt and turn windows form a complete seal when fully closed, this means they are less prone to water leakage, and cold draughts and you’ll keep more of your heating indoors where it belongs. They can be opened in the upper tilt way to ventilate at a minimum opening status and are easy to clean outside of the glass; when there’s a good day, they can be opened as normal inward casement windows.

Large Energy Efficient Fixed Windows

Our well-crafted bespoke systems enhance the functionality and panoramic view of this modern house.

Huge, fixed glass walls up to seven meters long and two meters high bring great lighting and open views, making it really refreshing to the mind. Five meters high long narrow windows give the whole building a contemporary aesthetic.

Every window’s placement and shape not only add to the uniqueness of this home but also provide a more energy-saving ability for the owners.

Doorwin energy-efficient integrated glazing units feature double-pane glass, warm-edge spacers, argon gas fill, Low-E coatings, and fully tempered glass, they can not only create a comfortable and natural indoor environment but also save electricity bills and heating bills of more than 100 USD for the owner, it’s a real bargain compared to choosing a regular glazing set.

Custom Designed Thermal Break Aluminum Entry Door

Aluminum Door offered an air of uniqueness and elegance to a home. With their luxurious patterns and beautiful finishes, it provides this house with a bounty of aesthetics and security. Aluminum entry doors allow you to resist any weather extremes, corrosion, and pests. So aluminum is one of the most resilient and durable materials you can select for front doors considering the price/performance ratio.

With pieces of double panes, and Low-E tempered glass. The door provides a good insulation performance.

Custom Designed Grilles and Transom

Divided lite windows and doors offer unique architectural solutions for buildings without compromising energy efficiency or aesthetics. Doorwin provides multiple muntin and glass options to customize your divided lite windows and doors. Further customization is available with a variety of colors and materials, creating an infinite number of design combinations to best suit your style.

In this project, we use SDLS (simulated divided lites with spacer bars), these bars permanently adhere to both sides of the glass, and spacer bars are installed between the glass, this is the most energy-efficient way to create the look of classical décor grilles. The windows in the bathroom bedroom and study have an Arch Transom Design, making these rooms, which are often used by the owner, have some traditional aesthetics.

BTW, Doorwin offers free design assistance, so if you need a custom design like this one, contact us right away and we will provide you with the most aesthetically and functionally pleasing design solution.

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For windows and doors, hardware is as important as the engine is to the car. The continuous technological innovation of the European hardware industry has strongly promoted the performance improvement and functional innovation of windows and doors. In this project, Doorwin uses Hoppe™ multi-point locks, hinges, and handles from Germany.

Multi-point lock systems provide not only the burglar-resistance but also a tighter compression seam, making the window keeps good energy-efficient performance. Together with Technoform Bautec’s insulation edge bond and sealant strips, these make up our products' top insulation and energy-saving performance.

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We have several international patents to reduce clients’ labor costs, such as our unique flanges and assembly type tubular design, which is different from the other products on the market. What sets us apart among Chinese counterpart is that all our products are equipped with nail fin structures for quick and easy installation. Labor costs during installation may exceed of the window and door price, therefore, our exclusive patent allows users to not only get a significant increase in installation efficiency, but also greatly reduce the labor cost of window and door installation. A cost that may bring you unexpected savings that far exceed the price difference you may care about now.

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With our own expertise, we provided the no-cost design development and contract documentation with CAD & BIM drawings, including elevation, details about the project, and installation help.

Before production, we will provide accurate sample drawings, which will clearly show the cross-sectional pattern, size, opening method and direction, pattern of the warm spacer, and the installation nodes. We will not go into production until you have signed off on the drawing to ensure that you receive a final product that meets the exact requirements of your project.

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Doorwin's professional packing system guarantees all products are delivered safely and without any damage. We apply a four-point packing system. Firstly, adhesive plastic film is applied on interior wood frames and exterior aluminum frames to avoid scratches on the surface. Then, a paper board is applied after we apply air bubble film surrounding the whole windows/ doors to avoid any destruction or clash. Lastly, we place them into a durable non-fumigation plywood crate to avoid any possible damage during transportation.

With years of experience shipping our products worldwide, we could guarantee to ship our products to their final destinations intact and without any damage.

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Doorwin is one of the most professional window & door manufacturers are known for its great customized products. In Doorwin, a variety of colors, styles, and sizes of products are available to meet the client’s unique requirements. We own three ISO9000-certified modern factories in China. With a factory area of 20,000 m2 and a production capacity of 100,000 m2 per year. Doorwin Group has the scale to ensure timely delivery and the flexibility to reduce manufacturing lead times to as short as 18 days.

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