Installation Guide - Heritage Windows Wherever practicable all four sides of the frame should be secured as follows. When building up components into the required assembly, care should be taken to keep coupling joints equal, and frames both aligned and plumb. When coupling joints are also to be used as expansion joints, they should have seals, such as bedding mastic, expanding bituminized tapes, or flexible polymer gaskets, placed within the joint during the assembly operation. It is not sufficient to rely solely on external pointing sealant. Coupled assemblies should be fastened together in accordance with the manufacturer. Where the coupling is structural, the system supplier. Installation of windows and doorsets should be installed plumb and square within the aperture, without twist, racking or distortion of any member in accordance with the manufacturer.
- Installation Details Weatherproofing of windows. At corners of the outer frame where the aluminium reveal fins do not meet up, the corners are to be factory tape sealed (waterproof tape) to protect the timber reveals.
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The new frame should bridge the DPM. Any damaged DPM should be repaired. The frame should be set as far back in the reveal as is feasible for better weather performance. The correct movement gap should be provided.
New Build the position of the window or doorset within the reveal is normally agreed at the time of original design and the installation should be in accordance with the agreed design. Open Cavities Open cavities discovered between inner and outer skins of brick or blockwork should be bridged or closed with an insulating material. Care should be taken to maintain the integrity of the DPM, and adequate purchase for fixing screws should be ensured, if need be with extended fixing lugs. Installation packers Installation packers should be used adjacent to fixing positions to prevent outer framedistortion during installation. Installation packers should be resistant to compression,rot and corrosion. They should span the full depth of the outer frame.
The fixingsshould be tightened so that the frame is held securely against the packers. Over 1. 0 tightening can lead to distortion and should be avoided. Some lugs need to be packed off the substrate to prevent distortion.
Where enhanced security is required, additional packers might be necessary adjacent to hinge and locking points. Finishing Debris or contaminants should be removed and any drainage paths should be cleared. Internal reveals should be made good as agreed, ready for the purchaser to redecorate if necessary. Any materials such as trims or sealant should not be applied on top of loose material. Protective tapes should be removed as soon as practicable, as ageing of tapes can cause difficulties in removal. Refer to the manufacturer.
Sand and cement should not be used to fill the gap between the outer frame and the substrate except for backfill for steel windows, nowadays usually limited to windows in stone surrounds or interior fair- faced brick and concrete. Where the replacement product has a smaller front to back dimension than the original, then there might be a mastic and/or paint line visible on the substrate which should be removed as much as practicable or covered with a trim.
The method of, and responsibility for, repair to any render should be as agreed with the purchaser. Installation – Fixing. There are two principal methods of fixing available, which may be used separately or in combination: throughframe fixings and lug fixings.
The surveyor is responsible for specifying the nature, location and quantity of thefixings, taking into account the manufacturer. It is the responsibility of the installation company toensure suitability, whether by recourse to third- party assessment or by some other means. Imposed Loads For correct fixing, each frame member should be fixed to the substrate or to an adjacent window or doorset to resist all likely imposed loads that could cause the frame to deflect. Fixing Considerations Fixing methods are affected by: the presence or absence of a wall cavity; the nature and condition of any cavity; the relative position of the frame and cavity; the position of the plaster line and the need to minimize disturbance and damage to interior decorations; the design of the reveal; any requirements for fire resistance. Placement Wherever practicable the sides of the frame should be secured in accordance with the recommendations. If it is impossible to follow these recommendations, then, on large contracts, alternative positions should be agreed with the purchaser, and on domestic installations, the closest possible fixing positions should be used. Form Fixing The presence of pre- cast concrete or steel lintels can make it impracticable or pose severe difficulties in achieving the recommended fixing distances.
In these instances the use of polyurethane foam has proved a useful adjunct to mechanical fixings, but foam fixings should under no circumstances be used as the sole method of fixing the entire frame into the reveal. Lug Fixing/Direct Fix A twist in such as ACVL1.
Screws should be sized to penetrate at least 2. Connections to steelwork up to 2 mm thick such as folded sheet lintels should be made with appropriate thread cutting screws. Connections to steelwork over 2 mm thick should be either into pre- tapped holes with machine screws of minimum 5 mm diameter, or with power- driven hardened self- drilling screws. Other proprietary mechanical fixing methods are available but will not necessarily be suitable for a given application. Fixings should be at least as corrosion- resistant as BS EN 1.
Grade. Installation – Glazing. Windows and doorsets can be delivered ready glazed, alternatively they can be supplied with glass units and pre- formed glazing gaskets to be applied on site in accordance with the manufacturer. Some, systems in particular evolution, require glazing tapes. In all cases the manufacturer. All glazing should conform to the recommendations given in the relevant part of BS 6. In addition, any glass or insulating glassunit manufacturer.
Defective units should not be used. Installation Insulating glass units, setting and location blocks, distance pieces, frame to glass and bead to glass gaskets, bead to frame airseals, corner sealing blocks, beads and bead end caps, bedding and capping sealants should be installed in accordance with BS 8. Setting Blocks Figure 5 shows the setting and location block positions recommended in BS 6.
Insulating/Safety Glass Insulating glass units incorporating safety glass should be oriented with the safety glass on the appropriate side. It is a legal requirement that the marking on the safety glass remains visible after installation.
Insulating glass units with low emissivity coatings should be oriented in accordance with the manufacturer. Suitable sealants exhibit and retain flexibility and adhesion over this period. The movement class for the sealant will depend on the substrate material, the frame material and the dimensions of the joint between the frame and the opening. Sealant Type Sealants should be tested and classified in accordance with BS EN ISO 1.
Unless an unusual and specific known requirement determines otherwise, they should be of low modulus and high elasticity, with movement capability of at least 2. These characteristics should be identified on their packaging as class 2.
LM or 2. 5LM. Considerations of perimeter joints should be sealed, with a sealant appropriate to: the frame surface; the substrate material; joint size and configuration; anticipated joint movement; anticipated exposure to weather. It is essential that sealants are compatible with the frame material and the substrate. The presence of old oil- based mastics and bituminous DPMs can adversely affect the behaviour or appearance of otherwise correctly specified and applied sealants, through the migration of hydrocarbons to the surface of the new sealants. Consequent photo- oxidation of the migrant products can affect sealant performance and produce discoloration.
This risk should be avoided by removal of unwanted mastic and by keeping sealant away from DPMs. In situations where sealants rely upon atmospheric moisture to initiate curing, deep filling should be avoided.
Sealant Backing The sealant should be applied against a firm backing so that it is forced against the sides of the joint during application. To avoid failure in service, the sealant should not adhere to the backing because this would restrict the lateral movement of the joint. These recommendations can be achieved through the use of a closed- cell, oversize circular foam strip. For aluminium framed windows and doorsets, recommended best practice is to have aninsulating fill inserted or injected wherever practicable around their full perimeter behind the external seal between frame and structural opening. Trims and pressings All trims should be compatible with the material of the frame and should be colour matched where specified.
Finishing trims, where used externally, should be good exterior quality materials used in accordance with the manufacturer. Cellular extruded PVC- UE trims should conformto BS 7.