Aluminum-Wood (AluWood) Windows and Doors

We offer high-end Aluminum-Wood windows made of combined profiles of the AluWood system, combining the best qualities of three materials: the beauty of natural wood, the strength and durability of aluminum and the ability of polyamide to retain heat. This combination of three materials in one profile of the window/door system is considered the most progressive and has undeniable advantages over any known modern wood, metal-plastic or aluminum systems.

On the interior, wood is a natural material with good heat-insulating properties, architecturally expressive, perfectly combined with any interior details.

On the exterior, aviation-grade aluminum a weather-resistant and very durable material, which is the basis for fastening fittings, glass units, which does not require special care of the surface and periodic painting, which is inevitable for the outer part of wooden windows. In between, polyamide insulation joining wood and aluminum into a single profile.

Are wood or wood-aluminum clad windows a good fit?

Modern wooden windows have many undeniable advantages. The tree has an image of a beautiful, expensive and prestigious material. Well-crafted wood is superior in terms of aesthetics, design and interior beauty. However, from an engineering point of view today, wood is not the best material for making windows.

A wooden window has poor climatic resistance, even modern paints and varnishes cannot effectively protect wood from exposure to sunlight, water, acid precipitation, salt fog (important in coastal areas), frost. Therefore, the service life of wooden windows without losing their original quality readings is severely limited. For these reasons, wooden windows have to be restored or protected from the outside with aluminum strips.

However, the experience of operating such windows has shown that despite the seemingly unchanged appearance of the window, the destruction of the protective layer of wood also occurs under the aluminum linings, but somewhat more slowly. And it is imperceptible visually, because covered with overlays. The main reason for the destruction of the protective paint and varnish layer of wood is the high number of transitions through the zero degrees mark on the exterior. It may happen from 20 to 70 times per year based on the region.

A new innovative product – tilt and turn aluminum-wood windows (not wood aluminum clad windows):

Experts noticed that in conditions of high humidity and salt fog in coastal sea regions, where high-end wood – aluminum clad products are especially in demand, the destruction of the protective layer of wood under the aluminum linings can occur even faster than without them. Wood is a porous medium capable of absorbing and releasing moisture, while changing its geometric dimensions, which painfully affects the corner joints of window frames and leads to a loss of strength of the wooden structure as a whole, and eventually destruction.

Realizing the impossibility of finding one universal window material, the designers came to the conclusion that the way out is to create combined window constructions from different materials, each of which will show its best qualities in them.

We offer high-end Aluminum-Wood windows made of combined profiles of the AluWood system, combining the best qualities of three materials: the beauty of natural wood, the strength and durability of aluminum and the ability of polyamide to retain heat. This combination of three materials in one profile of the window/door system is considered the most progressive and has undeniable advantages over any known modern wood, metal-plastic or aluminum systems.

The constructive solution of the AluWood system guarantees high operational and energy-saving properties, ideal aesthetic perception, as well as a long service life of the windows.

Example of an AluWood Profile System:

Components
01
Self-supporting aviation aluminum profile
02
Elegant Treated Wooden Interior
03
Two-chamber argon filled glass panes
04
Self-supporting aluminum inner frame
05
Polyamide Thermal Bridge
06
Extruded Polystyrene Insulation
07
Frost-resistant EPDM Sealing x3
08
Vapor reduction warm THERMIX spacer
09
EPDM Glass Pane Gaskets
10
Nylon Thermal Bridge Clip
What’s inside of the AluWood System?

Self-supporting aviation-grade aluminum profiles that provide structural strength and durability.  The interior wooden part of the profile is made of patinated or tinted hardwood: Oak, Ash tree, Mahogany.

Unique polyamide material enables high thermal characteristics of the profile, it has an extremely low thermal conductivity. AluWood profile has two thermal breaks:

  1. first, polyamide, between the exterior and inner aluminum parts of the profile.
  2. The second, nylon break, joins the aluminum and wooden parts of the profile using a special clip system. This system makes it possible to level the differences in temperature fluctuations in the geometric dimensions of the wooden and aluminum components of the profile, which makes a significant contribution to the durability of window structures.

To increase the thermal insulation, the center of the polyamide profile is filled with extruded polystyrene gaskets.Three sealing contours made of frost-resistant EPDM material are installed (maximal chamber sealing tightness achieved). AluWood windows are equipped with two-chamber (argon filled) double-glazed windows with a thickness of 42 – 52 mm with energy-saving glasses. Triple and quadruple-glazed glass panes are also available with increased energy-efficiency ratings.

Warm THERMIX spacer is used to reduces vapor and optimize climate control. The sealing system of insulating glass units is implemented without the use of silicones by using EPDM gaskets. This is the most practical and durable version of the seal, which gives a tangible advantage over other products.

Benefits

50-Year Warranty

We are offering a 50-Year warranty for Aluminum Profiles used and after-warranty support for all of our products. Premium components, finest materials and advanced equipment enables us to produce windows that last. If taken good care of, these windows would serve for a long time.

Wood Patterns

Aluminum Exterior-facing layers may be painted to match interior wood used. It may resemble various kinds of wood or be painted using the latest technology (polymer powder-coating) with all common RAL system colors available.

Energy Efficiency

Unique multi-level thermal bridge insulation system, top-quality argon filled two, three or four chamber glass panes and highest quality execution provide impressive energy efficiency ratings and U factors of 0.59 - 0.74 W / m2 * C. Sealing qualities and thermal resistance exceed Energy Star ratings set for Canada.

Innovative profile system AluWood - PH

with powerful thermal insulating properties

AluWood - PH-BASIS-A

AluWood - PH-CLASSIC-B

AluWood - PH-COMBI-C

AluWood - PH-REFINED-D

AluWood - PH-STRICT-E

AluWood - PH-ANTIVANDAL-G

Technical Specifications - AluWood - PH

Profile thickness AluWood - PH:
123 - 135 mm
Glass unit thickness:
65 - 80 mm
The recommended formula for the glass unit:
4 + 16Ar + 4i + 16Ar + 4i + 16Ar + 4i
Warm spacer frames for TGI-Spacer insulating glass:
Ѱg = 0.051 W / m2K
Insulating glass unit heat transfer resistance:
Rog 1.70 m2 ° C / W
Heat transfer resistance of profile system:
Rof 0.85-0.92 m2 ° C / W
Heat transfer resistance of a window, area 2m2, in accordance with EN ISO 10077-2: 2003-12:
Row 1.4-1.45 m2 ° C / W
Sound insulation
34 dB
Thermal conductivity of Technoform Bautec polyamide thermal bridge:
0.300 W / mK
Outer shape of aluminum profiles:
6 variations
Internal shape of wooden profiles:
6 variations
Colors exterior:
Any RAL color or specific wood-like
lamination Colors interior:
Various options - Oak, Mahogany, Ash

Special attention is paid to interior finishes of the wood

Ash wood

Mahogany

Oak

Oak, ash and mahogany – go through all stages of processing, such as sawing, drying, sizing, profiling, grinding and others, undergo careful control and selection, leading to using in products only the highest quality wood that meets the highest requirements of aesthetics, design and durability.

A wide range of color solutions, combined with the possibilities of using various types of wood, enable us to decorate even the more sophisticated interiors. Special multi-layer coating is applied to carefully sanded wood with special dyes and varnishes to create a strong and durable SEMI-MATT or MATT SURFACE that will not change its properties for many years.

Additionally, we can produce and match interior door designs to align with the windows and your flooring.

Bending Aluminum and Steel Profiles

Soulwindows offers bended aluminum profile products like arched windows, doors, facade structures and individual arched elements.

With our extensive experience and modern bending machines, we are able to bend profiles of in thousand various configurations. Typically used for arched openings, winter gardens, unusual design configurations, domes, etc.

Product samples