In order to maintain comfort in an apartment or house, it is necessary to constantly maintain heat in the living room. Today, modern technologies will improve the quality of human life in many ways. So, a new metal-plastic window to order contributes to a more aesthetic appearance of the opening, and most importantly, better heat preservation in the house. Of course, despite the quality of the profile, blowing can occur due to improper installation of the structure or certain features of buildings. To improve these indicators, a wildcard profile was created.
Purpose of the part
This mounting element is able to have a positive impact not only during installation, but also before it.
So, a wildcard profile is needed:
- to protect the main profile during storage, lifting to the installation site and transportation;
- quick and high-quality leveling of the main structure for secure fastening;
- providinglack of cold bridges under the windowsill;
- installing additional window details.
It is worth noting that the installation of a stand profile enhances all of the above advantages when using mounting foam. Together, the bar and foam provide maximum energy saving and reliability of the installed profile.
Interestingly, experienced specialists in big cities do not consider the cost of this item separately. Each window to order already has a price, taking into account the cost of this profile. Less experienced companies rarely use the element in question in their work by default, so you can still purchase a window sill profile as a separate element.
Building Features
Modern construction differs little from Soviet construction in certain architectural parameters. The fact is that all multi-storey buildings contribute to the flow of air around them from above, which creates a certain pressure under the external window tides. That is why cold bridges are most often formed precisely under the windows, in the place where air is injected from the outside of the building.
This draughty effect helps keep the stand profile to a minimum.
What is a part
This element is always made of high strength plastic, resistant to temperature and moisture. This difference can be seen even in the color of the material, which is always slightly darker than the plastic of the window itself.
Outwardly, the stand profile for PVC windows is a plank,necessary for reliable fastening of ebbs and window sills. During the manufacture of the part, a certain design and section is attached, which, during the service life of the element, allows you to securely attach additional parts of the window profile to itself and keep the maximum amount of heat in the house. The window sill during installation must be as long as the entire window. In this case, the bar should fit as closely as possible to the insulating material.
Today, such an additional element is already considered a necessity for high-quality work and is made according to certain features of window profiles. So, if the window has a standard set of external ebbs made of any metal, it is recommended to use a specialized profile with a “cap” for installation. Such an element can greatly facilitate the installation and fastening of additional parts of the window, as well as provide protection against water leakage into the room.
Why you need to set a profile
Most often, its main advantages are invisible at first glance, and due to the dissimilarity of the detail in color with the main window, many have certain concerns.
In fact, after all the installation work, the window sill profile is not visible at all, but at the same time it continues to work for the rest of the time:
- keeping the house warm;
- eliminating the possibility of cold bridges;
- ensuring the correct leveling of the entire window;
- preserving the performance of fittings for a long time.
In addition, the PVC window support profile ensures that the window is delivered to the installation site intact, without scratches and dirt. The profile also provides workers with easier work, and therefore reduces the time to install one window profile. This effect is achieved by eliminating the need to drill secondary holes in the body of the window frame itself to install external and internal elements. By the way, the rules for mounting metal-plastic profiles themselves prohibit such operations, since extra holes contribute to the violation of the thermal insulation of the entire window and contribute to the speedy cracking and destruction of the entire structure.
Standard sizes and requirements
No matter what size the window, sill or flashing is, substructures are made to standard sizes and then simply cut to the desired length on a case-by-case basis. So, depending on the manufacturer, the profile can be 2-4 cm wide and 2-3 cm high. The length of the bar is always 6 meters.
It is very important that the thickness of the plank walls be at least 0.2 cm, since only this size can fully provide thermal insulation for the lower part of the window. Also, the profile must have at least 2 cameras.
Installation features
In order to correctly carry out all the necessary work on installing a window, a specialist must take into account the characteristics of the materials of the walls of the building, window sills, the window profile itself and much more. So, if there is a layer of heat-insulating material in the room onwalls, only the accuracy of their segments can ensure the full preservation of heat in the future. The support profile in this case acts only as a specific seam.
The whole installation process is:
- installing and aligning the substitution bar in place of the window;
- Checking the correctness when installing the window profile itself;
- if necessary, additional fitting of parts;
- installing the window itself;
- filling the space between the wall and the profile with mounting foam.
If the bar is not included with the profile, experts can put wooden blocks under the window to raise it to the desired level.
Benefit when installing the bar
Due to certain features of the construction of high-rise buildings, it was rarely possible to avoid the appearance of cold bridges under the windows. To smooth out such a problem, they began to install heating radiators strictly under window openings, but today designers are trying to move away from this design technique. That is why the problem of window insulation has become as relevant as possible, and now it can be solved even at the profile installation stage, immediately eliminating possible cold air passages in the future.
The use of a window sill profile during installation allows homeowners today not to worry about possible drafts or moisture entering the room through the lower, vulnerable, seams between windows and walls.
In addition, the bar is tightly attached to the insulating material in the form of mounting foam or tapes forvapor barrier and vapor permeability. Also, a window sill is easily attached to it, and the design features of the element allow you to securely hold the window level for a long time, while maintaining the performance of the fittings.
Thanks to a wide range of modern profile options, they can be mounted on standard windows or with any individual features. Also, the choice of window sill material does not affect the quality of fastening at all.
Additional benefit
A very important positive aspect when choosing this element in the installation is that the installation of the profile does not at all exclude the use of standard anchors or consoles at the bottom of the window when installing the window. The inner side of each plate, designed to accommodate an interior window sill, is always compatible with mounting plates that make it easy to mount a wide variety of window sill models.
Also, the absence of end caps and holes for draining water gives the aesthetics of the whole structure. It turns out this is due to the ability to ensure the removal of excess moisture through a special drainage hole in the window sill.
Summing up
The presence of a substitute profile in the design not only provides home owners with a warm future, but also facilitates the work of profile installers. This detail allows window installers to reduce the number of negative reviews about the quality of their work, and with absolutely no effort to do so.
To make the window, window sill and the whole structure inIn general, they provided the owners of the apartment with only warmth and comfort, it is enough to involve professional workers in the installation of the profile and purchase high-quality materials for this. Specialists must take into account all the features of each of the materials used, including the walls of the house.
Conclusion
The wildcard profile has already been tested by companies from many countries today. Due to the absence of complaints from customers about blowing after its installation, such an installation system is already used today as the main one among European companies. Practicality and quality are gradually gaining popularity in our country.
Modern window sill models are developed by leading experts, taking into account all possible window profile variations. The replacement part is now compatible with all window profiles, sealing strips and window sills. To get the maximum effect of thermal insulation, when using this element in the installation, it is enough to use high-quality mounting materials. In addition, you can fill the slat chambers with polyurethane foam to seal the window system and increase thermal insulation parameters.
