I have posted on the forum that we love the way the windows look. Performance wise, I would say, it does provide sound insulation, is quite well sealed (not much dust in the house) and I have not seen any leaks (in the one year we have had it). There was one small leak - but that was due to the seal being insufficient and once they fixed that, it has been great.pvr59ksl wrote: ,
Thank you for the speedy reply. One more clarification. Are you satisfied with the UPVC windows ? Have you ever felt that wood would have been better ? Did you find any problems with the windows ? I am thinking of going in for LGHAUSYS UPVC windows because of cost considerations.
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In terms of wood vs. UPVC, I would go with UPVC. Here in the US we had wood windows in our old house for 8 years, the paint used to fade and peel and needed work to maintain it. And now in the new house for the last 17 years we have UPVC and that we have not had to do anything (no paint nothing), perhaps we fixed a few screens (mosquito nets) which got brittle with the change in weather (extreme cold and hot).
So my preference would be UPVC anyday for the following reasons -
1. looks (we got wood finish UPVC and it looks wonderful)
2. Peformance - good sound and dust insulation.
3. Maintenance - not much (some regular cleaning - which would be required for wood windows as well).
The only down side is cost wise it is higher, I feel we spent about 2-3 times the cost of wood,
But then in the long run, we will have no maintenance and that will make up for the initial investment. If the sealing is done well, we will also save in energy costs (if you plan on installing AC etc.). I have not installed that in Bengaluru.