COMPARISON
Aluminum vs uPVC windows.
Both are European, both tilt-turn, both available double or triple glazed. The choice is about sightlines, span, budget and where the project sits. Here is the honest spec-level difference.
Side by side.
Aluminum
SIGHTLINESSLIMMEST
SPANSLARGEST — STRUCTURAL
UWTO 0.80 (TRIPLE)
FINISHANY RAL · DURABLE
MAINTENANCELOW
RELATIVE COSTHIGHER
BEST FORLARGE GLASS · CONTEMPORARY
uPVC
SIGHTLINESWIDER FRAME
SPANSMODERATE — STEEL-REINFORCED
UWFROM ~0.90 (TRIPLE)
FINISHWHITE · FOILED WOODGRAINS
MAINTENANCEVERY LOW
RELATIVE COSTLOWER
BEST FORVALUE · THERMAL PER $
Values are indicative and configuration-dependent per EN 14351-1. For a specific opening schedule we will spec both and price them — often a project mixes the two, aluminum where the glass is big and uPVC where it isn't seen.