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Aluminium the Most Preferred Material For Sliding Doors And Windows

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  Going by the traditional practice wood was supposed to be the material of choice to make doors and windows of houses, offices and other civil constructions. There were days when the sliding doors and windows were introduced, way back decades ago, they were made with wood with metal bearings on which the doors or windows would ride on. Later on as the advancement took over like in other sectors, these wooden windows paved way for windows that were made out of metals like iron and similar metals. But as the days went on iron used in them would begin to corrode and rust, thereby reducing its demand in spite of its strength over the other metals. If iron had to be used then, either it would have to be painted or electroplated with chromium which was then the only choice. But then both the processes were an extra piece of job which obviously would make the entire procedure cost more. Since the matter of its economy was not an acceptable feature, users and fabricators had...

Sliding Doors And Windows Adding Elegance With Expertise

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  Contemporary aluminium sliding doors and windows are certainly an artistic aspect that adds to the beauty of residential buildings and offices along with a high class expertise and technology. Since sliding doors and windows open by the mechanism of sliding parallel to the wall or similar surfaces it obviously has certain advantages over the traditional or the conventional doors and windows that are fixed to the surface by means of hinges which makes them a bit too rigid in terms of opening and closing and overall the space it consumes. Although sliding aluminium doors and windows are usually used in cases of modern constructions, they have also found a place in automobile industry too. Nowadays certain makers of vans and automobiles are also employing the sliding doors for their models in order to avert the hassle of opening the usual hinged doors in congested places especially in parking lots and similar places. As a general logic sliding doors and windows can be...

Sliding Doors And Windows Invention And Evolution Over Time

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  The concept of a sliding glass door and window was quite a significant constituent of a global style structural design way back in the European continents and the North American region. Even long before this transformation in the architecture, the Japanese already had been making use of this concept of sliding doors and windows which were traditionally known as shōji & fusuma sliding panel doors or windows. The post-war period that is during the mid-nineteenth century, a drastic transformation in the modern architectural styles, especially in civil structures like hotels, multi-level offices and residences, malls and super markets, in order to save space and add to the cosmetic look of the structure, these sectors adopted the sliding doors and windows as regular section of the civil construction. This trend later on spread to the building construction sector in different regions and countries over the globe. The first traditional sliding doors and windows desig...

The Concept of Sliding Doors And Windows A General Perspective

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  An elegant and appealing mechanism of a special kind of door which slides to open instead of flying by with the help of a hinge attached to one side is a sliding door. These sliding doors open cross way by a sliding mechanism running almost parallel to the wall or other suitable support. Usually used in bathrooms as shower door, screen door and in automobile vans, the sliding door is also known as patio door, which can be made of wood, aluminium and stainless steel.  However visually it appears attractive when finished in unbreakable plastic glass. Sliding doors of big sizes are seen to be installed in airports and star hotels. These doors are mostly automatic doors with motors fixed in order to carry out the sliding action. Doors fixed in the airport terminals or in star hotels are also equipped with sensors wherein when an entrant comes in front of these sensor fitted doors they automatically open and close. Apart from being extremely popular and prevalent i...