uPVC Windows
ENCRAFT Fold & Slide Windows
ENCRAFT Fold & Slide Windows are designed to deliver smooth operation, flexible opening configurations, and seamless integration with a wide range of architectural styles and spaces. The system supports multiple window panels, allowing configurations from 2 to 7 panels and creating a wide, unobstructed opening when fully folded.
ENCRAFT Fold & Slide Windows
ENCRAFT Fold & Slide Windows are designed to deliver smooth operation, flexible opening configurations, and seamless integration with a wide range of architectural styles and spaces. The system supports multiple window panels, allowing configurations from 2 to 7 panels and creating a wide, unobstructed opening when fully folded.
Precision-engineered hardware enables the panels to move smoothly along the system, providing reliable performance and controlled operation. Dedicated top and bottom guidance components help maintain proper panel alignment throughout the opening and closing cycle.
Key highlights
- Flexible Opening Direction: Available in both inward-opening and outward-opening configurations.
- Multiple Panel Options: Available in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7-panel configurations.
- Dedicated Guide System: ENCRAFT top guide and bottom track are designed to maintain accurate panel alignment and smooth movement.
- Wide Glazing Options: Supports glazing configurations from 4 mm single glazing up to 36 mm triple glazing.
- Large Opening Capability: Frame widths of up to 18'8" can be achieved with a maximum height of 9'.
- Sash Weight Capacity: Each sash can support a maximum weight of 100 kg, ensuring reliable performance within the specified configuration.
Frequently asked questions
uPVC insulates far better and costs less for ordinary residential openings. Thermally broken aluminium is stronger, so it carries larger panels with slimmer frames. We usually specify uPVC for bedrooms, kitchens and bathrooms, and aluminium for very large sliders, stairwell glazing and anything above about 2.4 metres tall.
Not if the profile is UV stabilised and lead-free, which ours are. Yellowing happens with cheap unstabilised profile or recycled material. We supply a written warranty against discolouration.
An acoustic laminated inner pane inside a double-glazed unit, with the two panes at different thicknesses and a wide cavity. Just as important, choose a casement or tilt-and-turn window rather than a slider, because the sash needs to compress onto its gaskets to seal.
Yes. We bend profile on a heated forming table from a site template, so semi-circular, segmental and elliptical heads are all possible, fixed or with an operable lower sash.
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