Factory finished windows either opaque (‘painted’) or translucent (‘stained’) in a range of RAL colours offer the best possible performance with maximum weather protection and longevity of product.
All areas of the window (including rebates and end grain) are fully coated compared to just the ‘seen faces’ when site decorating is carried out.
Factory spray application of modern, microporous finishing systems produces a window which requires minimum maintenance.
Factory Finished windows do not need re-decorating for up to 8 years and have a subsequent 5-8 year decoration cycle.
Factory application using modern spray facilities ensures a very high ‘build’ of finish (typically 120 microns dry).
This compares to approximately 30 microns dry for site brush application. Factory finished windows typically have four times the paint ‘build’ of brush applied windows.
Compared to PVC windows timber windows can be made to look like new by decoration whilst the deterioration (yellowing and greying) of PVC windows cannot be avoided.
Timber windows actually require little more maintenance than PVC windows. Crucially timber windows have a maintenance advantage in so far as they can be repaired if necessary.
