SWA guides on the installation of steel windows and doors

The Steel Window Association has developed a series of fact sheets; all are viewable and downloadable here. The following is a synopsis of the installation fact sheet which has been compiled by the industry’s experts.

Steel windows and doors are designed for fixing directly into structural openings of masonry, concrete, brick, block or steelwork. They can be inserted into subframes of metal, plastic or timber, particularly when bolder sightlines are desired.

Glazing techniques

Glazing techniques can vary from metal casement putty fronting of single glass to drained and ventilated systems with beads for insulating glass units.

This guide offers advice to frames of hot rolled steel – W10, W20, W30, W40, SMW – and of cold formed hollow profiles, either replacing windows in existing buildings or destined for new construction. Each manufacturer will have their own variations. It is strongly recommended that the manufacturers’ specialist fixing and glazing services be employed for all but the most straightforward single light ‘hole-in-wall’ installations.

Standards

All windows produced by SWA members in hot rolled steel sections to BS 6510 are protected by the hot dip galvanizing process. This is in accordance with BS EN ISO 1461.

To read the full fact sheet, click here.

For further information on the Steel Window Association or if you’re interested in becoming a member, visit www.steel-window-association.co.uk