uPVC Sliding Windows Sydney

A sliding window moves within its own frame footprint, which makes it the answer wherever a swinging sash would be a nuisance - over a kitchen bench, beside a path, onto a narrow side passage, or in a bedroom where furniture sits under the window. The trade-off is ventilation: at best you open half the aperture, where a casement of the same size opens all of it.

Getting a slider to seal properly

This is where most single glazed aluminium sliders fail. A sliding sash cannot compress against a gasket the way a hinged one does, so the seal depends entirely on the quality of the brush and gasket detailing in the track and on the frame being rigid enough not to bow. Our sliders use European profiles with steel reinforcement in the sash and interlocking meeting stiles, which is what keeps the acoustic and thermal performance close to the hinged styles rather than well below them.

When to choose something else

If the room needs maximum airflow and the sash has somewhere to swing, a casement will outperform a slider for the same money. If the opening is wide and short, an awning is usually the better proportion. We will say so at the measure - the point of an itemised quote is that you can see what each opening is costing and change your mind on any of them.

Sizes and configurations

Two-panel and three-panel configurations, with one or more sashes fixed depending on how you want the opening to work. Frames accept insulated glass units up to 44mm, so acoustic laminated glass is available on sliders as well - worth specifying if the window faces a road.