Crittall – A Product Deep-Dive
These days, you can’t turn on a high-end architectural design show without seeing floor-to-ceiling interior steel screens or crittall style windows and stunning crittall style bifold doors. Offering minimal sightlines and super slim profiles, the crittall style has never been more popular for consumer, commercial, and heritage applications alike.
So, what is crittall? The crittall look is one that has been absolutely dominating the interior design world over the past few years, and for good reason, it looks genuinely stunning.
Essentially the crittall style means thin black steel or aluminium frames with glass panels and our range windows and doors have been specially designed and developed to meet the exacting requirements of refurbishment and renewal projects as well as, the most modern look of new-build projects as our current trends section further down will highlight.
Aluminium Advantages
Our Crittal style range is fabricated in aluminium which means they offer a high strength, light weight and cost effective solution to heritage renovation projects and modern homes alike, where thermal efficiency is of the utmost importance.
Check out the following benefits:
- Increased lifespan – Aluminium is widely regarded as having the longest lifespan of any framing material and the typical replacement period is a whopping 40 years.
- Low maintenance – Aluminium frames will never require repainting as they will never fade, all that is required for maintenance is a routine wipe down to keep the frames looking their best.
- Increased thermal efficiency – Most modern aluminium frames are thermally broken using polyamide as an insulator which reduces thermal transmittance offering outstanding thermal performance.
Alitherm Heritage Windows
Alitherm Heritage windows are the ones to watch for listed building renovations where planning constraints may be an issue. Planners love them, and we love them.
These windows are modular and stackable, designed to be installed in a series of horizontal rows, utilising horizontal couplers to form breathtaking multi-part panoramas with a true heritage aesthetic.
Features and Finish
- Like for like replacement for steel windows
- Polyamide thermal breaks provide enhanced thermal performance
- Single or dual colour
- Marine quality polyester powder coating as standard
Recommended Applications
- Tilt and turn windows
- Fixed Windows
- Top hung open out casement windows
- Single or double sash, side hung open out casements
Alitherm Heritage Doors
Designed to perfectly compliment the elegantly slim sightlines of Alitherm Heritage Windows, Alitherm Heritage Doors offer a truly stunning typical sightline of 59mm, effortlessly mimicking traditional steel doors.
These heritage door systems are ideal replacements for steel balcony doors in heritage applications such as apartment conversions and like-for-like renovations whilst offering all the advantages of modern aluminium profiles that feature polyamide thermal breaks, allowing for exceptional U ratings.
Features and Finish
- Available tape or gasket glazed
- Slim sightlines
- Multi-point locking
- Face-mounted shoot bolts
Recommended Applications
- Single and double doors