Currently, people seriously began to think about how to make their housing not only stylish, fashionable, modern, but also comfortable, convenient for everything. Here you can work and relax, as well as dream of any things. Starting, almost every house in Europe was equipped with an attic, from which it was possible to admire the clear sky or dark clouds emitting rain or snow, in the sun playing with rays or the moon that emits a chilling atmosphere, bringing an extraordinary romantic atmosphere, as well as of course on Stars.
It was all possible to see through the windows available on the roof. Subsequently, they were called “attic windows” in honor of the architect Francois Mansar, who worked in Paris in the 17th century. It was he who gave the world the concept of “attic”.
Definition: “The attic is a living room of an attic type formed on the top floor of the house with an attic roof”
It is about the attic windows that I would like to tell in my article.
As I wrote earlier, in order for the attic floor to be lit, and also have coziness, windows are needed. Here you can use ordinary vertical windows, but the best option is to use special, attic windows, which are placed with an inclination up to 90 degrees.
What recommendations should be taken into account when choosing windows for the attic.
A large disadvantage of vertical windows is that you need to consider that their total length should not exceed half the length of the roof.
The advantage of specialized attic windows is that they are an integral part of the roof surface, so their number, total width and placement on the roof are not limited at all.
To successfully place the window, the top of the window opening should be at least two meters from the floor. Solar attic lighting should ideally flow throughout the floor. The attic windows pass only the right amount of light with a smaller area of the opening. It was proved that the ratio of the area of attic windows to the floor area is 1 to 10. This means that a person will be quite enough on ten square meters of floor area, one square meter of window area.
A huge plus of attic windows is that they provide complete comfort, which is expressed:
Isolate from external noise
Have increased strength
Adapted to any weather (rainfalls, snowfalls), protected on the outside of external influences by aluminum overlays with a polymer coating
Depending on the package, can be sunscreen
These windows open depending on the suspension of the sash. The most popular windows with medium -willed opening. The location of the handle can be either below or at the top. The window can be recorded in different positions for possible ventilation. Some types of these windows are also equipped with special screw-valve. After installing the attic windows, it is necessary to correctly perform slopes and window sills (not always). The slopes under the window are made vertically, and horizontally above the window, which will provide the desired circulation of warm air.
When installing window sills, they need to be done with a minimum indentation from the walls, so that the air gap remains, and the window could rotate around its axis.
For attic windows, special necessary accessories are sold:
Curtains and blinds, for adjusting light rays (sun, moon, stars)
Marquiset, to reduce the penetration into the house of excessive heat. Naturally, he is attached outside, not letting the rays heat your already warm room.
Remote opening system in order to control windows that you cannot get to.