Front door with two side panels in Schüco LivIng Vlak

The Schüco LivIng Vlak is the LivIng version in which the sash sits in one plane with the outer frame, for a flush, continuous face on the elevation. The windows are tilt and turn, so the sash opens inwards — this is not a British flush casement, which opens out. Schüco LivIng is Schüco's uPVC window and door system: 82 mm frame depth for both outer frame and sash, seven chambers, and glazing from 24 to 52 mm thick. It comes with a rebate seal (Uf 1.00 W/m²K) or a centre seal (Uf 0.96 W/m²K), and reaches up to Rw 47 dB, burglar resistance class RC2, watertightness class 9A and wind load class B5. About the name of this version: the four LivIng versions we supply differ in how the sash looks — how it sits in relation to the outer frame. Which geometry belongs to this name exactly is not in the manufacturer documentation we hold; that documentation names the sash shapes differently. So we don't give millimetres here that we haven't measured. Once it is confirmed, it will be on this page.

Schüco's uPVC system: 82 mm frame depth and Uf 1.00 W/m²K (0.96 with a centre seal).

A fixed glazed panel on both sides of the door: this frame gives the door a symmetrical surround and lights the hall from two sides.

Where the front door with side panel on the left and the front door with side panel on the right add one side panel, this layout adds one on each side. That gives a symmetrical look — the door in the middle, with the same amount of glass on each side — and the most light in the hall of the three side-panel options. It also needs the widest opening of the three.

The standard size is 1,850 × 2,100 mm: the 1,000 mm door in the middle, with a side panel of just over 400 mm on each side. If that width doesn't fit the wall, the front door with side panel on the left or on the right, with one side panel, is the narrower choice.

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