Inward-opening casement in Salamander bluEvolution 82 MD

bluEvolution 82 MD is Salamander's uPVC window system: 82 mm frame depth, six chambers, a centre seal and a Uf of 0.98 W/m²K. Salamander has had the system certified for passive houses. It comes in five profile shapes. The sight line of outer frame and sash together is 123 mm. The centre seal gives three sealing levels between outer frame and sash, and the chambers carry steel reinforcement. With suitable glass and hardware the window reduces sound by up to 47 dB and reaches burglar resistance up to RC 3. The design has won a red dot and a German Design Award. Salamander is a German make sold mainly in Germany; many Polish manufacturers also work with this profile. The window opens inwards: tilt and turn, side-hung, tilt-only or a door.

Salamander's passive-house certified window in five profile shapes: 82 mm and Uf 0.98 W/m²K.

New build. Suitable. The room for glass up to 60 mm makes it a logical choice if you want thick glass.

Renovation. Suitable. Do check that there is 82 mm of depth in the existing opening, and bear in mind that all the windows open inwards.

Schüco LivIng Vlak. The same 82 mm frame depth and almost the same Uf: 1.0 against 0.98. The LivIng Vlak is 3 mm slimmer in view, 120 mm against 123 mm, but takes glass up to 52 mm instead of 60 mm.

Kömmerling 76 MD. Also a centre seal and 6 chambers, but 6 mm shallower: 76 mm. It is slimmer in view, 116 mm against 123 mm, with glass up to 50 mm and Uf 1.0 against 0.98. Choose it if you have less depth in the wall.

A side-hung casement opens only one way — it turns inward on its hinges — and that is exactly why it costs less than a tilt and turn window.

A tilt and turn window has two positions: tilt (a gap at the top, secure enough to leave open overnight) and turn (fully open, also for cleaning). An inward-opening side-hung casement has only the second. That means less hardware and so a lower price, and the window stays just as easy to clean from inside. What you give up is the tilt position: there is no way to set the window to a small gap without it also being able to swing fully open.

The standard size is 1,000 × 1,400 mm, hinged on the left; in the configurator you set the size yourself, and you tell us the hinge side with your quote request. Choose a side-hung casement for a room where you rarely tilt and do value the full airflow when it's open — a store room, a garage, or a window nobody leaves on a night-time gap.

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