Single tilt and turn window in VEKA Softline 70 AD

Softline 70 AD is VEKA's entry-level profile: 70 mm frame depth, five chambers and a Uf of 1.3 W/m²K. AD stands for Anschlagdichtung, a rebate seal. The profile works with two sealing levels, one inside and one outside; it has no third seal in the middle. That makes it slimmer and simpler than the MD versions. The rebate takes glass up to 42 mm. The design is classic, with slightly rounded edges, and the sash comes in a stepped and a semi-stepped version. The outer walls are 3 mm thick, which puts the profile in class A of DIN EN 12608. VEKA supplies it in more than fifty colours and woodgrain finishes, with grey seals. The window opens inwards: tilt and turn, side-hung, tilt-only or a door.

VEKA's entry-level uPVC window with a rebate seal: 70 mm, 5 chambers and Uf 1.3 W/m²K.

New build. Possible, but at Uf 1.3 the profile insulates less well than most of the uPVC profiles we offer. For a new build, the Softline 76 MD and 82 MD are the more obvious choice.

Renovation. Suitable, especially where depth is short: at 70 mm the frame sits less far into the wall.

VEKA Softline 76 MD. Same make, 6 mm deeper and with a centre seal: three seals instead of two. The Uf drops from 1.3 to 1.1 and it takes glass up to 48 mm instead of 42 mm. You do see more profile: 112 mm of frame and sash against 99 mm.

VEKA Softline 82 MD. The deepest Softline: 82 mm, 7 chambers in the outer frame and Uf 1.0 against 1.3. It takes glass up to 54 mm. Choose it if insulation matters more to you than a slim profile.

One pane, two ways to open: tilt for a small gap at the top, turn to open it fully.

A tilt and turn window is the basis most of our other window layouts are built on. Tilting sets the sash to a fixed gap at the top, secure enough to leave open overnight; turning opens it fully on its side hinges, for a proper airing or to clean the outside of the glass from inside the room. Both positions are in the same hardware and the same handle. A side-hung casement has only the second position and a bottom-hung tilt-in window only the first; a tilt and turn window has both.

The standard size is 1,200 × 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. This is the pane that most layouts on this site combine with a fixed pane, a tilt-in top light or a second tilt and turn sash — you can also order it on its own, as a single pane in its own frame.

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