Looking up at a tall building means great ambition. Such a dream does not foretell the fulfillment of a wish. Climbing the steps to a magnificent tall building is a sign of happy changes in your life.
To see a beautiful tall building in a dream with a well-groomed lawn in front of it means the fulfillment of a cherished desire. Such a dream predicts you a serene life of abundance, pleasant trips to distant lands and respect from others. Seeing new buildings in a dream means new beginnings.
Watching the construction of a building or taking part in it is a sign that you will soon start a new business. Being the owner of a beautiful building in a dream is a sign that you will become the master of your destiny and achieve a high position in society. Seeing an abandoned building in a dream is a sign that you will soon have problems in business.
If in a dream you refurbish an old building, then great success and wealth await you. Seeing an unfinished building in a dream is a sign that you will not be able to complete the job. Seeing a small cramped building in a dream means that you should be more modest. See interpretation: house, premises.
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If previously a round window most often served as a functional element of the under-roof space, now the scope of application of these products has expanded significantly. Today, such structures are increasingly decorating the facades of buildings and using them to create original interiors. A house with round windows looks much more interesting and respectable than buildings with standard rectangular openings. Since there are several varieties of these designs, it is necessary to have a basic minimum of knowledge about their features and differences. This article contains all necessary information about models with a round frame, which will help you make the right choice during the purchasing process.
Since round windows are called differently, it is advisable to know the terms that are additionally used to designate them. This will help avoid confusion and misunderstandings. Such products may be called “rose” or “Gothic rose”, and sometimes also a porthole. Also when using the term " dormer window“Most often they mean a round design.
Selecting material for round windows
On this moment for the manufacture of round frames and sashes, PVC or aluminum profiles are used, as well as natural wood. Radial shapes are given to these structures different ways, and their characteristics have some differences. In order not to make a mistake when choosing, you need to know the basic properties of each of the listed materials.
Round plastic windows
These models enjoy the highest popularity, which is explained by good characteristics and ease of use. Round plastic windows are made using thermal bending technology. In a special chamber, the profiles are heated and then, using pre-prepared templates, they are given the desired shape on a table with a perfectly smooth surface. Frozen plastic does not straighten and retains its previous properties. Thanks to this, round structures are successfully made from it, which have many advantages:- high level of noise absorption;
- energy efficiency;
- durability – up to 50 years;
- color fastness;
- tightness.
This method has one drawback - it is impossible to strengthen the frames and sashes. This is due to the fact that it is impossible to bend softened polyvinyl chloride together with hard metal. Inserting a radius liner into a frozen bent plastic workpiece will also not work, so the rigidity of such structures depends entirely on the properties of the PVC profile. As a result, large products without internal jumpers have a risk of deformation, which can cause depressurization.
To make large round windows, PVC profile in rare cases they are reinforced. Using special technology, it is more labor-intensive and expensive. To add rigidity, a special reinforcing tab is used. It, together with the profile, is softened in a thermal bath, since it is made of a composite material that can change its hardness. After heat treatment The inner liner is quickly and accurately inserted into the profile chamber. The rest of the sequence of actions is exactly the same as in the manufacture of round windows without reinforcement.
A machine has already been developed and is being produced that can give plastic profiles a curved shape without placing them in a thermal bath. Bending is performed using 3 plastic rollers and a hair dryer, which minimally heats the PVC. This equipment gives hope for the imminent appearance available technology reinforcement of round windows.
Round aluminum windows
Depending on energy efficiency requirements, round aluminum window can be made from both cold and warm profiles. This allows you to avoid overpaying when products are ordered for installation in unheated rooms. Unlike cold ones, which are entirely made of aluminum, warm windows are made from profile systems with an additional liner made of polymer material. This element has low thermal conductivity, which helps without extra costs maintain a comfortable indoor temperature.
Cold and warm windows are made using profile bending equipment, which allows metal blanks to be given the desired shape. This technology is based on the fact that aluminum profiles are passed through a system of rollers. Under the influence of a uniformly distributed external force, after a certain number of cycles, the moldings become curved. Due to the properties of aluminum, round windows made of this material have the following advantages:
- long service life - from 80 to 100 years;
- high rigidity and resistance to deformation;
- ability to withstand external mechanical influence well.
Round wooden windows
Round window V wooden house or expensive brick cottage It looks more solid than analogues made of plastic or aluminum, which is why property owners prefer to order just such models. Theoretically, these products can be made in 2 ways - by bending a solid beam and by splicing individual small beams (plots). However, in reality, almost all manufacturers use only the second option, since the first method is very long and expensive. In addition, a bent profile made from solid timber has a high tendency to deformation, which is unacceptable for windows.
Frames and sashes made from spliced solid wood hold their shape well. Modern technologies connections, grinding and finishing allow you to mask the joints well, so round wooden windows look like a solid structure. The advantages of such models are well known:
- environmental friendliness;
- service life up to 100 years;
- excellent thermal insulation and noise absorption.
Blind or opening windows
Since the vast majority of these models are made to order, the client can independently determine the opening method. Usually the choice is made from 4 options:
When considering the functional characteristics of models with opening doors, it is recommended to focus on the data from the table.
| Opening type |
Individual characteristics |
|---|---|
| With opening top or bottom window |
They allow you to ventilate rooms and, thanks to the additional jumper, have increased rigidity. However, during operation it is not always convenient to lower or raise the active sash. Also when large sizes constructions, it may be difficult to access the entire outer part of the glass unit when washing windows. |
| With hinged doors |
This round window functions almost the same as a regular rectangular model. The number of active sashes is determined by the customer. It is possible to integrate rectangular vents into a round structure. It should be taken into account that a large number of vertical or horizontal imposts reduces the light transmittance of windows. If there is an insufficient number of active valves and their small sizes Access to the outer part of the double-glazed windows is difficult. |
| Mid-suspended |
Convenient model, allowing you to easily ventilate the premises and wash the double-glazed windows. Thanks to the improved fittings, even large doors move easily when opened. Such models provide ideal air circulation when ventilating rooms. |
If you decide to choose a model without active sashes, you must take into account that blind structures can only be washed from the reverse side. It is also undesirable to make a round one deaf - read more about this on OknaTrade.
Round window sizes
Due to the peculiarities of manufacturing and operation, the dimensions of round windows differ from the dimensions of rectangular windows. This parameter is also influenced by the material of manufacture.| The material from which the windows are made |
PVC |
Tree | Aluminum |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Maximum size with flaps (mm) |
4600 |
3500 |
4000 |
| Minimum size with blind doors (mm) | 800 | 500 | 700 |
| Maximum size with fixed doors (mm) |
2000 | 1800 | 3000 |
| Minimum size with flaps (mm) |
1080 | 1000 | 900 |
Due to the existence of restrictions on the size of these products, the round window in brick wall or concrete plane should be designed at the construction stage of the building. After all, adapting the size of the opening will be too difficult or completely impossible.
Round window decoration
Although these models themselves decorate and enliven the interior design, in some cases they need to be completed additional elements. The main purpose of such an event is to limit the entry of sunlight and ensure privacy, but sometimes aesthetic factors are also taken into account. There are 3 most popular ways to decorate round windows beautifully.Blinds
You can install classic blinds on round windows, but you need to be prepared that they will be more expensive than their rectangular counterparts. After all, the dimensions of all horizontal lamellas are not the same, and the technology for installing the structure is complicated by its shape.
Pleated blinds
When designing radius structures, pleated blinds are popular. They are also made according to a template, but the production process of such products is simpler. Choosing this option for decorating and darkening windows will allow you to easily select the material that is ideal for the interior.
Curtains
You can take a creative approach to solving the problem; you can decorate the window with curtains for round windows. In this case, it is recommended to choose an original cornice and use your imagination in the process of attaching strips of fabric. To fix the curtains, it makes sense to select separate fasteners, with the help of which it is easy to repeat the radius contour of the opening.
Where can I order round windows?
In order not to waste time searching for the person responsible for ordering windows, we recommend using the information from the OknaTrade portal. We have collected information about the leading manufacturers in the region in one place, so buyers can quickly explore the range and conditions. Since we publish information only about verified companies, the risk of falling into the hands of scammers is minimized.The Internet has allowed us to group ourselves by interests and turn our vague doubts into clear suspicions. Among researchers alternative history a direction has emerged that collects facts about houses that are too heavily covered with homogeneous soil. Official history claims that this is a cultural layer, but everyday logic suggests that not everything is so simple. Looking at photographs of such houses, I began to pay attention to the detail in the shape even circle in an element of the architecture of old houses. I suggest you turn your gaze upward and go through a logical chain of reasoning with me.
So, let's start with an innocuous definition from Wikipedia:
In architecture, the following types of dormer windows are distinguished:
WITH flat roof and a scribbler;
- quadrangular with pitched roof;
- With gable roof;
- with a hip roof;
- triangular;
- with a trapezoidal roof (panoramic);
- segment-shaped;
- semicircular (“ bat»);
- glass;
- attic (sloping) .
I note that in the general encyclopedia they ignore round the window shape is the first call. Next, Google the query " round dormer" shyly shows the picture
It’s already warmer, although the circle with the blinds is confusing. But let's move on to practice and call on the author's photographs and logic to help.
A common picture is that the round window is glazed and is the front part of the attic. The question is - what illuminates and ventilates such a window? Why is it there? For beauty? Perhaps, yes, it looks very nice in the center - but the adjacent round window breaks this logic. It is inconveniently located and generally meaningless. Let's continue to watch
Five holes in one photo. However, the entertaining architects went wild. But let's make it more difficult
The question is - what lights and ventilates this small round window at the very top? What kind of portal to another world is this? The skeptical part of the mind will say that this is an element of architecture, this is beautiful, this is aesthetics. Oh? Let's use the first key to the cipher:
I present to your attention the wall of the factory: no aesthetics, the most ordinary rationalism. What do we see? There is a special place for circles in the endless brick wall! Nowadays they Not needed, so they are bricked up. But during construction they were needed, and how needed they were - in large quantities. Let's turn on Occam's razor and look for the simplest explanation. From rectangular bricks were collected diligently round hole. There are circles at home and at the factory, at home there are few of them and they are small, at the factory there are many of them and they are larger. What is this?
Answer: THESE ARE ENTRANCE HOLES!
For what? What does a house need in small quantities and a factory need in large quantities?
answer: ENERGY!
We confirm our conclusions:
And the house is warm and light. Mentally draw a pipe into this hole.
And here there was a hole, but it disappeared - it was plastered over and turned into a decorative element.
It’s harder here, but when you know what to look for, you’ll find it. This house had three entry points, they were lazily destroyed, leaving the skeleton. The ears stick out, in every sense. Also pay attention to the filled-in ground floor and the awkward doors in relation to the windows. The building is clearly from an era about which we know nothing. Let's look at the second key to the cipher:
Watch! In the attic. Or on the roof. In general, on the house. Again we take out Grandfather Occam’s razor and cut it to the quick: a civilization that used energy orders of magnitude better than ours would not put clocks on the roof, they are not needed there ( strictly between us, they are not needed there even now). Those people checked the time in some more advanced way. But we are presented with history in such a way that supposedly before people They were more backward than us, so they stupidly walked along the streets and checked the time on the big street clock, when would they be able to go to the square to sell sandals. But the razor is strict and tells us what happened technological downgrade, and with these watches they now simply plug and thus justify especially large, but at the same time perfectly round holes! The watch is a very important stage in the investigation; it will come in handy. Let's look further:
Question for the club of experts - why a perfectly round hole in a tower with windows? Why did the ancients persistently sculpt circles from bricks?
If there is a flock, there is also a shepherd. Where did the energy come from and where was it produced? I fell asleep with this question. And I had a dream. And the Devil appeared to me in a dream. And this Mephistopheles says: “energy was generated in buildings with domes (for energy storage) and openings in all 4 directions (for energy distribution).”
But I told him: “Get lost, evil evil spirits, do not tempt me!”, and he disappeared.
But the clock gave me an idea again
For example, there is a “power station” that supplied such a sickly area of London. Judging by the size of the holes under the clock, a lot of energy was generated. Height also seemed to be a deciding factor - the feed went from the high element to the low one.
Let's sum it up: before us there lived people who were more savvy in energy. They lived without grieving until they were covered with soil. History was falsified and for those especially curious, “the first photographs in the history of mankind” were taken, where bearded dirty people in the amount of one and a half diggers stand with wheelbarrows and shovels near ready-made palaces, houses, streets and avenues in all cities on all continents. Like these guys built all this.
We are not able (or we are not allowed) to comprehend the previous energy technology, and we only imitate their necessary elements in its construction ( V modern houses they rarely make round windows, but if they do, they usually have a crossbar in the shape of a cross). Now we make small rectangular windows, previously we made large ones in the shape of arches. Arches, columns, domes, round openings, scale during construction - these are the signs of that era
The energy was most likely the one he dabbled in Nikola Tesla. It immediately provided light and heat, so most often one entry point was enough for the whole house. Sometimes they made portable dome-shaped stations right on the house with dispensers on 2 sides
Homework for inquisitive minds:
In any city with historical center from 70 years of age and over have homes with round holes in different hard to reach places. If you take the time to lift your head up, clear your mind of everything you knew, and just work as an information collector, then you will find some signs in 90% of such houses:
- round holes different diameters(main element)
- in houses with these holes either old brick
- or windows in the shape of arches (arches are a sign of that era)
- or ground floor covered with soil
- or a round window and not a window at all, but a through hole
- or it is already sealed and is hard to see
If you are an inquisitive mind, but a resident of a city with a history of no more than 40-60 years, then welcome to Google maps: take any city and “walk” in search of holes. Here, for example, Paris:
In the Vatican there are two clocks - on the right and on the left, so that you know the exact time
I’ll end this fabrication; I hope it has cast doubt in the world around me. Thank you for your attention!
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Fortunately for most modern city dwellers, today's homes boast a wide variety of architectural designs.
The time has passed when all houses looked exactly the same - now it is rare that an architect does not strive to demonstrate to others his vision of a truly bright and aesthetically pleasing beautiful home. And I must say, they succeed in this. In particular, when they start decorating houses using non-standard window openings, namely, those that are based not on the usual four corners, but... more, or less, or do not have them at all. In particular, round windows have become very popular today, but not made of wood - but made of plastic.
Such a window most often it becomes deaf, that is, unable to open up. As a result, it is not so much a practical element of the interior as decorative decoration, which makes it possible to observe the street through it. You cannot use such a window to ventilate the room. But they, as a rule, are ideally able to fit into the interior of your premises, as well as the design of the external facade of the building. It must be said that windows that do not open are not a whim of civil engineers, but rather a concession and compromise, since the profile, bent into an arc, does not allow the sash to fit tightly enough to the frame. As a result, the window user will not be able to achieve sufficient thermal insulation.
I must say what exactly plastic window has a significant limitation - radius. The whole point here is that plastic profile, which serves as the basis, is limited by the smallest bending radius. This means that even your blind window can't be too small. And on the maximum side, the radius is limited by the weight of the window - the sash should not be heavier than eighty kilograms.
However, plastic, it's mostly boring, although relatively cheap. Round stained glass windows are much more fun; they are often used to diversify the interior of a cottage or private home. However, windows with stained glass can be found today in a modern city apartment. A stained glass window in the form of a round porthole is an excellent solution for anyone who wants to truly achieve unique interior and exterior. Just remember that the process of installing a round window is several times more complex than installing a regular rectangular one. And if you decide to get window frame in the form of a circle, oval or other rounded geometric object - contact professionals who will initially take matters into their own hands - they will make a round window, regardless of the degree of complexity of the work, the size of the window or the features of the future stained glass design.
What is good about stained glass? It allows you to admire the colored walls at the moment when sunlight passes through the window and is transformed, thanks to the multi-colored patterns on the glass.
In other words, a round stained glass window is an excellent design solution, and they are becoming increasingly popular today. Most often, windows of this kind are used in attic or attic spaces, for the simple reason that on the lower floors it is necessary to install windows of a large area, and installing a round window with an excessively large radius will not work. This is difficult, expensive and unjustified from an economic point of view. By the way, stained glass round windows can also be seen in swimming pools, bathrooms, and saunas.
How to choose round windows
First, you should know that they come in wood, PVC or aluminum. Actually, it has already been said above about windows made of polyvinyl chloride; wooden windows are the oldest on earth, since wood is the most obvious stuff for their manufacture, but also more expensive today. As for round windows made of aluminum profiles, you should know that aluminum is an excellent thermal conductor, which means it makes sense to use it only where good thermal insulation is not required.
We have already said above that there are blind round windows, but there are also opening ones, right? Let's say a few words about them. The advantage of an opening round window the ability to let fresh air into the room. The downside is low resistance to penetration. And by the way, it is not recommended to install too heavy stained glass windows on opening round windows, simply because they are most often suspended on one hinge, which means they can fall off it under the weight of the decoration.
By the way, round windows can not only consist of one single solid sash - it can also consist of halves, that is, semicircular sashes. And the use of such windows is recommended if you want to install a window big size- two doors will be twice as light as one large one. This is the simplest, most accessible and convenient option round window, as it can not only provide excellent light filling the room, but also allow you to ventilate the room.
