Aluminum Windows and doors designed with strict requirements in the specification, but in the home inspection process, but found the doors and windows of some real estate did not follow the requirements for the design, to the late owner of the decoration or living legacy of the problem.
Examination room, the doors and windows problems continued to emerge. From design, construction to installation details, etc. There are different degrees of defects, a problem commonly faced by the current owners Shou Fang. These problems, if not promptly detected and corrective actions will bring trouble to the future use of the owners. Today small for the owners summed up six large hot issues easily overlooked when the acceptance windows.
1. Design
a. Door sizes substandard
Preliminary design is unreasonable, the latter is often difficult to rectification, it will cause inconvenience to the owners later in life. For example, doors and windows designed with strict requirements in the specification, but in the home inspection process, but found the doors and windows of some real estate did not follow the requirements for the design, to the late owner of the decoration or living legacy of the problem. Like Lo new house doorway is too narrow, width of only 76 cm, does not meet the “Residential Design specifications” on a minimum of 90 cm width doorway provisions.
b. Doors and windows should be noted that details of acceptance
Inspector reminder: When acceptance house owners, take a tape measure, measure the doorway at any time, the window size is the same, if it is found design problems, should be looking for developers to do remedial measures.
c.Door sill no discharge port
Last month, home inspection situation, another prominent design flaw is not set sluice door sill mouth, this problem occurs in the number of real estate in. If not timely detection and rectification, a rainy day, rain infiltrated the door sill, can not be discharged, the formation of water erosion door frames, doors and shorten life.
Inspector reminder: If the owners do not check at the time of the examination room, the installation will be missing left to the owners, and other decoration stay after the discovery of the problem, then went to turn to when the examination room so owners should carefully check each site? , found that the problem should be to require developers to rectification.
2.Construction
a. No drip line window top
Some parts of the doors and windows have a special construction requirements must be in place in accordance with the provisions of the construction. Such as the outer edge of the window, requiring good drip line to rain water into the windowsill or interior walls. But in the inspector during the inspection room, they found that more than real estate because windowsill do not follow the requirements drip line, leading to seepage burglary cases. If not timely rectification future a rainy day, rain will be along the windowsill indoors, over time the walls damp, moldy hairy inevitable.
Inspector reminder: leakage issues affecting the future of life on home improvements and large windows is one of the sources of leakage houses, when the owners Shoufang carefully examine, without leaving leakage risks.
b. Between the door frame and the wall leak sealant fight
According to “Building Decoration Engineering Quality Acceptance”, gaps between the metal door frame and the wall should be caulked full, and the use of sealant. But the inspector found that many real estate windows or leakage fight sealant, sealant or incomplete. This not only affects the doors and windows closed, but also one to rain, the rain is easily infiltrated the interior decoration first network from here, destroy interior decoration.
Inspector reminder: When such issues are often easy to overlook the owners Shou Fang, and other decoration stay after the discovery, big trouble, and must require developers to re-fill playing sealant.
3. Installation
a. Under the sash frame is not installed safety glass
For security reasons, to install window glass also mandatory. According to “construction safety glass regulations,” the final decoration from glass bottom surface of the glass is less than 50 cm must use safety glass. Today, many units are designed with bay window, but at the bottom of the glass windows and fixed fan it is hard to find 3C logo, not safety glass, there are security risks.
Inspector reminder: glass doors and windows, a matter of personal safety, owners look at the bottom of the glass windows and fixed fan less than 3C identification shall require developers to show proof or material incoming inspection books, if they can not prove safety glass must be replaced .
b. Doors deformation
Windows and doors in July deformation problem is more common in the examination room. Such as window frames dented, broken door frames, doors have scratches, etc. These are the workers in the installation process careless, or not pay attention to product protection due to late installation. These issues ranging from the impact of aesthetics, while leading to the doors and windows can not be closed, there are security risks.