Wooden Windows

[teacherofwoe]

Can anyone suggest a company in Chiang Mai that makes wooden windows?

[EVENKEEL]

32 minutes ago, teacherofwoe said:

Can anyone suggest a company in Chiang Mai that makes wooden windows?

I prefer my windows made from glass.

[Ralf001]

[Dante99]

1 hour ago, teacherofwoe said:

Can anyone suggest a company in Chiang Mai that makes wooden windows?

Most lumber yards do.  Wood World,  Thaweepan,  Suksawat ….

[Bill97]

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

I prefer my windows made from glass.

Home home go home

[KhunLA]

Choose a different material ... think termites.

[teacherofwoe]

9 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

I prefer my windows made from glass.

Does that include the frames?

[Rotweiler]

Avoid wood frames if at all possible.  Plastic or aluminum do not get eaten by termites and other bugs.

[teacherofwoe]

8 hours ago, Dante99 said:

Most lumber yards do.  Wood World,  Thaweepan,  Suksawat ….

Thank you

[teacherofwoe]

9 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

thank you

[teacherofwoe]

6 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Choose a different material ... think termites.

I'm renovating a house with wooden windows and I need to replace ten of them.

[KhunLA]

17 minutes ago, teacherofwoe said:

I'm renovating a house with wooden windows and I need to replace ten of them.

Same advice ... don't use wood.  You'll probably never has to replace them again.  Our house has NO WOOD in any part of the construction.  

 

Simply not needed.  You'll also eliminate the 'seasonal swelling' when wood windows/doors are exposed to moisture, direct or simply RH.

[JeffersLos]

27 minutes ago, teacherofwoe said:

I need to replace ten of them.

 

And what does that tell you? 

[teacherofwoe]

2 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

 

And what does that tell you? 

The previous owners neglected the property hence the renovation. 

[teacherofwoe]

The owner doesn't want the cost of replacing all of the windows and frames. Most of the windows are in good condition despite not being regularly painted. It's an older house in koolpunt ville 9 and pretty much every house in the village has their original doors and windows. 

[digbeth]

12 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

I prefer my windows made from glass.

 

Traditional sliding wooden windows is actually was of the style local to the north like chiang mai 

 breezy in summer and insulatin in the cooler months 

[kickstart]

Our house we built 13 years ago, with wooden windows, the wood is Mie Dang, in Thai, known to us as Red Hard Wood. insets will not/ can eat it ,too hard, the house doors are Teak, will add, the pair at the front of the house do warp during the wet season, but still can shut /open OK.,the wood ,so the guy said, come from CM.

The windows never have been a problem, due to change of climate /season, still open as before.

In this age of all plastic windows and doors, it is nice to see some wooden ones.

[SingAPorn]

Today the tech progress can give you fine aliminium made,  wood looking imitations,  avaiable from any window specialist. At worst, I'd get them to come over from Bangkok.

[MangoKorat]

Well made timber windows and doors are great but they are also like hen's teeth.

 

In a land of hot weather and wood eating insects, I would never even consider fitting wooden windows. Neither would I fit aluminium or cheap Chinese plastic ones. Well made UPVC is the way to go - preferably made from European profiles. If you want a wood grain effect, there's some pretty good fakes out there nowadays, although its a foil, glued on to base UPVC - how long that will last in the heat, I know not.

 

Timber twists and cracks as it dries out - which is why it used to be left to season.  Those processes also continue after seasoning if its not coated correctly.  If you can find some properly seasoned material then go ahead but its extremely doubtful that you will - just about everything is kiln dried these days.

 

Kiln dried timber is nowhere near as good and can become more brittle but that's about all you will find. Its also quite often, over dried so when its exposed to the elements again - it begins twisting and cracking again.

 

Decent timber of any sort is very expensive so anyone stocking correctly seasoned product will probably be asking a very high price for it.  I saw a woodyard in Bangkok offering imported 'seasoned' timber a few years ago but was it seasoned? Who knows?

[AgMech Cowboy]

On 10/28/2024 at 7:35 AM, EVENKEEL said:

I prefer my windows made from glass.

@EVENKEEL Nailed it. 🤣  You and I agree on many things. 

 

I grew up with wooden framed windows. I can think of anything good about them.