Why wooden frame
Wood, as it has unlimited application capabilities, is considered to be an appropriate building material. Moreover, as a natural product, it is abundant in nature, it belongs to the renewable resources and given its right and proper management does not create any problem in the environment from which it originates. Wood as a material has [...]
Thermal insulation, sound insulation and energy saving
Thermal insulation of wood The most suitable material, in terms of thermal insulation, for the manufacture of window frames is wood. Compared to metals, the thermal insulation capacity of wood is 4,000 times greater than steel and 1,800 times the thermal insulation capacity of aluminum. An example of the thermal insulation offered by wood is [...]
ecological forest management
Over the past decades, deforestation, the destruction of tropical and other primitive forests, and the unsustainable management of the vast majority of the world's forests have led to the need to set up global forest certification bodies for proper management, promoting the idea of implementing the principles of sustainable forest management. The two most basic [...]
Wood vs PVC and aluminum
Source: WWF The basic functions for which the frames are used are sound insulation, protection from external weather conditions and our protection from external dangers. In order to produce a frame of any material, some energy is consumed and therefore the environment is burdened (environmental footprint). WWF's International Environment Protection Agency (WWF), in a published [...]
The new generation of frames
The new technological methods by which wooden frames are produced today ensure their excellent quality and their unsurpassed durability over time. New paint technologies have eliminated the need for their maintenance, so modern wooden frames can always be kept fresh with simple care and cleanliness. In the manufacture of wooden frames today, revolutionary technological production [...]
The myth of demanding maintenance
New paint technologies have eliminated the need in the past for the maintenance of wooden frames. As opposed to the frames of other materials, the wooden frames can always be kept fresh with simple care and cleanliness. Even if, after many years, stains have been affected, wooden frames can be easily repaired and rebuilt as [...]
Six myths and reality
In the past, window frames have not been properly accepted by consumers. This can be attributed to many factors, two of which - and even the most important ones - are the incomplete knowledge of the possibilities of wood as a material and the incorrect information about the new methods of construction of the frames [...]
Proofs of Excellence!
Wood differs from other materials. According to published data from international organizations such as WWF, wood and, as a result, products from it, the environment burden is minimal and therefore deserves the first place in choosing the most eco-friendly material. In order to understand the superiority of wooden frames in terms of the low energy [...]
Traditional architecture
In Greece, and especially in the province, wood is a companion and a partner in people's lives, as it helps them either build or warm up or use it simply as a decoration material. Besides, it is no coincidence that most of the old traditional houses of the mountainous areas of the country are made [...]
Wood as material in Ancient Greece
HOW THE ANCIENT GREEKS USED WOOD In antiquity, the use of wood for building purposes was widespread in both public and private buildings. It is natural, however, that this material has not been preserved until today. However, in watertight parts, protected from atmospheric effects such as inside the vertebrae of the columns of classical monuments [...]