French & British windows: aluminum systems

The heritage range: arched heads, Georgian glazing bars and slim steel-look sections in the French retro manner, in finishes the modern systems do not offer.

This is a different design language from the rest of the range: black steel-look frames, divided lights, arched heads, brass-toned hardware. The look of early-century steel windows, built in thermally broken aluminum that does not rust and does not sweat.

Three specified systems, two window sections and a steel-look door, plus internal glazed doors, partitions and room dividers in the same language, specified per project. Finishes run black, white and oxblood.

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In place

A black heritage window with Georgian glazing bars set into a stone facade — French & British windows · NH-01–NH-03Design reference

A black arched steel-look double door with reeded glass and brass handles — French & British windows · NH-01–NH-03Design reference

A steel-look glazed partition with arched glazing bars dividing two rooms — French & British windows · NH-01–NH-03Design reference

A modern facade at golden hour with the windows warmly lit — French & British windows · NH-01–NH-03Design reference

A house at golden hour, its glazing glowing warmly against a bright sky — French & British windows · NH-01–NH-03Design reference

An arched window with slim glazing bars above a linen bench in morning light — French & British windows · NH-01–NH-03Design reference

Morning sun through fine glazing bars laying a grid of shadow down a hallway — French & British windows · NH-01–NH-03Design reference

An arched window with fine glazing bars in a stair hall, the arc thrown as shadow on plaster — French & British windows · NH-01–NH-03Design reference

Fine glazing bars dividing a bedroom from its dressing area — French & British windows · NH-01–NH-03Design reference

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Choose this when

Heritage and transitional architecture, where the modern systems would look wrong
Interior partitions and glazed doors with the crittall look
Projects where the window is the character of the facade, not a hole in it

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Inside the frame

The same system, cut open. This is what sits behind the plaster once the trim goes on, and it is where a window succeeds or fails.

A window frame edge in section showing the glazing rebate, the desiccant-filled spacer and the gasket — **The glass build-up**Two panes, a sealed cavity and a desiccant-filled spacer, seated in the glazing rebate on its gasket. The cavity does the insulating work, not the glass.

Aluminum profiles in section showing the polyamide thermal-break strips between the inner and outer chambers — **The thermal break**The blue strips are polyamide, threaded through the profile to hold the inner and outer halves apart so heat and condensation cannot bridge the metal.

The drainage pathRain that gets past the outer seal collects in the sill chamber and leaves through a channel cut along the base of the profile, instead of running down the face of the window.

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Performance

The supplier states a maximum unit size rather than an opening-sash range for this family.

What a specific opening achieves depends on its size, exposure and installation. That is why we assess the opening before we specify the system.

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As supplied

The manufacturer’s own photograph, where we hold one we can publish. Not styled, not staged. The product as it is made. Every system in the family is specified in full in the table below, photograph or no photograph.

NH-03 as supplied by the manufacturer — **NH-03**French Heritage Window 60

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The systems

Code	System	Section	Profile	Thermal break	Standard glazing	Sash load	Max unit W × H	Finishes
NH-01	French Heritage Window 120	120 mm	2.0 mm	Yes	5 mm glass · 15 mm air · 5 mm glass	80 kg	1200 × 2500 mm	Black · White · Oxblood
NH-02	Heritage Steel Door	120 mm	2.0 mm	Yes	5 mm glass · 15 mm air · 5 mm glass	80 kg	1200 × 2500 mm	Black · White · Oxblood
NH-03	French Heritage Window 60	60 mm	2.0 mm	Yes	5 mm glass · 15 mm air · 5 mm glass	80 kg	1200 × 2500 mm	Black · White · Oxblood

Standard configurations shown; glazing options and custom colors are available on most systems. Every system is specified against the opening before it is quoted.

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See it against your opening.

We look at the opening first, specify the system against it, and install what we specify. Book a Window & Door Assessment.

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