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Window installers. Where to buy plastic windows? We choose a reliable supplier of PVC double-glazed windows. Why in our rating: These PVC windows are constantly on the hearing, often fall into the top ten according to professional estimates

Which plastic windows the best? Advantages, disadvantages, reviews of popular PVC profiles

We are aware that by rating windows, we are invading the territory of professionals who are very skeptical about the ratings of this product. But "Expert Price" wouldn't be himself if he didn't try to rank everyone.

What profile of plastic windows is better?

To understand the subtle nuances of the assessment, we had to study a considerable amount of informational texts, a huge number of all kinds of amateur and professional reviews, and conduct a small amount of our own research.

The product, the description of which has been broken so many copies, is in fact the most ordinary plastic stick, but, however, with a complex surface and internal structure. To give strength inside the profile there is a metal insert made of galvanized steel, and internal plastic partitions create air chambers ensuring heat retention. All. What is there to argue about? Steel, it will remain steel, no matter what they do with it, and the plastic used by all companies is the same - polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It follows that the window profile of any production must be of the same quality. Is it so? And how to choose the best of the same by definition?

Criteria for choosing a profile

Country of origin of the profile

Any company that recycles a window profile indicates its origin. At the same time, it is very often possible to meet the word "German" in the descriptive part. We recommend clarifying what is meant by this word, because. them sellers like to justify high price finished window. The lion's share of such a profile is produced in Russia according to german technology. It uses relatively cheap energy resources and work force, therefore, the cost of the product must differ from the profile produced in Germany.

Number of thermal insulation chambers

Certainly the most important criterion. It is believed that the more cameras, the better thermal insulation. However, do not forget that an excessively large number of chambers can lead to the fact that the coefficient of thermal conductivity may, on the contrary, increase, due to the plastic of the partitions, which will act as a cooling radiator. Therefore, be sure to pay attention to the following criterion.

Profile width

When choosing a profile for a living room, it is better not to save on this parameter. Everything is simple here, the wider, the warmer. It should only be noted that small-chamber wide profiles can be easily deformed, because. have few stiffeners.

Number of double-glazed window chambers

Reinforcing steel insert

It happens with an open or solid circuit. If there are no restrictions on strength, then we advise you to choose an open one, it is warmer.

ISO 9001 certified

Gives a guarantee of control of the production of window profiles according to the quality management system.

The best PVC window profiles according to "Price Expert"

industry monsters. Leaders of sells.

Why are these plastic windows in our rating: Most popular

VEKA Profile
Naro-Fominsk district, village of Gubtsevo

Photo: www.planetasvet.ru

The profile is produced near Moscow by VEKA Rus. This is the first such enterprise in Russia. In addition, there are branches in Novosibirsk and Khabarovsk. The head office of VEKA AG is located in Sendenhorst, Germany.
The company produces six types of profiles:

• EUROLINE - three chambers, width 58 mm
• PROLINE - four chambers, 70 mm wide
• SOFTLINE - five chambers, width 70 mm
• SWIGLINE - five chambers, width 82 mm
• SOFTLINE 82 - six to seven chambers, 70 mm wide
• ALPHLINE - six chambers, 90 mm wide

The products are certified according to ISO 9001: 2008. The profile of the company "VEKA" has been awarded the German RAL quality mark, which means that the control procedure for the raw materials used and the finished product complies with the control standards.

Moscow region enterprise:

Photo: veka.ua

Pros:

• Stable quality
• Large product line

Minuses:

• Price

Typical window reviewsVEKA:
“The profile itself is good, it showed itself perfectly in winter, pah-pah, but in truth it’s expensive. I still tend to believe that this is an overpayment for the brand ... "
“... the company is quite well-known, it seems to me that in our city most of the advertisements of this particular company. And banners hang along the roads, and they write in the press on the main pages, and they show videos on TV.

REHAU Profile
Gzhel

Photo: dom.vse56.ru

The average price in the Russian Federation of a window with a size of 1470x1420 from a profile 70 mm thick: 9500 rubles

The German company has been producing window profiles in Russia since 2002. Currently, it is the leader in terms of the number of products produced per year among similar Russian enterprises. The plant is equipped with modern equipment and certified according to the quality management system by independent international experts.
Clients are offered the following types of profile:

• GENEO - 6 chambers, width 86 mm
• INTELIO - 6 cameras, 86mm
• BRILLANT-DESIGN - 5 (6) chambers, width 70 (80mm)
• DELIGHT-DESIGN - 5 chambers, 70 mm
• SIB-DESIGN — 3 + thermoblock (5) chambers, 70 mm
• EURO-DESIGN - 3 chambers, 60 mm
• BLITZ - 3 cameras, 60mm

Note the company's slogan: "Avoiding mistakes is more important than eliminating mistakes" and the culture of production (pictured is a plant near Gzhel).

Photo: www.rehau.com

Pros:

• Quality
• Manufacturer's Warranties
• Big choice profile models

Minuses:

• Price

Typical reviews about REHAU windows:
“...a little expensive compared to others, but it's worth it”
“The windows are very good, I wanted something cheap, in the end I chose the most expensive one, the quality is really impressive”

Profile KBE (KBE)
Voskresensk

Photo: rudupis.ru

The average price in the Russian Federation of a window with a size of 1470x1420 from a profile 70 mm thick: 7700 rubles

KBE is another German company that has built enterprises in Russia, in particular, plants in Voskresensk and Khabarovsk. No special differences between the KBE profile and competitors' products were found. However, the cost of CBE is somewhat lower. At the same time, the company's profile is ISO certified, and the marketing move for issuing partner certificates is respected. Let me explain: the company gives the best processors the "Official Partner Certificate" profile and thus can indirectly influence the quality of finished windows. I must make a reservation - this certificate does not give any guarantees to the consumer.

So, the list of products:

• "Etalon" and "Engin" - 3 cameras, width 58 mm
• "Etalon +" - modification "Etalon" with an additional chamber, mounting width 127 mm
• "KBE_SELECT" - 5 chambers, width 70 mm
• "KBE_Expert" - 5 chambers, width 70 mm
• "KBE_Expert +" - a modification with an installation width of 127 mm
• "KBE_Energiya" - 3 chambers, width 70 mm
• "KBE_88" - 6 chambers, width 88 mm

KBE plant in Voskresensk

Photo: ostekl.ru

Pros:

• Price
• Quality
• Large selection of models

Minuses:

• not detected

Typical reviews about KBE windows:

“I am satisfied with KBE windows. My husband and I chose from a variety of companies and opted for windows PVC Rehau and KBE. KBE won by price"
“For me, kbe windows have become the best value for money”

Mid-sized companies with ambitions

Why in our rating: These PVC windows are constantly on the hearing, often fall into the top ten according to professional estimates.

Profile SALAMANDER
Turkheim, Germany

Photo: www.domovladelets.ru

The average price in the Russian Federation of a window with a size of 1470x1420 from a profile 76 mm thick: 26,000 rubles

The products of SALAMANDER Industrie-Produkte GmbH are classified by us as "average" only in terms of "sales level in Russia". Salamander Industrie is a German corporation that has several factories in Europe, including one in Belarus, in Brest. According to the manufacturer, the entire SALAMANDER profile is produced exclusively in Germany, while the BRÜGMANN profile is produced at its other enterprises. The author had the opportunity to personally verify the legitimacy of such a statement when visiting a plant in the Republic of Belarus.

The company manufactures the following profile systems:

• Design 2D - 3 (4) cameras, width 60 mm
• Design 3D - 4 (5) cameras, 76 mm wide
• Streamline - 5 chambers, 76mm wide

Pros:

• External surface quality
• Design
• You can rely on European quality control
• Manufacturer's control of dealers

Minuses:

• Price

Typical reviews about SALAMANDER windows:
"Salamander profiles proven option"
"Salamander is a serious device, no complaints"

Mont Blanc profile
Elektrostal

Photo: vashiokna-dv.ru

The average price in the Russian Federation of a window with a size of 1470x1420 from a profile 70 mm thick: 7800 rubles

The international company STL-Extrusion, which has four factories in the CIS, is engaged in the production of the Mont Blanc profile. Over the thirteen years of production, the MONTBLANC profile has become a fairly well-known brand, and the company has acquired an extensive dealer network. As many as seven product lines are currently available for purchase:

• TERMO 60 - 5 chambers, width 60 mm
• QUADRO 70 - 4 chambers, width 70 mm
• NORD 70 - 5 chambers, width 70 mm
• LOGIC - 3 chambers, width 58 mm
• GRAND 80 - 6 chambers, width 80 mm
• ECO 60 - 3 chambers, width 60 mm
• CITY 120 - 5 chambers, width 120 mm

The profile produced in Mogilev is ISO certified. There is no information about the certification of products of other enterprises of the company.

Pros:

• Quality
• Large selection of profile options
• Democratic price

Minuses:

• Lack of ISO certification at Russian factories

Typical window reviewsMont Blanc:
"Good profile on Russian market- Not unusual. And cheap and high-quality - this is a rarity ... We are satisfied with everything "
"... they keep warm perfectly"

Kaleva's profile
Moscow

Photo: www.okna-kaleva.ru

The average price in the Russian Federation of a window with a size of 1470x1420 from a profile 70 mm thick: 10,000 rubles

The Kaleva company (Kaleva) is engaged in production of window blocks. The profile is produced independently. Feedback from professionals is more neutral than negative. Users are often captivated by the appearance of the profile - Muscovites did a good job on the design. The company has in its assets two profile systems of a classic look and three design ones:

• Kaleva Standart - 4 chambers, width 70 mm
• Kaleva Vita - 4 chambers, width 70 mm
• Kaleva Design - 4 chambers, 70 mm wide
• Kaleva Design+ - 4(5) chambers, 70 mm wide
• Kaleva Deco - 5(6) chambers, width 70 mm

Pros:

• Appearance
• Full production cycle

Typical reviews about Kaleva windows:
"... in general it will go"
“Overall very satisfied with the windows”

Proplex Profile
Podolsk

Photo: odf.ru

The average price in the Russian Federation of a window with a size of 1470x1420 from a profile 70 mm thick: 8800 rubles

Proplex is a Russian company that is making significant efforts to modernize production and introduce new window systems. A few years ago, it was a small company manufacturing windows from someone else's profile, and now the company has created a full production cycle. Innovative window systems were created together with well-known Austrian developers with extensive experience in the design of thermal insulation systems.
Proplex offers the following types of profiles:

PROPLEX-Optima - 3 chambers, 58mm wide
PROPLEX-Optima - 3 chambers, 58mm wide
PROPLEX-BALCONY - 3 chambers, width 46 mm
PROPLEX-Comfort - 4 chambers, 70 mm wide
PROPLEX-Premium - 5 chambers, 70 mm wide
PROPLEX-Lux - 5 chambers, 127 mm wide

Pros:

• Price

Minuses:

• Lack of international certification
• The presence in the line of obsolete systems

Typical Proplex window reviews:
“For a window of 110mm x 150mm they gave something about 7 thousand rubles. Acceptable price"
“I listened to the opinion of a specialist and I do not regret it. Everything is great"

Eurowindow manufacturing companies, periodically included in the top 10 ratings

Why in our rating: these plastic windows are worthy of attention.

Deceuninck's profile
Belgium, branch - Protvino

Photo: www.isskur.ru

The average price in the Russian Federation of a window with a size of 1470x1420 from a profile with a thickness of 71 mm: 10600 rubles

The Belgian concern The Deceuninck Group (Dekenink Group) produces its own profile in the Moscow region. The production is not certified, which is strange, because all the European plants of the company have ISO certificates. It is not known whether this is due to unstable quality, or whether the management simply “did not get their hands on it” yet. The profile "collected" the usual ratio of both positive and negative reviews. Product line:

• Forward - 3 chambers, width 60 mm
• Bautek - 3 chambers, width 71 mm
• Favorite - 5 chambers, width 71 mm
• Favorit Space — 6 chambers, width 76 mm
• Eforte - 6 chambers, width 84 mm

Pros:

• Availability of several high-performance systems
• Quality

Minuses:

• High cost of obsolete modifications

Typical Deceuninck window reviews:
"Deceuninck profiles are very reliable, they retain heat very well"
“Windows withstood the test in winter perfectly”

SOK profile
Syzran

Photo: www.okna-modern.ru

Included in the list as a permanent participant in Internet ratings. From the information gleaned from the website of the SOK company (Samara Window Constructions), you can easily find out that the company does not have its own production of window profiles. The “branded” profile is manufactured at the Profine factory (see KBE). And this means that the profile is produced in accordance with international requirements and ISO certified, which is not bad. But the question immediately arises about the high cost of windows from this profile, the price of which is much higher than KBE windows. The choice of configurations is very small, only two types:

• Brand profile SOK-470 - 4 chambers, width 62 mm
• Brand profile SOK-570 - 5 chambers, width 72 mm

pros:

• quality
• the uniqueness of the location of the cameras

Minuses:

• overpriced finished products
• small selection

Typical reviews about SOK windows:
“SOK is a normal profile, no better and no worse than many”
“I liked the profile, simple and strong”

What plastic windows are still better to put?

And in the end, the main thing is that a careless window manufacturer or a handless installer can turn the best profile into disgusting trash. Therefore, before ordering windows, consult with neighbors, friends or just acquaintances who have already contacted the company you have chosen. Remember that a profile is just a piece of plastic, which, although it is an important component of a window unit, nevertheless, its choice must be justified in combination with factors such as reliable fittings, good double-glazed windows and conscientious craftsmen.