Highly Durable
uPVC is short for un-plasticised polyvinyl chloride. It’s a very rigid type of plastic that makes a great alternative to painted wood. When used for installing windows and doors, it’s fitted around a galvanised steel core, giving uPVC frames exceptional strength and durability.
uPVC window frames and doors are also thermally resistant, meaning they don’t conduct heat the same way that metal does. That makes them able to withstand the unpredictable UK weather and extreme heat, cold, wind, rain, and snow. Unlike old-fashioned timber or delicate aluminium frames, uPVC frames won’t rot, peel, warp, corrode, or flake.
When professionally installed and properly maintained, this high durability makes uPVC windows and doors capable of lasting around 20 years, sometimes even as long as 35 years!