The colors presented in the photography or in color swatch are totally indicative and can sensitively vary, since wood is a living material and continuously transforming. The final color’s result depends from the different lots of material and from the different seasons in which the producing cycle takes place. Color variations are therefore inevitable, so much more when you use, as provided by Caiframe’s guarantee cycle on the painting, totally water based paints. That’s why we strongly advise against to perform production lot supplies, with different delivery times, since it is impossible to guarantee the same color for each window, each painting lot has a different shade of color. Moreover, in time, coming into contact with weathering, the wood’s color suffers deep variations that would be impossible to replicate inside the productive cycle obtaining an identical result to the natural one. The lamellar mahoganoid deserves a particular attention, since it has two peculiar characteristics that distinguish it from the other woods, making it unique:
To verify the compliance of possible glass defects, we expressly and fully refer to the VISUAL AND OPTIC QUALITY DSCIPLINARY undersigned between ASSOVETRO and FEDERLEGNO-ARREDO. Regarding possible glass breakages, they must be disputed as soon as the goods are downloaded, through annotation on the delivery note, otherwise the glass is not covered by insurance for any breakage.
Below are some examples of breakage that, disputed after the delivery, didn’t switch to warranty.
Some of the breakages in the pictures reported above, during inspection, resulted as a consequence of THERMC SHOCK. This phenomenon is not covered by the warranty (see GLAS WARRANTY), since, mentioning an expert’s words “…since this phenomenon derives from the peculiar characteristics of the glass material, its appearance is not covered by a defect warranty (a peculiar characteristic of a material, as unpleasant as it is, does not represent a punishable defect according to the Code) since every glass could undergo the same breakage if exposed to the same conditions…”
The phenomena listed in these links refer to the possible thermic shock causes, but the same goes for all the possible causes of glass thermic shock. About this, we refer to the ASSOVETR VADEMECUM, especially to chapter 5 ‘User’s indications’, which content we completely recall. In essence, the possible glass thermic shock does not represent a flaw in the glass itself, since inherent to the glass material and is therefore excluded from the warranty.
To guarantee the painting, Caiframe uses special water based paints, very elastic that allow the wood to breathe, perfectly adapting to the painted surface. That is why the wood’s grain is still visible in the lacquering process, giving the product the charm of a wood window. Caiframe warns that according to the material used, you will get the following aesthetic effects:
Windows lacquering
The lacquering process is one of the most delicate among the windows productive process and has the following characteristic:
Wood’s grain visibility: it might result thick and grooved when using the Mahoganoid, wider and spread in the Pine.
The aesthetic difference compared to other lacquered products such as furniture and doors derives from:
Weak point of window lacquering in general:
To avoid this problem, Caiframe has adopted the following measures:
We care to clarify that this problem is well known and it is sufficient to perform the adequate retouches, during the final phase of the posing, that will be illustrated in the specific section DON’T WORRY IF…
The mosquito nets sheet must remain open when the shutters are closed. The ultra violet rays and the weathering sensitively reduce its duration. Moreover, the closing brushes are particularly thick to guarantee a perfect obstruction against insects, so keeping the sheet down in case of rain would cause a ‘dam effect’ on the outside, resulting in inevitable water leakage inside the window. The mosquito nets sheet must remain open when the shutters are closed. The ultra violet rays and the weathering sensitively reduce its duration. Moreover, the closing brushes are particularly thick to guarantee a perfect obstruction against insects, so keeping the sheet down in case of rain would cause a ‘dam effect’ on the outside, resulting in inevitable water leakage inside the window.
During the first 3-4 weeks after the installation, the windows must be kept closed to allow a correct settling of the wood. Therefore they can only be opened to ventilate the rooms; the ventilation is also very important and must be done every day, since an excess of humidity in the rooms could result in damages to the mechanical parts of the window.
The inevitable wood movements are totally natural and can cause slight curling of the windows components (such as uprights, wooden slats, blinding etc.). within a certain tolerance, such phenomena are not constable unless they sensitively affect the product’s functioning. The windows components are provided with setting tools which allow to avoid the movements without prejudicing the quality of the product itself. Moreover, since wood is an eternally live material, in time the movement phenomena tend to go back to the initial situation, therefore we invite you to consider such phenomena as a peculiar characteristic of a charming and live material as wood.
When delivered to the building site and during the whole time before the installation, the manufactured goods must be kept in a protected and dry place, away from weathering, heat sources and direct sunlight, at a temperature around 15°-20°, with a humidity percentage between 50%- 50% . Manufactured goods must not be stacked up, and no weight should be put over them, in order to avoid deformations or creating prints caused by the packaging, or dents or ‘paint blocking’ phenomena. Some types of packaging (ex. Polyethylene) might be dangerous for kids, pay extreme attention.
All the packaging material must be carefully differentiated and brought into centers prepared for recycling.
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