GLASS & DETAIL
Choosing your glazing
Understand pane thickness, insulating glass units and safety glass before specifying your steel windows or doors.
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The detail makes
the difference.
We help you choose the right material, glass and opening arrangement. Explore the guides, then bring your ideas and measurements to MQ for a project specification and quotation.
CHOOSING A MATERIAL
Steel versus aluminium
Compare genuine steel with aluminium designed to resemble it, using the actual profile, performance and quotation.
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BEFORE YOU CONFIGURE
Measuring your opening
Prepare initial dimensions, photographs and opening details for a steel window or door quotation, before the final survey.
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Read the guide: Measuring your opening ↗
PERFORMANCE & COMFORT
Thermal performance
Read Uw, Ud, Ug and Uf correctly, and understand why a reference U-value is not a guarantee for your steel window design.
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Read the guide: Thermal performance ↗
YOUR PROJECT
How to order
See how to plan multiple steel windows or doors, request a quotation and confirm the final specification before manufacture.
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Compare profile depths, glazing capacities and thermal specifications across our steel window and door range.
Open the technical comparison ↗Bring the details together
One opening, or a whole project.
Choose a system, see the requested layout and bring your openings into one schedule. Choose supply only or an installation quotation from our Sutton team.