New Products

For other new products, see p. 178

Two new units speed up construction

A. Prefab window goes up like a wall panel

You could repeat this window for the entire length of a building.

Designed on a 4' module the window is load-bearing, needs no additional structural supports. Four panels can be interchanged with glass or siding so you can get light high or low. You can also turn the unit on its side, making it into four casement windows. If the unit is used throughout, manufacturer says, a tilt-up house with sheathing on studs could be enclosed in a day.

Window is 4' from out-to-out (sides are 2 x 6's), and 7'-5⅞" from bottom of sill to top of head (see diagram at left). It is built into the framing and a double 2x6 header with 2 x 4 top plate brings it up to 8' room height from finished floor to finished ceiling. Used side by side, the windows are suited for post and beam construction; the two side members form a 4 x 6 post.

Redwood is used throughout the unit. It requires no maintenance, stands up well to weathering. Complete frame with one operating sash (position opitional)

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extra. Fabricators, Inc., Norwalk, Conn.

B. Unit walls put more freedom into design

There is no end to design possibilities with modular components like the ones you see above.

These lightweight aluminum components are part of an integrated group of framing members, wall and door units, insulated panels and sash that go to make up a complete curtain wall.

The maker gives you a choice of wall units with operable sash (that projects in or out); units with fixed glass set from the inside and weather sealed by continuous extruded vinyl gaskets; units with insulated panels of pressure-laminated sandwich construction (in porcelain enamel colors guaranteed to stay fast); and standard door units (factory assembled and shipped with doors prehung) that are an integral part of the wall system.

The unit wall goes up with precision. Sill, jamb and head framing members are attached, level and plumb to the periphery of the structural opening. Wall units are attached through top and bottom rail to the frame. No fastening is needed through mullion. Units are glazed, installation is complete. Kawneer, Niles, Mich.

Two men position 85-lb. panel between top and bottom rails. Finished construction indicates variety of designs possible.