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Aluminium Windows for Saudi Projects: How Buyers Choose
A Saudi enquiry rarely arrives as one window. It arrives as a schedule: repeated sizes across a compound, a villa elevation with two feature lights, a stair window nobody has measured. The decision is therefore less about picking a favourite series and more about sorting those openings and fixing glass, finish and hardware before anybody asks for a quotation. This guide sets out that sorting order for aluminium windows in Saudi Arabia, and marks what a factory reply should contain.
Read the specification before the catalogue
A consultant's specification fixes four things: the glass build-up, a frame depth or a performance wording, the colour code, and the evidence required before delivery. Read those four before opening a catalogue. Where the wording names a performance figure, ask which series in the range can be supported by a drawing, and where it names a colour, ask for RAL matching rather than the nearest stock shade. A catalogue page cannot answer a specification clause.
Match the series to the opening
The range sorts by opening type. Balcony fronts and wide sliders go to the 95 series, drawn at 95 mm depth on a 1.4 mm wall with ball-bearing rollers. Standard residential casements go to the 50 series: a 50 mm frame on a 1.2 mm wall with 5-20 A-5 glass and a high-transparency insect screen. Feature lights and tall villa windows take the 112 or the 118 casement, both on a 2.0 mm wall.
Glass before coating
Glass is where a Saudi project earns or loses its cooling load, so fix the build-up before the finish conversation starts. Standard across the range is 5-20 A-5 insulating glass, with single and triple builds on request, and the 118 casement carries 5-27 A-5. A coated or tinted outer pane can be added on an elevation that takes direct afternoon sun. Write the cavity on the order, because the bead is cut to it.
Finish, dust and the fixing detail
Dust is a maintenance question as much as a finish one. Anodised, powder coated and fluorocarbon finishes all take RAL matching, and two-tone faces are quoted on request where the interior scheme pulls away from the facade. Fluorocarbon holds colour and edge coverage longest under strong sun. At the frame, EPDM foam gaskets compress along the sash and the sill drains through an open path, so grit leaves instead of settling.
What to send, and what comes back
Send the opening schedule with clear sizes, the elevation drawings, the glass and the finish code. A reply should return the dimensional pack as a PDF, with CAD on request, the hardware layout, and the alloy stated as 6063-T5. A sample profile set and a finished test unit can be reviewed before production. Ask for the packing list in the same reply, so the container plan and the site programme arrive together. Lead time is confirmed with the quotation, and shipment is quoted against the main Gulf ports.
FAQ
Frequently asked
What do Saudi buyers specify for aluminium windows?
Usually four things: an insulating glass build-up, a frame depth or a performance wording, a colour code with RAL matching where the shade matters, and the evidence needed before delivery. The series follows from those four. Where a clause names a figure, ask for the drawing that supports it rather than a catalogue claim.
Which series suits a Saudi villa?
Villas usually mix two. The 50 casement covers standard rooms on a 50 mm frame, and the 112 or 118 casement takes the tall feature lights where a 2.0 mm wall and a deeper unit are wanted. Balcony fronts move to the 95 slider. Confirm each opening against the drawing before the schedule is fixed.
Does the glass have to change for the climate?
Standard 5-20 A-5 insulating glass covers most rooms, and the 118 casement takes 5-27 A-5 where the light is large. A coated or tinted outer pane can be added on an elevation that takes direct sun. The build-up is confirmed per elevation, since two faces of the same building rarely see the same load.
Which finish holds best in Saudi sun?
Fluorocarbon holds colour and edge coverage longest where strong sun and dust arrive together. Anodised and powder coated finishes remain available, and all three take RAL matching with two-tone faces on request. Approve the colour on a physical sample, because a shade that reads correctly indoors shifts on a sunlit face.
How is delivery arranged?
The quotation confirms the lead time per project, and shipment is quoted against the main Gulf ports. Packing is export standard, with private-label packing where the order runs under your own brand. Ask for the dimensional pack at the same time, so customs and the site team work from one document.
Keep going
Related in the range
Send your opening schedule
Series, glazing and finish come back as one quotation, with the full dimensional pack on PDF and CAD on request.