Steel window profiles: classic look clicks with modern comfort 

Morning company offers unique product in the industry

Since its inception in 2014, Ochten-based Van Dijk Metaaldesign has developed into a skilled and versatile metalworker. From a well-equipped production hall in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands, a driven team of skilled specialists works daily to manufacture a variety of custom steel products. One of the product groups with which the company, led by director/owner Folkert van Dijk, meets an ever-growing need is the steel insulated windows that can be used in the transformation of historical and/or monumental buildings. In any size and in any desired shape. The unique steel creations of Van Dijk Metaaldesign therefore always fit anywhere.

Over the years, the creative and solution-oriented approach of Folkert van Dijk and his people has produced a particularly beautiful and diverse package of steel specialties. When it comes to custom-made interior and exterior doors, stable windows, furniture, stairs or special constructions, both business and private customers knock successfully on the Hermesweg 11 in Ochten. 

A product that is steadily advancing is the insulated window with plastic thermal bridge break, a durable and attractive invention in which an authentic look is cleverly combined with modern insulation values. Widely applicable as windows for stables, canal houses, farms, churches and warehouses; mostly old buildings that anno nowadays are increasingly converted into living spaces. "With this product we are a real forerunner and the only one in the industry who can produce such windows with the slimmest profiling in this way," Van Dijk said.

Intersection

During the transformation of monumental buildings, it is often difficult for developers and private individuals to find insulated windows that offer the right look on the one hand and meet today's insulation needs on the other. It is precisely at that crossroads that the added value of the solutions developed by Van Dijk becomes apparent: windows with HR++ glass or even HR Triple glass, fitted with a plastic thermal bridge break and contained in a classic-looking steel frame. "Non-insulated steel frames are real thermal bridges," says Van Dijk. "They cause condensation and an uncomfortable indoor climate. With our product, you no longer have any of that. Simply because it makes thermal bridge formation 100 percent impossible. In addition, by combining it with double or triple glazing, the user is assured of pleasant living comfort and a significantly higher efficiency." 

Also aesthetically pleasing

But there is more. Besides high functionality, the steel toppers of Van Dijk Metaaldesign also prove themselves on the aesthetic level. While the authentic, traditional look of the profiles ensures that the new window solution matches the original, at the same time Van Dijk signs for a slender and stylish modeling. "Our window solutions have that typical look of the past," Van Dijk believes. 

"At the same time, the custom-made windows and doors fit perfectly within today's modern times. That makes this precision product applicable in its full breadth. From classic to super sleek modern. Moreover, you can choose any shape you want." 

Partly for this reason, Van Dijk Metaaldesign works closely with a reputable glass supplier who can meet any request. In addition, these products have been developed in such a way that the glass can be replaced, while the profile can simply remain in place. A nice extra towards the future. The result of all that is (literally) a strong piece of craftsmanship that will last for generations thanks in part to a superb finish. "After production, the windows are sustainably preserved by scooping and two coats of powder coating," Van Dijk concludes. "This results in a longer lifespan. In addition, you can choose any RAL color. An additional option is that a paintable primer is applied after the scooping, so that the windows can be finished in any color."