Sustainable window frames, windows, and doors are made from platowooded Fraké. Thanks to the environmentally friendly platowood process, Platowood Frame Wood barely shrinks or swells and is far more stable than other wood species. This allows full design freedom and makes it especially suitable for floor-to-ceiling frames, sliding doors, and doors, with minimal need for aftercare.
Thanks to our process, Platowood Frame Wood can be used outdoors without additional finishing and with profiling. Over time, the wood will develop a beautiful, natural weathered appearance.
By finger-jointing and laminating the wood, Platowood creates an optimized semi-finished product in workable cross-sections and standard lengths of 5.90 m. Joinery factories use this to produce window frames and doors.
Did you know that our hydro-thermal wood modification reduces the shrink and swell behavior of the wood by up to 70%? For tilt-and-turn windows and doors, this means the wood is less likely to stick during winter.
Platowood uses the best sections from rejected Platowood Fraké planks. For a uniform architectural appearance, the wooden window frames can be combined with Platowood Fraké Façade Cladding.
When the window frame or door is evenly exposed to sunlight, the weathering will also be uniform. To prevent uneven greying, you can choose to treat your frame with a pre-weathering stain.
Keep in mind that if you apply Platowood window frame wood untreated, the wood behind the glass will not grey as evenly as the exterior. Glass blocks UV rays, which influence the greying process of the wood.
Platowood Fraké has a KOMO certificate and has passed tests that measure the screw withdrawal resistance of the wood. Because we steam and heat our wood at lower temperatures, our fraké is less brittle than wood that is only heat-treated. This means we are the only suppliers of fraké window frame wood with burglar-resistant properties.
Platowood Fraké and meranti are both suitable for window and frame applications. The difference between the two is that Platowood Fraké can be used untreated, while meranti must be painted. Although fraké may be more expensive initially, it becomes more cost-effective over time because paint requires maintenance.
In addition, Platowood Fraké shrinks and swells 70% less, which means windows and doors are less likely to stick during winter.
Platowood produces a semi-finished product: laminated and finger-jointed wood beams in industry standard lengths of 5.90 m. Windows and frames made from Platowood Fraké are manufactured by joinery factories throughout the Netherlands.
To reduce waste, we use our residual wood streams. Selected planks are optimized into lengths of 40 cm. These lengths are finger-jointed and laminated into beams from which windows and frames are made.
Since every tree is different, there will naturally be some variation in brown shades. Over time, Platowood Fraké will grey evenly, making this color difference no longer visible.
