Slim-frame aluminum windows in a warm interior

Aluminum Windows · Vancouver, British Columbia

Aluminum Windows in Vancouver.

Thermally broken aluminum windows for Vancouver renovations and infill builds, sized for the larger glazing a West Coast modern remodel calls for and glazed to keep the interior glass surface above the dew point through a wet coastal winter.

In short

The renovation wave reshaping Vancouver Special homes across the east side almost always starts with the windows, the small punched openings those houses were built with block out both light and the North Shore mountain views a west-facing wall could otherwise frame. Crateworks specs a thermally broken aluminum frame that handles the enlarged glazing without the interior condensation a bigger pane invites in a wet marine climate, factory-direct.

Built for Vancouver’s climate

Vancouver sits in NBC climate zone 4, marine, where persistent winter rain and the humidity that comes with it, not extreme cold, is the condition a window frame has to manage. A frame that conducts cold straight through lets warm interior air condense on the glass, and that moisture works into the sill and surrounding trim over enough wet seasons. A thermally broken aluminum frame keeps the interior surface warmer, which stops the condensation rather than just slowing it. The second local pressure is size, gray skies push toward larger glazing to pull in what light there is, and thin aluminum sightlines hold that larger pane without the bulk a wood frame needs at the same span. Confirm the frame performance figure your local building department requires before ordering.

Climate zone
NBC Zone 4 (marine, wet)
Best time to spec
March to September
What we plan for
persistent rain, moisture, and mildew

Why it suits Vancouver

A Vancouver Special's original small windows were built for a 1970s heating bill, not for the light a renovation wants to bring in, and swapping to a larger wood frame at that same rate of exposure just gives moisture more surface area to work on. Aluminum does not absorb it, and going factory-direct is what puts oversized panes and slim frame profiles within reach for a character-home retrofit or a laneway build alike, specced through /brief to the actual opening rather than a stock size.

Container-direct delivery into Metro Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

How it ships to Vancouver: Freight lands right at the Port of Vancouver, Canada's largest port, in the metro itself.
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How it works

  1. 01

    Send your scope

    Drawings, a materials list, or a rough idea. No account, no obligation. Just tell us what the project needs.

  2. 02

    We source & spec

    We match products to your climate and local code, then price them factory-direct from vetted suppliers, not off a distributor's shelf.

  3. 03

    One delivered quote

    The whole schedule comes back as a single coordinated quote, delivered to Vancouver. One order, one point of contact.

One source for the whole project

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Common questions

The original punched openings were sized for a 1970s heating bill, not for light or a view. Enlarging the glazing is usually the first move, and the frame has to handle that larger pane without inviting condensation.
Wood absorbs moisture over repeated wet seasons and can soften at the sill. Aluminum does not, and a polyamide thermal break holds the interior surface temperature zone 4 marine conditions require.
Yes. Panel size and sightline width are specced to the opening through /brief, which matters on a west-facing wall in Kitsilano or Point Grey looking toward the North Shore.
Exterior glazing installs go faster in the drier stretch from spring through fall. The demand window here runs roughly March through September, order ahead of it so production and freight land in time.

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