Paarhammer's Wood-Alu Range

Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Internal comfort and warmth with low maintenance is Paarhammer’s Wood-Alu Range. It is a great choice for homes and buildings looking for easy care of external aluminium with the benefits of the aesthetic and high energy efficiency of timber inside the home.CladdingAluminum cladding, which has been powder-coated in your choice of colour is used to clad or cover the external timber frame of windows and doors. This means there is a significant decrease in maintenance, as the aluminum requires little upkeep.The window frame design optimizes energy efficiency through the use of timber, which inherently provides superior thermal insulation. The aluminium

National Industry Person of the Year

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Paarhammer had a great week at the Australian Glass and Window Association’s (AGWA) Ausfenex 25, listening and catching up with peers in the window industry. We are honored to come home with two National Highly Commended awards. However, the main highlight was Director Tony Paarhammer being awarded AGWA’s 2025 Industry Person of the Year out of 1200 AGWA members for his dedication and work in furthering the window industry.From left to right: Tony Paarhammer, Edith Paarhammer, Thomas PaarhammerAfter moving to Australia in 1990, Tony, together with Edith, started a joinery in a small shed in rural Victoria. After noticing that

About Passive House

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Certified Passive House residential or commercial buildings involve a set of very high-performance standards to achieve both thermal comfort and high levels of energy efficiency. Originating in Germany in the 1980’s, the idea is to maintain comfortable internal temperatures without the need for excessive heating and cooling, thus decreasing the cost of energy usage for the life of the building. Passive House is a voluntary building standard chosen for a variety of reasons such as a reduced carbon footprint, increased air quality, reduced noise and more. In many countries, organisations have now formed to further this building standard. In Australia

Dual Colour

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Paarhammer offers a wide range of paints and stains to choose from when selecting the colour of your windows and doors. Using low VOC paints, your window frames are spray-painted by our robot ‘Francesco’ in a state-of-the-art spray-painting area.Offered as well is the option to have dual colour products. This means the internal timber frame is finished in a different colour to the external frame. This can be done with solid colours or stains.For instance, common dual colours could be a natural finish on the inside with a solid colour on the outside, or a more dramatic approach of white

Energy Efficiency Increases Selling Price

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

With energy prices increasing in Australia, it is no wonder that energy-efficient homes in the market are selling at a higher price than houses with no energy-efficient features. These could be roof and ceiling insulation, solar panels, and of course, high-performance windows and doors.According to a recent report by the Domain Group, the demand for energy-efficient houses is increasing across Australia. This demand is adding a premium to homes with energy-efficient features at the sale, while ongoing energy bills will be lower for the life of the home. It includes new builds with features added when built or energy-efficient renovations

Critical Documents to request from Window Supplier

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Windows and doors must comply with several Australian Standards, and your window supplier must prove that they do. There is a real risk to architects and builders by falsified or non-existing test reports or the quoting of a different Standard. Australian Standards: AS 1288 Glass in Buildings - selection & Installation AS 2047 Windows and external glazed doors in buildings AS 4055 Wind loads for housing AS 3959 Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas NCC – National Construction Code - 2019 Commercial NCC – National Construction Code - 2022 Residential Performance Tests: Under AS 2047, windows made from timber, aluminium,

Windows for Heritage Buildings

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

You have just bought a beautiful building, and it has a heritage overlay. How can you renovate such a building and bring it into the 21st century? You would like energy efficiency, thermal comfort, no drafts, sound protection, etc., all of this can easily be achieved also in a house with a heritage overlay. What is Heritage Overlay Heritage overlay is used to protect buildings or even whole precincts that have a heritage value. It is used to retain a consistent look of streetscapes and their overall attractiveness, and to conserve and enhance heritage places. As a rule of thumb,

Perfect handles for your style

Wednesday, April 02, 2025

In interior design, there are many design trends: from Art Deco to Contemporary, from Minimalist to Maximalist, from Country to Coastal to Scandinavian, and many more. Whatever your style, we can custom-make windows and doors with handles to match. For many years the only window handles available were chrome and plain in style. These are still the most used handles for tilt & turn windows with matching handles available also for lift-slide sliding doors.  Lately though, much has changed and a wide variety of handle styles and colours are on offer. Most come as 'handle families' with matching window and

Condensation and Humidity

Thursday, March 20, 2025

When nights are getting colder in the southern States of Australia, condensation can form inside the home. Air has moisture in it which is called air humidity. The dew point depends on how much humidity there is in the air and at which temperature condensation happens. If the temperature in your room is 20 degrees, the air finds a surface below 20 degrees, and water vapour in the air will condense to form droplets. This is most easily seen on hard surfaces like glass or aluminium. It is the amount of water vapour in the air that determines the temperature

Why Windows May Fail

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Mistakes in window installation can lead to drafts and/or water ingress, or windows that do not work well. Correct flashing, fixing and gap sealing are extremely important. But it starts even before a window gets on site, with the correct installation of the glass into the sash, so the double/triple glazed glass units (IGU’s) do not fail.Mistake 1) Using the wrong support blocks while glazing:Wrongly positioned support blocks or blocks that are not load bearing may cause the window frame or sash to sag and deform. This could affect the seal, leading to condensation within the IGU. Support blocks must

TAFE Teacher on Staff

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Congratulations to Mat, Production Manager at Paarhammer, for successfully completing the course to become a TAFE teacher and Workplace Trainer and Assessor. Paarhammer are committed to apprenticeships and ongoing training of its staff. The course Mat took over the last year teaches how to plan, design, develop, teach, and create engaging learning options. It also taught him about leading group learning sessions, helping in workplace training, teaching work-related skills, assessing progress with tests and tools, and adult literacy and numeracy support. All these are important skills in training our apprentices and furthering the knowledge of other staff members. The company

Building in Bushfire Prone Areas

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

With bushfires already started early for this summer, it is important to know what to expect when building in one of the higher bushfire prone areas. And it is not necessarily ‘bush fires’ but also ‘grass fires’ that can be dangerous to homes. If you plan to build in a BAL rated area, you will require a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment. Bushfire Attack Levels – BALs There are 6 BALs that range from BAL-Low, BAL-12.5, BAL-19, BAL-29, BAL-40 to BAL-FZ. The higher your BAL, the more expensive your new build (or extensive extension) will be, and the more important