Our own plant.
Our own profiles.
Your drawing.
Select is built on our own line, in our own factory, to our own profiles — to your exact dimensions, shapes and configurations.
That is the whole point of owning a plant. A catalog can only sell you what is in the catalog. Select starts from the drawing instead: the opening you have, the sightline you want, the configuration the elevation actually calls for. Non-standard is the normal order here, not an exception somebody has to approve.
It is built to a higher specification — 6 mm tempered glass in every pane, a polyamide thermal break, Roto locking with Coastal 316 stainless handles on every opening window and door, an AAMA 2604 architectural finish, and the tolerances of a line we run ourselves rather than one we manage but do not own. Owning the plant is also why, when nobody else will build it, we can.
What we build in Select.
Every product below is made to your openings. Maximum sizes are reference sizes — larger sizes on request, confirmed case by case. In sliding configurations X is a panel that slides and O is a panel that is fixed, read left to right viewed from the exterior.
Garage doors are a separate ARI category. Pivot entry doors, multi-slide doors and curtain wall are built in Core; tilt-and-turn windows in Core and Reserve.
Made to your drawing.
Not to a catalog.
Bring the elevation, not a part number. Every unit is made to the dimension on your drawing, and mulled runs are built as one unit rather than a row of separate windows butted together on site.
Shapes are cut to the drawing as well — radius heads, parabolic arches, rakes, trapezoids, circles and angled assemblies. On a line we run ourselves, a shape is a drawing to build, not a special order to argue for.
Select is finished in Matte Black, White or Dark Bronze. AkzoNobel Interpon powder coat to AAMA 2604, one color inside and out as standard. Custom colors, AAMA 2605 and dual-color frames — one color inside, a different one outside — are available at additional charge. Thresholds are finished to match the frame.
Double casements and double doors are supplied with or without a center post. The default is no post, for an unobstructed opening, unless the drawing asks for one.
Shapes above are examples of work we have already built, not a catalog. The parabolic arch curves from the sill to the crown with no straight sides at all — difficult work, and the kind we take on. If you can imagine it, we will try to build it.
How a Select window is built.
| Component | Specification |
|---|---|
| Frame | 6063-T5 aluminum, thermally broken. Select profile system, 2.0 mm (5/64 in) wall. |
| Thermal break | Polyamide strut, isolating the interior face of the frame from the exterior: 24 mm (15/16 in) on casement, awning, fixed, window wall and swing door; 15 mm (5/8 in) on sliders. |
| Glass | 6 mm (1/4 in) double glazed, 24 mm (15/16 in) insulating unit. T40 Low-E, argon filled. Every pane tempered. |
| Hardware | Roto locking with Coastal 316 marine-grade stainless handles on every window and door. |
| Screens | Retractable screens on casement, awning and sliding windows, and on swing and sliding doors. |
| Finish | AkzoNobel Interpon powder coat to AAMA 2604. Matte Black, White or Dark Bronze. Custom colors, AAMA 2605 and dual-color frames at additional charge. |
| Glazing | Every lite tempered, in every product, not only where code requires it. Safety etch on every pane. |
| Nail fin | Integral, 4 sides, standard on every product; setback selectable per order to suit the wall cladding. |
| Structural | Design pressure to be confirmed, by product and size. |
The numbers a builder needs.
| Product | mm | in |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed window | 1800 × 3500 | 70 3/4 × 137 3/4 |
| Casement | 1067 × 2438 | 42 × 95 7/8 |
| Awning | 2400 × 1600 | 94 3/8 × 62 7/8 |
| Sliding window panel | 1600 × 2438 | 62 7/8 × 95 7/8 |
| Sliding door panel | To be confirmed | |
| Swing door leaf | 1000 × 2800 | 39 1/4 × 110 1/8 |
| Window wall | To be confirmed | |
| Product | U-factor | SHGC | VT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed window | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.35 |
| Casement window | 0.39 | 0.20 | 0.23 |
| Awning window | 0.39 | 0.20 | 0.23 |
| Sliding window | 0.39 | 0.21 | 0.35 |
| Window wall | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.37 |
| Sliding door | 0.39 | 0.21 | 0.35 |
| Swing door | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.27 |
| Product | Narrowest | Shortest |
|---|---|---|
| Casement | 29 × 45 | 36 × 35 |
| Slider, 2-track | 49 × 44 | 72 × 30 |
| Slider, 3-track | 38 × 44 | 72 × 29 |
What Select is covered for.
| Coverage | Select |
|---|---|
| Frame & welds | 10 years |
| Insulating glass seal | 10 years |
| Finish — AAMA 2604 powder coat | 12 years |
| Hardware mechanism & screens | 5 years |
The hardware term covers locks, handles, hinges, rollers, operators and screen mechanisms. Full terms, exclusions and the claim procedure are set out in the ARI Materials Limited Warranty, supplied with every order and available on request.
A thermally broken aluminum window asks very little, but it does ask for something. These six keep the finish, the hardware and the seals inside their warranty terms.
From quote to container.
An ARI order runs on four steps. What differs from buying locally is not the paperwork — it is how much of the job you can see, from the day the extrusion starts to the photographs of your own crates taken before the container doors close.
The tracking system behind steps three and four. Every order gets its own view: where the frames and the glass are, what stage each is at, which container they are loaded into and when it lands.
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