Whats the difference ?

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 9:04 am

Do you know I was driving down the road the other day and I saw a sign re double glazing.

Get you PVCu windows blah blah blah

I remember in the early days it used to be UPVC

Is there a difference or has it just been re branded a bit like marathons and snickers

Its one of those questions that I've wanted anwering for a long time

Thanks

Mark

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:51 pm

Maybe this is one that Tim Hedland may be able to help with, having worked for Speedframe.

Tracey

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:40 am

Hi Mark, Tracey,

A good question! From my understanding there is no difference between uPVC or PVC-U. PVC is simply Polyvinyl Chloride, whilst the U simply refers to "un-plasticised", but is often mis-quoted as "un-modified".

In the late eighties the UK re-dubbed "uPVC" to "PVC-U" to fall in-line with our European counterparts - in most European languages the noun would fall before the adjective (U in this case).

I hope this helps Smile

Regards,

Phil

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:11 pm

Thanks guys, I was slowly thinking I wasn't going to get an answer to this question

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It would be great to get some feedback

m.wait@sohsa.org.uk

Many thanks

Mark

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