Convenient gas strut servery windows for your home

A gas strut servery window has a flat sill providing a space where food and drinks can be conveniently placed for easy transport from outdoor areas to indoor spaces such as kitchens or living areas and vice versa. The gas struts safely keep the servery window in an open position.

Servery windows with gas struts can be installed on top of a bench without the need for holes to be drilled for the locking system. Instead, the design means the locks are fixed to the sides of the frame.

The gas strut servery window systems provided by Aspect Windows generally consist of an opening sash that is hinged at the top and opens from the bottom. The size and weight of the opening sash is used to set up the struts to hold the window open at around 90 degrees, much like the tailgate on a wagon or hatchback.

Perfect for both residential and commercial kitchen servery areas or spaces, the practical design makes access possible from both sides of the window. As these windows can open up to a 90 degree angle, they can also improve ventilation in your home or restaurant and bar.

When the window is closed, you still have completely uninterrupted views of the outdoors, connecting the exterior with the interior of your home. When fitted with retractable flyscreen systems, they create a highly functional and attractive window option for your entertaining areas.

Gas struts assist with the opening of heavy windows. When installed on a window, a gas strut makes it easy to open or close without using too much muscle power. It also assists with helping the window to stay open in a particular position.

Gas struts are made from a piston and rod, and work in a similar way to a bike pump or hand pump. Unlike a hand pump, however, the tube that the piston moves back and forth through is tightly sealed to contain pressurised nitrogen gas. When a window is opened or closed, the rod is either pushed into the sealed tube or extended. This moves the compressed nitrogen gas within the tube from one side of the piston to the other, creating a force that allows the window to be opened and closed easily without too much effort.

Usually, the weight of a window and the inability to open and close it easily will limit its size. However, by installing lifting gas struts, you can open a window that would normally be too heavy. Using the struts means you can increase the size of an existing window space to take advantage of amazing views, extend your entertaining area or create a seamless flow between your indoor and outdoor spaces.

Hardware selections for your gas strut servery windows have a range of optional extras. These alternatives include:

• Black and stainless steel gas struts.
• Brio/Centor flush bolts or Truth sash locks.
• Electric motorised gas strut servery windows programmed to open and close at the touch of a button.
• Retractable or pull-down fly screen systems from Centor and Brio.

Timber window frames for your servery windows are available in a variety of finishes:

• Paint grade
• Stain grade
• Primed hardwood
• Accoya
• Cedar
• Select-grade blackbutt by special request

Gas strut servery windows can have a retractable flyscreen fitted to protect against insects and provide airflow while the windows are open. These screens are generally fitted to the inside of the frame and can be customised to fit your window.

Aspect Windows offers either Centor S6 roll down flyscreens or Brio retractable flyscreens for gas strut windows, which are perfect for a kitchen servery set-up.

In some cases, it is not practical for gas struts to be regassed, depending on whether or not the seals that keep the compressed nitrogen gas inside the cylinder have deteriorated. If the gas has become depleted because the seals are no longer viable, then regassing is not an option, and the gas strut will need to be replaced.