Project Gallery: Internorm Window Installations on Real Job Sites
More than 140 photos from our projects, most taken mid-construction, before drywall and trim cover the work. They show what finished photos never can: how the windows arrive, how they sit in the wall and how the joints are sealed.
Why a gallery of unfinished walls
Most window galleries show finished rooms. Ours mostly shows the stage in between, because that is where a high-performance window succeeds or fails. A triple-glazed window with excellent figures on paper will still leak air and heat if it is badly set into the wall. These photos let you, your architect or your builder see how that stage is handled on our sites.
The images come from the homes on our projects page, including the Passive House residences in Etobicoke and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Devil Lake Cabin, the Alcove PH Cottage in Québec and the renovation in Ottawa. For newer pictures, follow us on Instagram at @interhaus_premiumwindows.
Installation photos
Tap a photo to enlarge it, and use “Load more” to see the full set.
Reading the photos: details worth zooming in on
Open a photo full-size and look past the view. These details tell you how the installation was done.
Membranes around the opening
Many photos show blue, green or grey membranes and sheathing wrapping the rough openings, with tape lapped onto the frame. That layering keeps water out and air in, and it has to be continuous at every corner.
Sills and door thresholds
Look at the bottom of the door openings: the sill is protected with membrane before the frame goes in, so water that gets past the outer seal drains away instead of into the floor. It is a frequent failure point in any installation.
Frame position in the wall
Where the window sits within the wall depth affects how warm its edges stay. In several photos you can see plywood boxes built out around the openings to set the frame in the planned plane.
Lift & slide openings
The cabin and cottage photos show large sliding doors and corner glazing set into timber walls. Openings this size need level, well-supported sills, so the threshold is prepared before the panels arrive.
Arched and multi-pane windows
The Niagara-on-the-Lake photos include arched multi-pane windows going into a green-sheathed wall. Shaped windows are made to measure and get the same taped, airtight connection as any rectangle.
Tilt & turn sashes in use
Some shots catch sashes open in turn or tilt position, showing the inward-opening hardware and the gaskets around the sash that close against the frame.
Delivery and protection
A few photos show deliveries: windows crated in a shipping container and a telehandler unloading on site. Frames and glass arrive under protective film, which comes off once installation is complete.
Finished interiors
Toward the end of the set are finished rooms: black frames over a kitchen sink in the Ottawa renovation, timber interiors and white windows in new siding. Compare them with the rough-in shots to see what the trim covers.
How InterHaus installs and supervises
Whether our fitters install or yours do, the sequence on site is the same. It follows the standard Internorm sets out for its partners.
- 01
Survey and measurement
Openings are measured and structural conditions checked before anything is ordered, because every unit is made to measure.
- 02
Coordinated delivery
Windows travel from our Ontario warehouse to site on a date agreed with the builder, complete and in order.
- 03
Opening preparation
Membranes, sill protection and any frame extensions are checked before the first unit goes in. A window can only be as airtight as the opening it is fixed into.
- 04
Setting and fixing
Each frame is set level, square and in its planned position, then fixed. Heavy elements such as lift & slide doors are moved with suitable lifting equipment.
- 05
Airtight connection
The joint between frame and wall is sealed so the window ties into the building’s air barrier, the step Internorm’s own guide singles out for airtightness.
- 06
Adjustment and check
Sashes are adjusted, and every window and door is checked for correct operation with the owner or builder.
- 07
Clean-up and care advice
Protective film comes off, the area is cleaned, and you receive maintenance and care advice. Our after-sale team stays available for later adjustments.
When your builder installs, we are on site too
Some builders prefer to install with their own crew. For those projects our Supply & Supervision service puts experienced InterHaus people on site for the first few days to guide handling, fitting and finishing. The crew learns the product on the first windows, and the rest follow the same standard.
Supervision is especially valuable on Passive House builds, where the airtightness test at the end of construction will expose any weak joint. Catching a detail on day one costs far less than finding it at the blower-door test. If you would rather hand over the whole job, our qualified fitters can install instead; about InterHaus describes every service option.
Lift & slide doors: what the photos show
A lift & slide door is the largest moving part in most of our projects, and the photos show why it needs planning. The opening must be level along its full width so the sash runs true, the threshold has to be detailed for drainage and a step-free transition, and the panels are heavy enough to need lifting gear on delivery day.
The reward is clear in the Alcove PH Cottage photo, where a lift & slide door frames the hilltop view. To compare the uPVC, uPVC/aluminum and timber/aluminum options, see our lift & slide doors overview.
Using these photos with your architect or builder
The gallery is most useful as a conversation starter. If you are planning a build, save the photos that show conditions like yours: the same kind of wall, a similar opening size, a door onto a deck or a window in a bathroom. A timber-framed cabin wall and a city house with masonry call for different fixings and different membrane laps, and seeing a real example makes those choices easier to discuss.
When you send us a photo, tell us what caught your eye. It might be the frame colour, the way a corner window meets the wall, or how a threshold sits flush with the floor. We will explain which system and options produced that result, and how the same detail would work in your own wall assembly. Builders can ask for the installation drawings that sit behind it.
Gallery questions
Yes. They are job-site photos from our own projects, not manufacturer stock images. For Internorm’s product photography, download the catalogue from our brochures page.
Because installation is where performance is won or lost, and it disappears once the trim goes on. Showing that stage is more useful to a buyer or builder than another finished living room.
Tilt & turn windows, French-style doors, entrance doors and lift & slide doors in white, black and timber finishes. If you see something you like, send us the photo and we will identify the system and its options.
Windows leave the factory with protective film and labels so frames and glass survive transport and the busy weeks of construction. The film is removed once installation is complete, and the windows are cleaned before handover.
Yes. InterHaus supplies and installs across Canada, and the gallery includes the Alcove PH Cottage in Québec. Supply & Supervision is another option: a local installer does the work while our team supervises the first days.
It depends on the number and size of units and the state of the openings. Windows go in one after another in quick succession, and we agree the schedule with you or your builder before work starts.
Follow @interhaus_premiumwindows on Instagram for recent projects, and visit our Oakville showroom to see the same systems finished and working.
Planning an installation?
Send us your drawings and tell us who will install. We will recommend supply and install or supply and supervision, and quote the windows and the service together.