[Greenbuilding] inward-opening wood windows (French Casement?) available in US?

[Ward Edwards]

I got my windows from Inline Fiberglass in Toronto, Ontario 
(www.inlinefiberglass.com).  The french door that we got has the tilt 
and turn mechanism and has no center post giving a 6' clear opening when 
open.  It was around $2500 3 years ago.

Ward Edwards
ward at buildgreen.ca

Reuben Deumling wrote:
> A style of window common in Germany (and I think much of Europe) is an
> inward opening casement. The hardware is completely different that
> what is common in the US--a combination of brilliantly simple hinges
> and rather complex hidden mechanisms that permit tilting as well as
> horizontal movement. I'm less concerned with being able to tilt them,
> though this is very nifty, than with a thermally sound wood window
> hinged left and right that I can open inward. Marvin makes something
> along these lines, which they call a tilt-turn-hopper, but if you want
> a window split down the middle and hinged on both sides like a French
> Door, they leave a post in the middle and call it a two-wide window...
> This in CVG fir, I'm told, runs something like $2,500 a
> piece--probably more when we start talking about simulated divided
> lites.
> <http://www.marvin.com/default.aspx?page=Tilt_Turn_And_Hopper#Variations>
> 
> What I'm looking for is any info on the availability of such windows
> in the US or Canada without the center post. Has anyone worked with
> suppliers of these? Twenty years ago we imported thirty of these in a
> custom size from Germany. That was fun, and fairly affordable, but
> they were made of Norway Spruce. I'm open to trying this again, but
> would prefer to keep it a bit more local. Thoughts or experience?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Reuben Deumling
> 
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