Uniformat B2020
Window, aluminum frame
Also called aluminum window, storefront window
Service life
Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.
One source. This value rests on a single document (CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p8). Treat it as that source's figure, not a settled life, until others confirm it.
Basis
- 35–40 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p8 · HUD CNA 3.3.3.2.3 “Aluminum” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Family properties 35 years, elderly 40. US multifamily housing.
How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.
Municipal lives for exterior enclosure (B20)
23 municipalities in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta state a life for exterior enclosure as a whole, in 18 distinct tables: 10–85 years, median 30. 33 rows come from capital asset policies (accounting lives, used for amortization) and 6 from asset management plans (planning lives, used to forecast replacement). They describe the system rather than this component, and none is a measured life.
Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. Hollow marks are planning lives from asset management plans; filled marks are accounting lives from policies. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.
All 34 stated lives
| Municipality | As written | Years | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Lakes | Exterior Shell - Wood Finishing maintenance | 10 | accounting | p10 · 2009 |
| Telkwa | Exterior Envelope | 20 | accounting | p8 |
| Amherstburg | Exterior Envelops - Roof, Windows, Doors, Concrete | 20 | accounting | p8 · 2026 |
| Huron | Patrol Yards - Building Exterior | 20 | planning | p42 · 2025 |
| Huron | Property Services - Building Exterior | 20 | planning | p57 · 2025 |
| Huron | Housing - Building Exterior | 20 | planning | p68 · 2025 |
| Huron | Homes for the Aged - Exterior | 20 | planning | p77 · 2025 |
| London | Building Components - Shell (siding, windows, roofing) | 20 | accounting | p2 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Overhead Doors | 20 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Simcoe | Envelope | 20 | accounting | p19 · 2025 |
| Trent Lakes | Exterior Shell - Windows | 20 | accounting | p10 · 2009 |
| Grey Highlands | Windows & Doors | 25 | accounting | p11 · 2026 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Windows | 25 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Windows and Doors | 25 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Trent Lakes | Exterior Shell - Vinyl | 25 | accounting | p10 · 2009 |
| Parksville | Metal Cladding | 30 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
| London | Building Components - Interiors (partitions, doors) | 30 | accounting | p2 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Vinyl Siding | 30 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Standard Doors | 30 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Fort St. James, Revelstoke, Rossland, Sicamous, Tumbler Ridge · same table | Exterior Envelope | 30–40 | accounting | p5, p9, p7, p9, p5 · 2010 |
| Okanagan-Similkameen | Exterior Envelope | 30–40 | accounting | p11 · 2023 |
| Salmo | Exterior Envelope | 30–40 | accounting | p6 · 2016 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Wood Cladding | 40 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Trent Lakes | Exterior Shell - Brick / Masonry/Steel | 40 | accounting | p10 · 2009 |
| Canmore | Envelope | 50 | accounting | p10 · 2025 |
| Parksville | Exterior Wall | 50 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
| Chapple | Building Improvements - Exterior Envelope | 50 | accounting | p1 |
| Kenora | Buildings - Exterior Components | 50 | accounting | p15 · 2026 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Concrete Block | 50 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Exterior Closure - Metal Cladding | 50 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Rainy River | Building Improvements - Exterior Envelope | 50 | accounting | p11 · 2010 |
| Rainy River | Building Improvements - Exterior Envelope | 50 | planning | p17 · 2026 |
| Greater Madawaska, Quinte West · same table | Shell - Other | 55–85 | accounting | p17, p38 · 2025 |
| Huron | Homes for the Aged - Building Envelope | 60 | planning | p77 · 2025 |
Of 39 rows, 2 were compared with an image of their page; 37 were matched to their page automatically (the label and number appear in the page text). Follow the page link before relying on an automatically matched row. About the policies · All approved rows as JSON
Preventive maintenance
No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.
Open questions
- Only one source so far: HUD planning lives for US multifamily housing. Canadian and observed sources are needed.
- No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.
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Cite this
Citation
unfinished.one (2026). Window, aluminum frame, v0.3.0. https://unfinished.one/c/window-aluminum/v/0.3.0BibTeX
@misc{unfinished_window_aluminum_0_3_0,
title = {Window, aluminum frame},
author = {{unfinished.one}},
year = {2026},
version = {0.3.0},
url = {https://unfinished.one/c/window-aluminum/v/0.3.0},
note = {CC BY 4.0}
}Licence CC BY 4.0 · How to cite · JSON · Versions: 0.3.0, 0.2.0, 0.1.0