ᐅ Appearance question: Choosing the right window color to match roof tiles

Two quick photos......

Arauki11 schrieb:

Two quick photos......

It really looks great! You’re giving me some completely new ideas now…

Salvator2025 schrieb:

It really looks great! You’ve just given me completely new ideas…

For us, it came about more out of necessity since our general contractor was missing tradespeople one after another, including the plasterer; today we are glad about it.
Behind it, we were able to install a total of 16cm (6 inches) of wood fiber insulation, and I wanted to do a lot of it myself because it’s fairly easy to do, especially with a friend. Unfortunately, winter arrived along with other circumstances, so I ended up having it done professionally. I was almost shocked by another quote that, on its first three pages, only emphasized the special features of wood as a material and craftsmanship, which was then reflected drastically in the price.
We generally prefer simple, functional things, so we had our carport builder do the work on an hourly basis, which turned out very affordable, and we could have helped reduce the hours; I would suggest checking with small local timber suppliers if needed. For the wood, we were convinced to use ordinary spruce boards, 24mm (1 inch) thick, which we had cut into three different widths and then painted ourselves with a natural chalk paint product. Next time, I would have the boards planed because unplaned wood is harder to paint; underneath is a weather-resistant foil intended for open cladding. This way, you can mix the wood as you like and influence the overall look. I just let it be; the gaps vary slightly in places, but when looking at the whole house, no one really notices—not me, at least. I wouldn’t have wanted to use expensive rhombus cladding; you can see it on every corner, which would have been unnecessarily costly.
We live in a village and have lovely flowers in the garden (which we enjoy), so naturally a variety of insects. Of course, they always fly into the gaps, as do birds sometimes. We find it quite charming because it doesn’t harm the house in any way.
One advantage I see is that you can unscrew any board at any time, replace it if necessary, attach all kinds of things, and also easily hide cables or similar underneath later on. All of that is much more difficult with plaster, especially for repairs. But the main reason is that we really like it, especially the open wooden cladding with irregular widths.
I got inspired online by some really stylish houses with this kind of cladding. In the end, we built it the same way but probably at about 30% of the cost of what I found online.
I just found two more pictures.

wiltshire schrieb:

What I generally don’t like is "fake"—when a material pretends to be something else visually (for example, plastic windows with a wood-look finish).

I’m also not a fan of "wood-look" tiles or ceramic "parquet." However, for windows where a different material is desired on the inside than on the outside, applying a film (on the interior side) is usually the best solution (from a customer perspective, based on my experience as a manufacturer and dealer).

Salvator2025 schrieb:

I completely agree! That’s why I asked about a suitable RAL color that matches smooth red roof tiles.

As I mentioned earlier in post #2, RAL is not Pantone. Even a roof tile and a window frame with the “same” RAL color would look noticeably different to the naked eye.

Salvator2025 schrieb:

It really looks great! You’ve just given me some completely new ideas…

I particularly like the varying board widths. You can also admire this in a lighter tone over at @Climbee (in the house pictures thread).

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I have seen the house of @Arauki11 in many photos by now. Simply beautiful.
In the thread House Photo Exchange, on page 1398, you can find the very successful facade by @Climbee – good suggestion, @11ant!

With a white plaster finish, you quickly notice the typical effects of weathering – everyone has seen that many times.

Salvator2025 schrieb:

Attached are the photos of the design.

Thanks – that’s great!

Salvator2025 schrieb:

That’s why I was also asking about a suitable RAL color that matches smooth red roof tiles.

For roof tiles in red, I usually prefer the wavy shape, and for dark gray/black tiles the smooth variant. Your house would suit both types.

Salvator2025 schrieb:

We’re thinking of a standard plaster facade, painted white, so as simple as possible.

If you go with plaster, you can highlight the window surrounds either just structurally or also with a different color and use light-colored frames. These have the advantage that they don’t heat up as much in direct sunlight. For larger plastic (PVC) windows, dark finishes can sometimes result in higher maintenance requirements.

Personally, I like wood. We have a very rustic larch wood facade combined with a modern building shape and large roof overhangs with smooth photovoltaic roof tiles. The house grays naturally over the years and no longer shines as it did at the beginning. Sounds like nonsense, but we like it. Here is a drone shot from last August.

Salvator2025 schrieb:

If I may ask, what additional costs did you have because of that?

Before you ask me too – no idea. We didn’t calculate any other alternative. That’s just how we wanted it.

11ant schrieb:

Even a roof tile and a window frame in the "same" RAL color would look noticeably different to the naked eye.

I’m not looking for a window color that exactly matches the roof—at least not if the roof has red tiles. That’s why my original question was whether anyone knows of a color tone (perhaps beige, bronze, or similar) that harmonizes well with red tiles.