There is no need to have windows frames that are just building blocks in disguise in a special category. The only reason for a special category is their restriction to wood only and fixed depth - when windows can be made of materials beyond just wood and it should not be necessary to stack them to increase their depth. These are are useful building blocks for grates, stairs, railings.
I changed their material to black marble to fake iron railings using creative mode, for some odd reason iron is not an available texture. They make a clank marble sound not really metallic - but better than wood grain and wood sound.