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Originally Posted by
Phuketrichard
BARS!!!! yech!!
When i built my house had to fight my contractor not to put them on as i hated the idea of looking out thru bars.
So looks like your windows will go outside the bars. Where will the screens go outside the windows then? or inside the bars?
From the photos it appears one big kick will knock the whole thing out. Usually the bars go inside a metal frames which is placed outside the wondow so they cant just be kicked in
Bars are the norm here, like any security feature, you don't want to be the first on the block to do away with it as you then become the softest target, especially in hot climates where you leave the windows open at night. You can't really see it in the shot as during this shot they are just lining it up and haven't welded it all yet, but what they do is set a six inch long 20x20mm steel bar into the brickwork and then weld the window bars to those at eight points, then when the builder renders it will be flush and level with the inner wall. I think even Beckham would have a hard job kicking that off.
The placement of the bars was a tough one, we're having UPVC windows, so it was a toss up between outer bars and sliding windows or inner bars with casement windows. UPVC sliders loose a lot of the benefits so we went with inner bars. Once the interior is rendered they will be sprayed white.
