...in the UK open outwards, instead of indoors?
They'd be easier to clean both sides and maintain.
They'd be easier to clean both sides and maintain.
Why do windows...
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Curtains, blinds, shutters will be in the way? The ones in our villa in Spain were sliders. We could have the windows open and the vented shutters/curtains closed.
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It's also much easier to keep the inside dry when the rebate's on the outside.
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I agree with FMT above.
The only time I've had to install or repair windows that open inwards in the UK is when there is outward opening screens on the outside or a second internal window glazing with the outer light opens outwards and the inner light opening inwards.
The only time I've had to install or repair windows that open inwards in the UK is when there is outward opening screens on the outside or a second internal window glazing with the outer light opens outwards and the inner light opening inwards.
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Makes it harder to prop up a ladder to jimmy the widow open, too, with a window opening out...i think the main reason is the weather: In places like France and Spain where the climate is warmer, they open windows inwards to allow cool air to flow through the rooms, but here we prefer to keep heat in the room thanks to our colder winters.
Northern France, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark all have a good deal of rain but in some places their windows will open inwards. Another theory put forward is the way folk used to empty out their bedpans of a morning...or even further back, when you had to be very cautious walking below a garderobe.
Hotter countries such as Spain tend to have grilles or bars on the outside so that windows can be left open safely without giving access to intruders so they can never have windows that open outwards.
It's also a legal requirement for new builds.
Personally I think its a little bit of everything above, also historically windows in the UK have always opened outwards and I mean for hundreds and hundreds of years and humans are a creature of habit thus we all go along with windows should open out. From my experience as a service engineer inward opening windows generally tilt n turns give me the worst problems, they only only even need to be slightly out of compression adjustment to leak water then if they're fitted in exposed elevations can become draughty as the wind pushes them inward away from the seals, I'm also not a great fan of upvc flush casement windows either
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