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Wonder if this is going to work, I think I have attached it below. This is my kitchen window and no one can say it is ugly. It is high off the ground, people passing by the pedestrian only street in front always like to peek in to see the interior. The wall in front with the ivy belongs to my neighbors.
Ah, now in preview mode, the window is sideways, can anyone help with that?
When I clicked on the thumbnail, it righted itself...
Bars on windows are very dangerous in case of a fire. If you need to escape out your window, you're trapped.
My front door is just feet away from the barred window, and the house is stone. We don't get many house fires like the US. Of course this is something that should be factored in in the case of a wood structured house. In another house I had, most windows and doors were with a key, which was hung just out of arms reach from each of the window/doors.
Bars as opposed to bullet proof glass is great for those climates that it is nice to leave windows open for fresh air. Perhaps if one lives without ever opening a window the thick bullet proof like glass would be more estetically pleasing.
I do predict with the way things are going that we will see more and more bars on residences here in the US and/or people looking for alternative solutions.
My front door is just feet away from the barred window, and the house is stone. We don't get many house fires like the US. Of course this is something that should be factored in in the case of a wood structured house.
You do realize smoke kills more people than the flames do right? Light a couch or mattress on fire and see how fast it fills the room with smoke.
That is all well and good unless you are like me and sleep like the dead. I also have acquaintances and colleges who have been "sprayed" with something while sleeping. They have woken up in their apartments with a headache and feeling disoriented to find their home had been ransacked. again, this was in Europe and the news claimed it was a tactic used by Eastern Europeans that had come flooding in. Many were very good cat burglars. Being on the second or 5th floor or any floor didn't seem to deter them.
I've only seen bars on windows in very shady areas. I would not buy a home in a neighborhood that had barred windows!
We have a large dog who has a loud bark and big teeth. He keeps us safe from other people walking their dogs past our house, the mail lady, raccoons/bobcats/coyotes in the yard, and the occasional loose Walmart bag blowing down the street. I think he is more of a deterrent to any type of intruder than pretty much anything else I can think of. There's no chance of an intruder using the dog against me or of him accidentally biting me rather than the bad guy.
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again, this was in Europe and the news claimed it was a tactic used by Eastern Europeans that had come flooding in. Many were very good cat burglars. Being on the second or 5th floor or any floor didn't seem to deter them.
There's no chance of an intruder using the dog against me or of him accidentally biting me rather than the bad guy.
