Oh, make me feel like a bird. Not flying in the sky of freedom, but c-a-g-e-d.

Barred windows suffocate me, I feel caged and make me feel depressed.

How do you feel about being barred? Is it avoidable?

Yes it is avoidable......live in a condo. Get one with a nice view!

My house doiesn't have barred windows and I've not been burgled. All my friends think I'm crazy, I think they're paranoid.

Having said that, someone's probably hopping out of the window with my laptop right now..... I need a new one anyway.

Better safe than sorry.

Edited April 28, 201115 yr by Ulysses G.

My house doiesn't have barred windows and I've not been burgled. All my friends think I'm crazy, I think they're paranoid.

Having said that, someone's probably hopping out of the window with my laptop right now..... I need a new one anyway.

Five major break ins later I thought I could do without them too

Loose the bars and buy security film for the windows, maybe add a 120 decibel siren set to a motion and sound sensor.............

Get a Dog.

My house doiesn't have barred windows and I've not been burgled. All my friends think I'm crazy, I think they're paranoid.

Having said that, someone's probably hopping out of the window with my laptop right now..... I need a new one anyway.

Paranoid! No way, btw what is your address?

JL

Honestly, I don't even notice them. They are common in many places where the climate allows for keeping one's windows open all the time. Besides here, I've seen them in Hawaii, California, Arizona... Some of them are quite decorative and pretty.

My house doiesn't have barred windows and I've not been burgled. All my friends think I'm crazy, I think they're paranoid.

I understand how you feel about bars, I too do not have them.

However, I have other things in place which I feel will deter any burglar.

If you have nothing, it's not a matter of if, but when?

In the US, they are often called Barbeque grills.

There, lenders and insurance companies require emergency release mechanisms on them if the bars are in a bedroom or area with limited egress.

In the US, they are often called Barbeque grills.

There, lenders and insurance companies require emergency release mechanisms on them if the bars are in a bedroom or area with limited egress.

I've seen grills here screwed to the wall from the outside.

Not only could a smart operator remove them, but if you are trapped inside and need to get out it's bad news.

I took them off of my house 10 years ago when I first moved in..Never regretted it either.

Get a Dog.

The thieves poisoned our dog and thinking she was dead tried to rob us 2 weeks later.

She was not ,scared them off and they were caught a few days later. Others before us were not so lucky they lost their dogs and got robbed.

We have bars. Not unattractive if you get the right ones.

Get a Dog.

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The thieves poisoned our dog and thinking she was dead tried to rob us 2 weeks later.

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Oh my Buddha.. unbelievable...

Removed them from my new condo a week ago, hate them too. What helps a bit is paint them white.

Top Tip,

If the grills are on the outside of your windows,

fill the screw heads with epoxy or some other filler,

otherwise they're real easy to remove.

Live in a moobaan with decent security.

I have no bars either. Missus wanted them but I said noway.

But I think I would if in a village or town house.

The terraced house I used to live at in close to town could see where previously been had a good go at.

Top Tip,

If the grills are on the outside of your windows,

fill the screw heads with epoxy or some other filler,

otherwise they're real easy to remove.

Or change all the screws to a tamper proof head, easy when one countries commonly used screw bits are unavailable in another (this) country.

This will undo do your screws.

Chemical set anchors are the go, when the bars have been fitted peen the thread so the nut cannot be removed.