Undoing window restrictor

[Alex Gilder]

Hi guys, so my building has window restrictors so they only open about 15cm instead of the whole way. Clearly it has been extremely hot this week! Can I unlock the bar or the stopper on the right hand side and replace it when things cool down? If so what tool do I need?

 

[bernardgreen]

Restrictors are often fitted to windows to ensure people, specifically children and vulnerable adults, cannot climb out of the window and fall down the outside of the building.

 

[Handymanjo]

Is it a building regulation to stopped you looking over neighbours property ?

 

[Alex Gilder]

No, it is just a normal window in a block of flats with the restrictor put in for safety. I just want to be able to open it fully for the next week or so while its so hot. I don't plan on jumping out during that time!

 

[crank39]

No, it is just a normal window in a block of flats with the restrictor put in for safety. I just want to be able to open it fully for the next week or so while its so hot. I don't plan on jumping out during that time!

Nor did people that fell out accidentally, it's like not wearing your seat belt because your not planning on having a crash

 

[Alex Gilder]

Seriously? It is almost chest height with a great big desk in front of it...
I previously lived in the Netherlands where they don't do health and safety restrictors. I had three huge waist height windows that swung all the way open on the 12th floor... you don't see many stories of Dutch people falling out of their flats.

 

[crank39]

Sound, so because the Dutch don't fall out of windows we should change our building regs

 

[DHFrames]

Its called building regs.