10/20/2026
Planning your house with European windows? Here’s one that’ll save you real money: not every window needs to open.
Think about it. How often do you actually open your windows, and when’s the last time you opened all of them at once?
Every opening window needs a sash, hinges, a handle and locking hardware. A fixed window is just frame and glass, and it costs a lot less. Put that money into bigger glass instead: more light, more view, fewer frames in the way.
Keep the opening ones where you’ll use them: bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom. And every bedroom still needs at least one window that opens. That’s code.
Building or remodeling? Send us your plans and we’ll mark which windows should open.