ᐅ Is the ceiling too high for tilt-and-turn windows?

Hello everyone,

We received feedback from a window manufacturer stating that they only produce tilt-and-turn windows up to 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in) in height. The room height is 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in), and we would like windows that are roughly ceiling height and floor-to-ceiling (facing the garden). The window sash width would be about 0.9 m (3 ft). However, it shouldn’t become excessively expensive.

The explanation given was that the sashes become too heavy for the tilt mechanism at that height. Now we are considering whether to forgo the tilt function and choose pure side-hung casement windows that can be fully opened but not tilted.

Does anyone have experience with this? Our designers mentioned that pure side-hung casement windows are hardly installed anymore. We would be interested in opinions regarding the omission of the tilt mechanism as well as cost and technical experiences related to this.

Thank you and best regards!

Do you want to be able to walk straight through the door?
If not, you could choose half-fixed windows — the lower half just glass, with tilt-and-turn opening at the top.
If you want to go outside, I would tend to recommend a sliding door anyway.

Best regards

So, these are our bedrooms, which are on the ground floor and open out to the garden. Therefore, we definitely want to be able to go outside from there. We are talking about a total window width of 2m (6.6 feet). So far, the plan includes one fixed panel and one tilt-and-turn window, with the latter being about 0.9m (3 feet) wide. The clear ceiling height is 2.65m (8.7 feet).

We hadn’t considered installing sliding windows there because we thought the tilt-and-turn option would be significantly cheaper. But maybe we are mistaken, and sliding elements might actually be the smarter solution overall?

Should the exterior be shaded?
External venetian blinds?
The slat box mounted on top also reduces the window height.

Sliding door to the garden – but it’s a question of cost, according to the online configurator (plastic):

Google: sliding door terrace door.

Regards

Otus11 schrieb:

Is shading intended on the outside?
Exterior blinds?
The slat box on top also adds extra height to the window.

Exactly, exterior shading with venetian blinds.