Can someone help me understand why you can't open your windows all the way in Britain?
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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oi mate you got a loicense for that open window
Landlords in the UK have a legal requirement to ensure that their property is safe for the occupants. In practice this means following a number of regulations set by the local authorities HHSRS (Housing health and safety rating system).
Most of these include a regulation on maximum window opening height to prevent people accidentally falling out of them, either purely by accident, or when in a "confused mental state" (this is mainly elderly people with dementia or something similar, and drunks).
They don't use window screens over there?
I don't think so. Never seen one at least.
Usually pretty skeptical about complaints of "Nanny states" but the British government explicitly saying they don't trust their citizens to not fall out of open windows is pretty bleak
Yeah, it's not great.
Holy shit.
This is only in the UK, yeah? I was surprised the first time I went to continental Europe that high-floor hotel windows would open entirely, with no screen. In the US, hotels do have windows that only open so far. Not the case with residential, though.
Only in England. Which is both Neo Lib enough to have a safety litigation driven society, [...]
Tell me you don't know what neoliberalism is, without telling that you don't know
Stupid convoluted restrictions that make life worse for the sake of reducing insurance premiums on landlords seems pretty in line with it
Everyday I thank the Lord I wasn't born an anglo.
Lmao what the fuck thats's some 
type shit
They call that "Clapton-proofing".
Is that a skeleton key hole ? Just use a flat head screwdriver to open it.
Britannia delenda est. 
Seems easy to rip off, I don't see the issue