On Monday, 27 January 2020 16:42:06 UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:32:40 -0000, Andy Bennet wrote:

On 27/01/2020 13:53, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do some glaziers fit the beading on the outside of windows? Surely,
common sense tells us to put the part you can easily remove on the
inside, for security.

Windows and doors may be glazed internally or externally.

Internal glazing means that the glass units are installed with glazing
beads inserted into the frames from the inside.

External glazing means that the glass units are installed with glazing
beads inserted into the frames from the outside.

Both are equally secure, provided either security tape or glass locks
are installed, with external beading.

How can external beading be secure? The burglar just does the reverse of what the installer did. I've done it to my own and my neighbour's windows very easily. Them because they locked themselves out, mine so I could get a sofa into the house which wouldn't fit through the stupidly narrow hall.


They aren't secure. However in the UK at least you won't find it any more. It went through a phase of having "security clips" fitted beneath the beads to stop the glass being easily removed.