Pivot-hung window

- suitable for wheelchair users
User opens a pivot-hung window
User opens a pivot-hung window

Users comments
The house had a few pivot-hung windows when the user purchased it. He would like to have pivot-hung windows throughout the house. It is difficult to reach the window handle of a side-hung window when it fully opens outwards.

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Author: Robert

Robert bor tillsammans med hustru och tre barn i en villa. Han arbetar heltid. Han skadade sig 2003 och har en låg paraplegi (L1). Ingen assistans.
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Type of disability

Low paraplegia (Th11-S1)

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