Invisible Grille

[tankee]

happy2bemummy:

I wanted to do invisible grilles as my balcony is the windowless kind but in the end decided not to as the grilles are not really invisible, when you are inside the house, you can still see the lines. Spoils the look. And it is hard to clean.

ya .... aesthetic versus safety :sad:

[tigger88]

tankee:

tigger88:

hi tankee,


My invisible grille was done about 1 year ago by Legate. About 2.4k for living room and 3 bedrooms.

the quotes I received are more expensive, due to a corner window that they need to add some brackets.

Ya, it depends on the whether you need to do full or half windows etc. My DH's friend did his at $7k+ because his condo unit has a few balconies and need to do full length grilles.

[amanadasia]

Mine was done up by:

http://www.aluminiumwrought.com/invsiblegrille.html

Think for safety not as good as wrought iron
or aluminium window.

But think it looks more stylish.

[kiasubox]

For my review:

http://mylittlecasa.blogspot.com/2011/09/invisible-grille-review.html

[wywy2]

Hi kiasubox,


Your blog is informative. I have been thinking about installing invisible grilles but I find that they still look very visible and i will still feel that i am inside a ‘prison’ but I am staying on a high floor and I am worried if I take out my existing grilles, my kids could fall over…sigh, really not sure what to do.

[kiasubox]

Hi wywy2,

If u already have the aluminium wrought grille, then don't change to invisible, if u don't have anything and need something for protection but don't want the conventional type, invisible grille is a good choice

[wywy2]

Oh why do you say do not change if I already have the aluminium grille? I thought invisible was nicer?

[kiasubox]

wywy2:

Oh why do you say do not change if I already have the aluminium grille? I thought invisible was nicer?

The invisible is nice but might be inconvenient as it is fixed on the windows permanently and cannot be opened unless u remove it. So you might want to consider how to clean the windows, what if your window spoilt and need a repair, and over long time it'll get loosen if your kids just like to pull the string.

[staceylee]

kiasubox:

wywy2:

Oh why do you say do not change if I already have the aluminium grille? I thought invisible was nicer?

The invisible is nice but might be inconvenient as it is fixed on the windows permanently and cannot be opened unless u remove it. So you might want to consider how to clean the windows, what if your window spoilt and need a repair, and over long time it'll get loosen if your kids just like to pull the string.

Think this article might help.
Aluminium grilles vs invisible grilles
http://www.windowgrill.com.sg/blog/aluminium-grilles-vs-invisible-grilles.html

[straffan23]

Is this worth consideration? The SCDF ladder reaches up to 8th storeys high. 8 and below stories should have removable grilles? Anyway, just to share, we gave this a quick consideration as well but realised that the conventional grilles works better for us, able to take out laundry, clean windows, and more cost effective. We went with the aluminium horizontal bars.