Council Installs Dangerous Windows in Hayes Tower Blocks

I visited the tower blocks in Avondale Drive in Hayes this week because residents had expressed fears about the new windows the council had installed in their flats. There are no locks on the windows and they open outwards a leaving a massive gap in the window frame.To open the windows to clean them, you have to lean out over the window frame. Residents are worried that it could be easy to topple over and fall through the window. There are a large number of children that live in these flats and we are all fearful that an accident will happen. Some of the older residents have also said that they are frightened of fully opening the window for fear of falling out. I visited a number of the apartments and filmed a demonstration of how these windows work. It scared me but when we came out of the apartment block I noticed a young child actually standing on a window ledge.I am urging the council to look urgently at how these windows can be made safe do that we do not witness an accident in these apartments.

submitted by John on 07 Apr 2011 at 13:16