Fixed glazing vs. turn/tilt

I recently saw a statistic at a police booth at a trade fair which states that in only about 12% of burglaries a "glass is broken." Often this glass is on a door, as these are usually smaller and also make less noise when broken. In over 70% of burglaries, windows are pried open.

Prying open is apparently quite difficult with fixed glazing and in my personal opinion, as a burglar I would not necessarily break a 3x2m window, that would make a hell of a noise. In our construction we will have many fixed glazing units and for the few windows that can be opened, at least on the ground floor, we will install fittings with RC3 (minimum resistance time 5 minutes). I hope I have done enough to prevent prying open here... Of course, each resistance class means a certain additional cost, but this is more tolerable for a few windows than if every window has to be openable/protected...

On the subject of entering the garden, friends of ours have 5 sliding doors on the garden-facing side and guess how many of them they actually use... Right, only one! (in the kitchen and rarely one in the living room)

So fixed glazing to save on an RC3 fitting and not for security reasons. That sounded strange from the beginning.

I don't think it should be seen as "the argument"... I could also hang bars on every window to be opened but that just looks shitty. With fixed glazing, I save myself that, right. But can't one say that fixed glazing is safer???

I prefer an unobstructed view of the garden and for example, the frame of 1m wide fixed glazing elements would bother me... I would rather install a large window of 2m or 3m here... But tastes are simply different and for some people the possibility to open the door is also important... It's just a balancing of wishes and needs!

I only mean that security is not an argument as long as there is at least one window in the house that is not fixed. Whether you have 6 windows normal and 6 windows fixed or 12 windows normal is irrelevant, since a single window is enough for the burglar. Only with 12 fixed windows could one argue with certainty.

*Off-Toppic*

Right, just one! (in the kitchen and rarely one more in the living room)

My thoughts for years ... the kitchen needs a garden/terrace access

Security? I don’t understand? Is it about burglary protection? Or running against it?

If burglary protection: then you have to completely use fixed glazing, the burglar only needs one window.

Basically, it was already written what I thought of. Yes, of course burglary protection. Based on current knowledge, I would at least use fixed glazing throughout the entire ground floor. Then you would only need to protect two to three doors accordingly.

Even if you have few tilt and turn windows, protecting them poses a smaller challenge than if many windows need to be protected.

In modern houses with a central ventilation system, you actually don’t need any windows you can open. But that is certainly a matter of taste.