Casement windows do not have a means to open the window by moving the bottom part of the window straight up. Casement windows open by the means of a hinge and they swing open to the inside or outside depending on the type of window. Casement windows can swing open from the top or the side also.
Actually, Casement windows DO open. Casement windows are really any window that is hinged. Some Casement windows are designed to open to the outside while others are designed to open inwards. Jim
in the poem the highwayman, the girl is standing at the window - casement - and with her long hair open
Casement windows open in our out, just like a door. They do not move up and down (those are single- or double-hung windows). See http://www.areliableremodeler.com/images/window-types.gif for examples. Any window that opens can have a lock.
Casement windows lock, they do not slide.
I can not find out which way casement windows should hinge. I am having replacement windows installed and want to do it right. I have a bay window with 3 windows being installed. The sequence of windows is : Casement Left side #1 (bay) , Picture window #2, Case window right #3 (bay). Should Casement window #1 (left) be hindged on the right side? Or on the left side? I will mirror this answer for casement window #3 (right side).
Located on the upright side of a window frame, the term casement refers to a window sash opening on hinges. This can also be called a casement window. Before the sash window was introduced, the casement window was the most common house window in the UK.
He saw the couple walking by from the casement of his house. Casement here is a window embedded in a wall.
A hinged window is called a casement window.
A window sash on hinges
A casement is a style of opening window that is hinged on one side like a door... Ed
A casement window is hinged on one side and usually opens outwards. What it can't do is slide up and down like a sash window.