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Balcony and window safety
Please follow our tips so you and your family can stay safe when using a balcony.
- When it’s warm outside, we open our windows and doors more frequently. However, please remember about the dangers this can bring for young children living above the ground floor.
- If you have window-opening restrictors, please use them.
- If you have a balcony, keep the door locked when you are not using it.
- Please also consider installing a child-proof gate that you can keep locked when you are not in the room and don’t want to lock the balcony door. You must never allow young children access to a balcony when an adult cannot be present.
Here are a few other things to remember to keep your balcony safe:
- Never lean over, sit or climb on the balcony wall or railing.
- Never try to pass items to someone on another balcony.
- Never try to climb onto another balcony from your balcony.
- Keep balcony furniture away from the railing and heavy enough so children can’t drag it to climb up on.
- Never stand on balcony furniture.
- Please make sure everyone, especially children, knows the dangers of behaving carelessly on a balcony or leaning over them.