Should sealed units be fitted from the inside of the house with the beading fitted internally. The windows in my house (fitted before I moved in) have a mix, with some beaded inside and some outside. Surely with the beading outside any burglar with diy knowledge would simply remove the beading, take out the sealed unit, climb in and rob me blind?

Dave, July 2009

its now an offence to fit new domestic windows without internal beading.some older windows have these but usually the glass is stuck to the frame with glazing tape making it difficult to extract without some internal force being applied to push glass outwards.

Jase, August 2009

most externally beaded windows are fine.
to remove the beads on some, first the rubber gasket has to be removed from the inside then the beads can be removed.
on others a double sided glazing tape may be used and if so the beads can be removed but the tape needs to be cut from the inside in order for the glass to be removed.
however there are a small number which are not up to scratch.
but don`t panic

levi lewy, August 2009

They should be fitted on the inside,they found that problem many years ago you must have old windows.

rich, July 2009