Not me, but my mum. She had custom double-glazed windows installed—massive ones, about 3.5 meters tall and weighing around 700–800 kg. The builder secured them with small screws. In a house perched atop a valley where strong winds tear through for kilometers, that was a disaster waiting to happen.
On a particularly gusty day,
the inevitable happened and the windows came crashing down. Thankfully, the house was still under construction, but the impact completely destroyed a small wood stove and a marble bench in the extension. Taking the builder to court was the only option. He eventually settled, but the process was long, expensive, and completely exhausting.ST2.- We moved recently, and our new neighbors were renovating — constant drilling and hammering. One day,