practical advice

[silly_filly]

Ok, I can handle myself in a political or legal discussion (although I'm pretty sure I, um, lost my mental edge somewhere midway through last saturday evening - if i wouldn't shut up at you....um...sorry, it's a drunk thing)  but ANYWAY

Comments

[corsetsnpearls]

A kitty window perch?

[silly_filly]

LOTS of windows - and she'd still end up sleeping leaning against the screen, because...well...she's a cat.

[earl258]

Open the top sash instead of the bottom one.

[rmsquared]

Good idea, but if this kitty is as "fluffy" as mine, she is much wider than your standard ledge and needs that extra room between the window and the screen to accommodate her girth. Perhaps the combination of installing a window perch/shelf and opening only the top sash would work?

[silly_filly]

she fits on the sash when it's open - without even hanging over it - but when she sleeps, she lets that whole "elegant and graceful feline" thing go right out the window (ugh - no pun intended) - she ends up totally leaning against the screen - and that just can't end well.

[silly_filly]

That was almost the perfect answer - brilliant and simple (and would never have occurred to me)

but I tried to that and learned that although one part of the storm window slides up and down, the top storm window/bottom screen combo is fixed. So no real airflow if I drop the top sash.

And I was so sure you'd come up with the perfect answer - stupid windows!

[corsetsnpearls]

Screw the screens in place?

[silly_filly]

Seems reasonable - and I thought of it, but I can't figure out how to do that - there is a lot of metal involved and I'm pretty hopeless at much more than nails and duct tape.