{"id":1772601,"date":"2022-05-18T10:10:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T15:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1772601"},"modified":"2024-08-28T11:51:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:51:53","slug":"window-security-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/window-security-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"If You See Window Bars with a Potbelly, This Is What It\u2019s For"},"content":{"rendered":"If there's one thing we love, it's looking into mysterious old home features<\/a>. Why do some houses from the '50s have an extra little door in the hallway<\/a>? Why do pre-World War II era homes have a toilet in the basement<\/a>? And why do some apartments have window grilles with a bulge?\r\n\r\nReddit user u\/lw1999 asked that exact question<\/a> after coming across this kind of window grille. Of course, we were intrigued by this post too, so without further ado, let's take a dive into why (and where) you might see these window bars.\r\n

Why Do Some Windows Have a \"Potbelly\"?<\/h2>\r\nThis style might be referred to as a \"potbelly grille\"\u00a0 or\u00a0 \"window belly bars.\" Some Reddit users thought that the bulge was for placing flower boxes. You can't place a flower box on the rounded bars themselves, but you could<\/em> extend one out from the windowsill.\r\n\r\nOther Redditors argued that the bulges serve a a security purpose, since they're often found only on the ground floor of buildings. New Yorkers argued that the bulge was for AC units!\r\n\r\n