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Webster Groves board approves bathroom window change with option for exterior treatment
Summary
The Architectural Review Board approved replacement windows at 128 Firwood Drive, allowing the bathroom’s obscure-glass window to remain without internal grills because the manufacturer does not offer them, and granting an optional exterior treatment post-installation to match other windows.
The Webster Groves Architectural Review Board approved a window alteration at 128 Firwood Drive, with an option for the owner to add an exterior treatment after installation to better match surrounding windows.
Board members discussed why the bathroom window listed as line item 1 would be shown without grills. A board member asked, “I noticed that, line item 1 is the only window that doesn't have grills. Could you give us a little insight into that selection?” The applicant replied, “That particular window is a bathroom window that has obscure glass, and the manufacturer does not offer grills to be installed with that particular window.”
Another board member said the lack of grills was unfortunate but not a reason to deny the application, and the board offered adding an exterior treatment after installation as an option to achieve a closer match with the rest of the house. The final motion approved the project “as submitted with the option to add treatments or muntins post installation on the exterior of the bathroom window.” The motion passed on a voice vote recorded as four ayes.
The board indicated staff or the applicant should follow up if the owner chooses the exterior treatment option so that the final appearance meets the board’s expectations. No statutes, ordinances, or other legal authorities were cited during the discussion.
Notes from the hearing record show the manufacturer limitation — that grills are not available for the obscure-glass bathroom unit — as the principal technical reason the window was shown without grills; the board resolved that an exterior treatment would be acceptable at the owner’s discretion.
