- Serving Kansas City & Overland Park
- nbowman@horizonexteriorskc.com
Replacement garden windows turn a flat kitchen wall into a sunlit shelf, and Kansas City garden window installation means framing the box out and flashing it properly so it never leaks. Homeowners searching for outdoor windows or affordable garden windows usually want this unit.
Perfect for herbs & plants
Glass roof & sides
Built-in shelf for plants, herbs, or decor.
Side vents allow for fresh air circulation.
Sloped glass roof ensures maximum sunlight and easy water runoff.
Energy-efficient insulated glass keeps your home comfortable.
A garden window boxes out from the wall like a miniature greenhouse, usually over a kitchen sink. Glass on three sides plus the top brings in far more light than a flat window of the same opening, and the interior shelf gives you somewhere to actually grow things.
Glass on the front and both returns, plus a glazed top, so the shelf gets usable light for most of the day rather than a single direction.
Deep enough for herbs and potted plants, which is why almost every one we fit goes above a kitchen sink.
Most units have an operable panel on one or both returns, so you can air the space without opening the whole box.
It projects out of the wall with a glazed top, which makes the head detail the whole job. Flashed into the housewrap properly, it is dry for decades.
The box cantilevers off the wall and carries soil, pots and water. Brackets are sized to the unit, not assumed.
A glass box on a south wall gets hot in August and cold in January. Insulated glass and a properly sealed base keep condensation off the counter.
Garden windows are the most rewarding unit on this list and the least forgiving to install. They are the only window we fit that is genuinely a small structure, and the details below decide whether it delights you or annoys you.
The box sits proud of the wall, so we check the faucet arc and the counter depth before ordering. This is the measurement most often skipped.
It extends outward, which matters on a tight lot line or where a walkway runs past the wall. Worth confirming against setbacks.
Four glazed surfaces means more to clean. Units with an operable return are far easier to reach than fully fixed ones.
Most standard openings, yes. What decides it is the exterior clearance and whether the wall can carry the projection, both of which we check at the measure.
Herbs and small potted plants do very well. It behaves like a bright windowsill rather than a greenhouse, so it will not carry anything large.
An old one usually is, because the base and the head were the weak points on early units. A modern insulated unit sealed correctly is not.
More garden window problems come from measuring than from manufacturing. These are the checks we run at the walkthrough, before anything is specified.
The box sits proud of the wall, so we confirm the faucet swings clear and the counter runs to the right depth before the unit is sized.
It projects outward, so we check the walkway, the lot line and any setback before committing to a projection depth.
The box carries soil, pots and water. We confirm what is under the opening and size brackets to the finished load, not the empty unit.
A south or west box gets genuinely hot, which changes the glass package we specify and how the base is sealed.
Watering plants inside a glass box means water will find the base. It is detailed to shed rather than to pool.
We show you how the returns open before you choose, because a fully fixed box is far harder to keep clear than one with an operable side.
Use saucers under pots. The base is detailed to shed water, but standing water against any sill for years is a losing argument.
A west facing box gets hot enough to stress tender plants. Herbs are fine; anything delicate does better on the north return.
Some condensation on the coldest mornings is physics, not a defect. Persistent running water means the base seal needs looking at.
Potted soil is far heavier wet than dry. The brackets are sized for it, but it is worth knowing what the shelf is actually carrying.
Four surfaces collect more film than one. An operable return makes this a two minute job instead of a chore.
Standard blinds do not fit a projected box. Plan for a top-mounted shade or accept it as an uncovered window before you order.
