Upgrade your living space by connecting your kitchen or other interior space with the outdoors while creating a practical opening for serving, entertaining, and enjoying the view. Experience the ideal blend of indoor and outdoor entertainment with an OpenUp® pass-through window. Built to order with extruded aluminum, Accoya® wood, and insulated glass.
All-inclusive price or custom quote in one hours.
Pass-through windows in Pasadena can connect a kitchen with a backyard, courtyard, covered patio, outdoor bar, or other entertaining area. They work well in the city’s Craftsman bungalows and newer builds alike, especially for homeowners who entertain outdoors and want a more direct connection between indoor and outdoor spaces.
OpenUp® builds every window to order rather than pulling from a standard catalog. Each unit pairs structural extruded aluminum on the exterior with Accoya® wood on the interior and insulated glass in a minimalist frame.
OpenUp® specializes in gas-strut awning-style pass-through windows. The window lifts upward to open a wide connection between two spaces, which makes it a natural fit for a kitchen that leads out to an outdoor kitchen, bar, patio, or dining area.
Pass-through windows are available in standard sizes, with custom dimensions available for Pasadena homes that need a different fit. Sill and no-sill configurations are available, depending on the product selected. OpenUp® also provides technical specifications for mounting and sill options.
OpenUp® offers 1-inch insulated glass as the standard option. The package uses two pieces of 3/16-inch tempered glass separated by a black spacer, creating a 5/8-inch space between the layers.
Additional glass options include:
For sunny climates, OpenUp® recommends triple-silver soft coatings for additional solar protection and efficiency.
OpenUp Windows combines a wide pass-through opening with durable materials, custom sizing, and several operating options.
Custom aluminum extrusions and narrow sightlines keep the frame out of the way, so more of the opening stays glass. OpenUp® states that its design provides 33% more view when the window is closed.
Aluminum is used as part of the structural window system in every OpenUp® unit, not just as a thin exterior layer over another material. OpenUp® combines this structural aluminum exterior with Accoya® wood on the interior to create its hybrid framing system.
The interior frame pairs extruded aluminum with Accoya® wood. OpenUp® describes Accoya® as PEFC and FSC certified and 100% non-toxic. It has also been tested for dimensional stability, durability, and paint retention, and is sourced from responsibly managed forests.
The OpenUp® hybrid frame combines extruded aluminum with Accoya® wood, bringing together the strength and narrow sightlines of the aluminum structure with the natural qualities of the wood interior. The system is designed to provide a durable, high-performance pass-through window for residential and commercial applications.
A typical static screen would get in the way of an active pass-through opening. OpenUp® offers its own retractable Pleated Screen instead.
The pleated screen acts as a barrier for insects while letting you move it out of the way when you want the full opening. When ordered with the window, the screen can be factory-mounted before shipping and is available in white or black.
OpenUp® offers a range of standard pass-through sizes along with custom options for Pasadena homes with a specific opening to fill.
Accurate measurements matter before ordering a custom window, and OpenUp® provides technical guidance to help with sizing and planning the opening. Available technical resources cover sill options, detail dimensions, and nailing-flange mounting.
A pass-through window can turn a kitchen counter into a practical serving area. Open the window when you’re serving food and drinks or entertaining guests, then close it when you want to separate the spaces. The wide glass area also maintains the visual connection between the indoor and outdoor areas when the window is closed.
Bring your kitchen and outdoor space together with an OpenUp® pass-through window. Choose standard or custom sizing, insulated glass options, a Pleated Screen, and available sill configurations to build the window that fits your Pasadena home.
For the first 10 years, OpenUp® protects every piece of your window apart from the glass. For the next 40 years after that, Accoya® ensures that your wood is safe from weather and pest damage—guaranteed.
All OpenUp® pass through windows are custom-built to order and shipped within 4-6 weeks. Up to 100% faster than the competition on windows of all sizes.
Most frequent questions and answers
OpenUp® manufactures and ships the window, while installation is handled by the contractor you choose. Your contractor can prepare the opening and install the unit according to the applicable project requirements.
Most orders ship within 4–6 weeks because OpenUp® custom-builds its windows to order.
Yes. Standard sizes cover many projects, but custom dimensions are available when a project requires a different opening size or configuration. OpenUp® also provides technical information to help with sizing and installation planning.
For sunny climates, OpenUp® recommends triple-silver soft coatings for additional solar protection and efficiency. The best glass configuration can depend on the window’s location, exposure, and project requirements.
It depends on your project and property. Changes to an exterior wall or opening may be subject to local building requirements, and properties in historic areas may have additional review requirements. Check with the City of Pasadena or your contractor before beginning the project.
Yes. The retractable Pleated Screen can be factory-mounted to the window before shipping and is available in white or black. It can be moved aside when you want the full pass-through opening available.
