Yeah I did but if you were to do that your creating an opening for water etc over time imo ive tried casement stays also but then your losing space inside and the possibility of bending the arms from objects in the back there is one hinge im after but at $30 a hinge im not impressed and then you have to run a box tube setup into the the original grab handle holes. There are other ways to get it done ive just chosen a strong easy to maintain budget style. I have another style I've worked out but I need to stripout a window and work out dimensions etc it will work hopefully by the end of the year I can show three ways of building these for under $400 roughly