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Original question by @tetris11@lemmy.ml
To let a breeze into your room, do your windows open out from the bottom or the top?
If your windows are stacked (upper and lower) which part opens and which part stays fixed?
(Germans with 3D windows don't count. Lüften is a weird cultish ritual and you should all feel bad.)
This is the correct answer.
Idk, they're cool, but I kinda like sliders. I don't have a window jutting out into the room
Seconded :3.. I think all modern windows in europe do that
Sweden chiming in, yes.
German living in Sweden here. Never seen them here (Stockholm area). I am sad.
As far as I understand the ones we have here are generally better for bad weather. Can leave them open even in some rain. Not sure I find it worth it though. I miss my German windows.
Same with the Windows we have. You can just leave the windows open and nothing happens during rain e.g. (It's a new building so it might have new windows compared to Stockholm which has a lot of old buildings.)
Not the ones in the UK. They often just have a tiny window that opens at the top.
I do enjoy making people who don't know about these windows have that momentarily freakout when they use option 1.
And you can continue the fun when they start experimenting with it and inevitably fall into option 1.5 and have the window hanging from one corner.
Oh no! I'd have to leave the room for that. I cringe way to hard every time anyone (or even I myself) gets a window into option 1.5 it feels like things are about to break very bad.
dont remind us of what we can't have
I hate this style of window. I live in Europe and have plenty of them in my house. Compared to typical north American designs that slide up or down to open, you lose the ability to open your window varying amounts. Not to mention your air only comes in at the top and any desired draft is blocked. Fully opening them is a pain because they're so large and need a huge sweeping area clear.
I feel they're only really superior when you're living 3+ storeys high.
Also, the lack of bug screens here is mind boggling.
i have this style of window and there are bug screens you can just insert into them here
Yeah, I had them made and installed in all of my windows, but that's a rarity here even though mosquitoes are all over the place. I couldn't imagine living without them.
What makes them better at higher altitudes?
Safer for kids and higher elevations are usually windier, so you wouldn't usually want a direct draft, so the upwards venting is nice
I only have option 2, and would like option 1. But I can still open varying amounts, depending if it's extra windy or not. The slide bar had adjustable tension.
Germans with 3D windows don't count.
LMAO they are the only ones that count!! 😁😁
Slide left/right, but I do have one window that does not open at all.
That's actually a really neat window lol, I kinda want one now xD
But are you sure it doesn't open? Maybe you need to hold a crystal to it at the right time of day so that sunlight gets focused by it and opens a secret portal to another better timeline!
48" (122cm) diameter so anything is possible! :)
Slide... left and right. What.
Slide left to open, right to close. :) Except the round one.
It doesn't make sense--windows are typically taller than they are wide, unless you're seeing them on a monitor. Are they wide?
Okay, this actually does make logical sense. They are indeed a bit wide. It does look aesthetically pleasing.
I kind of like it.
I have both of those sliding styles in my house. Kitchen windows are all side sliding, and are as wide as all other vertical sliding windows in the house are tall.
Except the bathroom, that one is half as tall as the tall ones/half as wide as the wide ones, it slides vertically.
All vertical sliding windows have the opening at the bottom, all horizontal sliding windows have the opening on the right.
West coast, USA.
That is literally even weirder.
I also have windows that slide left/right. Specifically, the right side slides left to open, right to close. Two are "landscape," one is "portrait" shaped. Then I have three sliding-glass doors, which work exactly the same way except for the latch, threshold, and the fact that the screen also slides. It may be relevant that it never snows here.
That's pretty!
Kind of why we bought the house. :)
Mine all slide, they don't swing. Either up/down or left/right
Up, or down.
How is "lüften" a weird cultish ritual? I'm not German, but opening your windows in the morning and in the evening while doing things like brushing your teeth or showering seems pretty standard to me.
That would make the house hot af where I am. (Or cold af in the winter time)
Also, humidity levels would increase, not decrease, because the air conditioner dehumidifies.
...I suppose it's not hard to guess that I'm in southern US. People sometimes die if their A/C breaks during a heat wave.
Fun fact: Florida used to be much less livable. Its population skyrocketed when air conditioning was invented.
Stoßlüften, ja!
They don't open "out". The slide open in a frame, with a screen on the outside to keep bugs out. Mine slide left/right.
I have sash windows, but I do love me some side-open crank windows.
Mine are all louvred with smoked glass.
All of mine are casement windows. The taller ones hinge open to one side and the shorter ones hinge open from the bottom.
Mine are unusual, in America anyway. The bottom slides up, typical. You can also tilt the bottom inwards from the top. Being that this is a Habitat home, the windows are also energy efficient. They're cheap with doorknobs and faucets, but they go well over code on insulation and structure.
Mine are the same but the top tilts inwards from the bottom
Mine have a crank and opens like a door. It's awful. You can't fit a window ac or a portable ac setup in it. I had to get a custom acrylic cutout sized to replace the screen.
I thought this question was going to be about whether they opened outside or inside.
Slide up down, flip a latch and it tilts, flip a different latch and it swings open.
Front of the house inwards, back of the house outwards except for upstairs, there it's always inwards. Same with doors. Back door outwards, front door inwards.
You are missing the most important question:
- Do you windows open toward inside or outside ?
New windows! Just over a year old, they all open outwards with the hinges on the wall sides.
I looked at getting tilt and turn ones, but I could get triple glazed normal ones for like half the price.