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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. LΓΌften is a weird cultish ritual and you should all feel bad.)
Just bcs I was curious what would an exotic image search yield:
This is too 3D even for me
I live in Vancouver, Canada, in a townhouse with windows that swing out from the side like these:
See how little that window is open? That's very likely the MAXIMUM it can be open which is dumb as hell.
They also make it impossible to hang a window air conditioner which means you're limited to the significantly less efficient portable air conditioners. But even then you can't form a good seal between the exhaust pipe and the window, which make them even less efficient.
Fuck my windows. We're not allowed to change them even though we own the townhouse because the strata wants to keep all the townhouses consistent. So fuck stratas as well. And the worst part is I see these types of windows EVERYWHERE in new construction around Vancouver.
Both top and bottom, but opening the top half leaves a gap between the pane and screen while the mechanism for the bottom half is broken, so it falls back down unless I prop it up with a stick.
Sad German noises
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID
The car I'm living in has a button that makes them roll down.
Oh man, that's luxury. Did you make it yourself?
Edit: Not trying to poke fun, I just loving sharing this clip with people
I would assume most windows in the real world would be "3D windows"?
But anyway, fuck it *lΓΌfts your entire house so you get a Zug*
StoΓlΓΌften FTW!
They slide up
What's a "German 3D window"? I don't think I've ever seen one.
But the windows on the house I'm currently living in open similarly to the picture in your post, only sideways.
This atrocity. This is what WW2 was about
That's pretty standard on most new window installs across Western Europe, it's not exclusive to Germany at all.
Austria getting away with the exact same crimes once again. /s
This actually looks amazing
They are. They're really expensive in the States, when you can find them, but almost every modern window (in Bavaria, at least) is one of these. They also come door-sized, so you can either open an outside door to walk through, or tilt it from the top to circulate air.
OP is probably just too dumb to figure out how to work them; they're fantastic, and I wish they were common here in the States.
The fact that they come in door sizes is new to me, but that sounds magical. Now if only bugs didn't see a cracked door or window and think it's free real-estate.
Screens for keeping bugs out!
But I couldn't walk through a door-sized version if there were a screen, unless there's some other European magic I didn't know about.
Most windows are like this in my country. They are definitely not an atrocity.
I wish my windows worked like that!
Edit: And my DOORS!
Doors, lol.
Fuck you, my house has a drawbridge now!
Some that slide up from the bottom, and some that swing out like a door.
My last house had some like in your thumbnail, some ancient ones with (layers of) small windowlets that slid sideways, and some modern door-style ones as well.
Open it at the bottom for a breeze, or at the top to let the stank out.
Mine are attached on one side and open outwards. So when fully open (looking down from above) they make an L shape. There's a little like crank handle you rotate to open/close them.
I don't really like this style, but that's what came with the house.
Edit: They're casement windows, here's a pic:
I never understood the crank handle for floor level windows, still - pretty unique
If you need to operate them while it's really windy they're a lifesaver. I guess you could go for sliding windows to address the same problem, but I've had trouble with those.
They are good for that, but sometimes the little arm falls out of the track, then you have to remove the screen and put it back in. Always great during a torrential downpour..... Not that I'd know from experience haha.
I'd love to see how some of those German window types would work here.
In the US - I just installed an awning window like that. My other current windows slide up from the bottom. When I replace them I will get double hung windows that slide both down from the top and up from the bottom.
double hung windows
oh that's cool, never heard of that. The panes just kind of overlap in the middle if they want to
My architect friend has them and loves them! He can open bottoms on one side of the house and uppers on the other side with a fan to let cool air in and warm air out.
Both side ? Mine open either Up or right
hinge in the middle?
My windows can open either to the side or kip, which is opening our from the top.
Ours can open all the way either left or right side, or a bit on top (opens inwards on all sides). The way it opens up top is nice to get some circulation going, and is also secure enough to be still covered by insurance in unlikely event someone would break in (appartment is on the first floor, but somewhat elevated. Bottom of the windows are about 2m from the ground).
We also have a mesh on the outsite of the frame to prevent insects from flying in regardless of which way they open.
Neither. One half slides left over the other half.
I have that in most rooms in my house, and in one room the bottom part slides up.