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Grass 141 points 3 years ago

This is most of Europe actually

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themeatbridge 112 points 3 years ago

They are called "casement" windows, specifically turn/tilt operation, and they do exist in the USA. They are typically more expensive than vinyl double hung, and home builders tend to shy away from anything "different" that might scare away home buyers. That's why you don't see them very often.

But if you want them, you can buy them and have them installed. You can even get them in patio door sizes, but the larger the door, the heavier it is when it tilts.

It's really common for people unfamiliar with the door function to lift the handle and think it's locked, and then a strong breeze blows the door inward. Between the noise and seeing the door falling inward, it can be pretty scary.

Source: I worked in construction in the US with European builders who loved these things and couldn't figure out why Americans didn't.

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Nerd02 53 points 3 years ago

In Italian and French they are caled "Vasistas", from the German "Was ist das?" (What's that?), it's said they called it that way because the first German tourists who saw those windows in France were confused and kept asking for clarifications on how they worked.

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V0uges 29 points 3 years ago

In France, a vasistas is a velux roof window. The windows in the picture have been our regular every day windows for a few decades.

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Nerd02 6 points 3 years ago

Oh really? My bad then. We call those windows from the pic "vasistas" in Italian, and I was always told we copied that word from the French. I just checked whether such a word existed in French, saw that it did, and didn't ask any further questions.

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V0uges 3 points 3 years ago

I had to check and apparently a vasistas is originally a transom windows and I’ve one on my house front door. It’s the window panel there is on some doors with worked iron on the other side that you can open but won’t allow people from outside to go in. Historically, people didn’t open the full door when people came to their house, just the window part and German would say was ist das?. And when modern velux windows become popular, they were also nicknamed vasistas by older people for some reason? None of this makes sense.

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jpeps 2 points 3 years ago

AFAIK we also call them velux windows in the UK.

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can 13 points 3 years ago

I want this want this to be real and will not investigate further.

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anarchy79 5 points 3 years ago

It sounds so real!

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user134450 8 points 3 years ago

vasistas

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vasistas

its real, though not necessarily the type of window that you described. also exists in Turkish. i have a Turkish colleague who was very proud to explain the origin of that word to us in Germany :D .

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Nerd02 3 points 3 years ago

Interesting. Like I said in another comment in Italian it means exactly what I said. From the first line on the topic on Italian wikipedia:

A vasistas (also written wasistas) is a type of window that is also opeaneable on the inside [...]. The system allows the door to rotate down and the opening is delimited by special stops, called opening delimiters.

But apparently, after reading the French wikipedia page they use that word for something else. So it appears that we did steal the word from them, but used it to describe something different.

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shalafi 5 points 3 years ago

I have windows like this in America. But you need 3 hands to work them. I'd kill for a simple lever like that.

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themeatbridge 3 points 3 years ago

You should be able to tilt or turn from the handle. Is it too heavy to maneuver with one hand?

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zod000 5 points 3 years ago

My expensive vinyl double hung windows in my previous house actually had a casement-like feature and I could easily remove either part. I loved those windows; I wish I could have taken them with me.

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Sylvartas 76 points 3 years ago

Forget this gimmick, the real yuropean superiority is in proper blinds that are actually designed to block most light. For some reason they are extremely uncommon in north America

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creamed_eels 35 points 3 years ago

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meowMix2525 22 points 3 years ago

I'm going to go absolutely bonkers if I have to deal with one more set of cordless blinds that refuse to lift back up after you pull them down. The unshielded street light that exists only to ensure that I can see my car from my window at night, and shines not only through the cheap pvc but between the slats directly into my retinas, lighting my entire room at least 10 lumens brighter when there's a layer of snow on the ground, is already wearing my sanity quite thin on its own, and I'm not even on the floor that catches the most light from it.

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fadingembers 6 points 3 years ago

Please, for your sanity, buy some blackout curtains

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CoffeeJunkie 8 points 3 years ago

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meowMix2525 4 points 3 years ago

I don't want blackout curtains. I like to let some light in the morning and during the day without sacrificing privacy in the early evening if I forget to close them. I also don't like the thick unwieldy material of blackout curtains. Whoever put the stupid street lights out should have to be more considerate of the light pollution they create 😂

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aesthelete 2 points 3 years ago

Have you thought about installing a blackout cellular shade instead? I bought a shade for this room I'm sitting in that's basically two shades in one: it has a shade that lets in light and one that blacks everything out. If you want daylight, you pull the one shade down, if you want darkness you put that shade fully up, and if you want access to the window you put them both up.

It was IMO pretty affordable. I think the one I bought was around $300, and I have pretty large windows.

Here's what they look like if you're interested

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NaoPb 2 points 3 years ago

Fair point about the light pollution. In my town they've been replacing the street lights with LED versions and it seems the beams are now more concentrated and lighting the street instead of everything in the proximity.

I hope a change like this may happen to your street in the future.

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Sylvartas 2 points 3 years ago

My dad is a light sleeper and when he has to attend a conference in the US he literally has to bring a sleeping mask to ensure he will be able to sleep properly

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theangryseal 12 points 3 years ago

I just want something my cat can’t destroy, is that too much to ask?

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DrM 18 points 3 years ago

European blinds solve this as well, they are made of plastic and are on the outside of the window, not inside

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lud 2 points 3 years ago

Blinds on the outside? Here all blinds are inside the window between the window planes

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Sylvartas 2 points 3 years ago

Which is complete lunacy, if you ask me.

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ultra 1 point 3 years ago

Huh? They aren't in every European country

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DrM 2 points 3 years ago

At least all countries I've been to have blinds on the outside. Germany and Netherlands have rolling shutters like these: https://www.rollorieper.de/...

Southern and Eastern european countries tend to have little doors on the outside like these: https://www.schneider-schoenwalde.de/... which are made of wood or plastic

I have never been to poland, scandinavia or the baltics, but all countries I've been to have one way or another to completely block light and don't let cats scratch the curtains

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Patches 1 point 3 years ago

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chiliedogg 9 points 3 years ago

That line of thought is the first step towards making cats more destructive.

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taanegl 2 points 3 years ago

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GreatCornolio 3 points 3 years ago

But think of the curtains industry! We must protect it

-Some congressional committee, circa 2029

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supercriticalcheese 2 points 3 years ago

Xommon in central and southern Europe, not sure about northern. They are mostly there to limit sunlight in the summer where the house would be baked otherwise.

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Sylvartas 2 points 3 years ago

They're all over the place in France and Germany. Also saw them a lot in Greece but I didn't visit that many places here tbh

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supercriticalcheese 2 points 3 years ago

Yes Greece and Italy definitely very common.

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rekabis 2 points 3 years ago

proper blinds that are actually designed to block most light

You mean roll shutters?

Childhood home had both tilt & turn windows along with roll shutters, all imported from Germany in the late 70s when no-one in North America had them. I’m doing a frame-off reno on my current to add exactly those features.

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Sylvartas 1 point 3 years ago

You mean roll shutters?

Yes, I was not sure about the English terminology 😅 I was a bit shocked when I went studying in Canada and discovered they were basically alien technology to them

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Spendrill 59 points 3 years ago

Brit here, all the windows in my flat have this system.

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DaCookeyMonsta 59 points 3 years ago

Must be a pre-Brexit window.

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Spendrill 12 points 3 years ago

You know it.

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SubArcticTundra -14 points 3 years ago

Glad they're gone

Edit: -6 votes? 😅 Geez Lemmy is even faster at jumping to conclusions than Reddit!

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anarchy79 5 points 3 years ago

The Brits?

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SubArcticTundra 5 points 3 years ago

No, those new-fangled bureaucratic politically-correct continental windows from the EU.

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TheProtagonist 15 points 3 years ago

Klaus Fuchs gave them to you!

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lugal 4 points 3 years ago

Traitor!

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jol 59 points 3 years ago

Germans literally never think about this unless when travelling abroad.

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nova_ad_vitum 6 points 3 years ago

Some people say this is why Hitler ordered operation Barbarossa. Not smart people , but people.

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lambipapp 39 points 3 years ago

Everyone have these in Europe. So good. Can someone please find the patent to figure out who is the best euro country?

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Enkrod 22 points 3 years ago

Inventor was Wilhelm Frank, 1937, Stuttgart, Germany

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lambipapp 7 points 3 years ago

Shit. //jealous swede

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Defectus 4 points 3 years ago

Swede here. I recently moved to a new apartment. After 6 months I found out that my windows did this. Mind blown..

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lugal 33 points 3 years ago

You forgot the one where the window is fixated just in one lower corner and it looks so vulnerable and creepy at the same time

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virku 21 points 3 years ago

The first time that happened to me I freaked out thinking the window was falling out of its hinges.

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volvoxvsmarla 13 points 3 years ago

I still am freaking out every time it happens. What happens if you actually don't scream and fight for your life by pressing against it and putting it back into a closed position immediately? What happens if you just let it happen and let go?

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2xsaiko 15 points 3 years ago

It holds on the one corner until you push it back in.

Source: did this way too often as a kid with our balcony door, accidentally and on purpose

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sukhmel 5 points 3 years ago

If you let it fall into this position from the original window position, like if you unlock it and wait for a wind gust, it may break the one remaining hinge off and fall flat. Not the best thing to experience, and replacing the window is not either

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anarchy79 4 points 3 years ago

Then, you reach Enlightenment.

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hemko 7 points 3 years ago

Yeah and it's even worse when this happens to a balcony door

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Engywuck -1 points 3 years ago

🤣

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Cosmos7349 30 points 3 years ago

This isn't even counting the metal window shades. I miss those things so much. Absolute dark.

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SomethingBurger 1 point 3 years ago

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DeathsEmbrace -7 points 3 years ago

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Cosmos7349 5 points 3 years ago

I mean, also it completely covers the entire window with no gaps.

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gamermanh 2 points 3 years ago

Can do that with other materials pretty easily

My local home store has cloth ones that are measured to your window and have rails, you just slide them down over the window and it blocks the light 100% eithout heating as much

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Cosmos7349 3 points 3 years ago

o yaya as long as it has rails, prolly great! That style is just not nearly as common here from what I've seen. I have not had the same curtain experienceoutside EU. I feel like it's one of those things that's hard to explain.

Mine wasn't fancy electric like this one, but even so, it's so magical to live that life: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QpRg3648gBY

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DeathsEmbrace -1 points 3 years ago

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Yearly1845 2 points 3 years ago

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Cosmos7349 2 points 3 years ago

uhhh... what? I'm not trying to disagree with you about the transparency of metal... I'm just saying that I've seen a lot more blackout curtains that miss a spot than I've seen full-coverage curtains that let light through.

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HerbalGamer 4 points 3 years ago

Most of them are made from plastic.

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far_university1990 27 points 3 years ago

𝕯𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝕶𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖐𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖓𝖚𝖓 𝕰𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖚𝖒 𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕭𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖐 𝕯𝖊𝖚𝖙𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉

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SubArcticTundra 16 points 3 years ago

Taking over the world, one Kommentarsektion at a time

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RememberTheApollo 24 points 3 years ago

Now put some screens in them.

Love those windows. Thought about trying to get some in the US and omg they are expensive here because they’re uncommon.

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meowMix2525 2 points 3 years ago

omg they are expensive here because they’re uncommon.

Encountered the same issue when I wanted double-layer track curtains. Almost ubiquitous in Germany, but unless you order custom, own the place, and can afford to have them installed, all you get in the US is a shitty aluminum rod that's clunky to use and liable to fall out of the holder or get ripped off the wall...

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HerbalGamer 19 points 3 years ago

Wait until they find out our windows have a 4th setting as well 😎

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stebo02 17 points 3 years ago

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Buddahriffic 8 points 3 years ago

Yeah, I came here to ask if the window falls out if you accidentally turn the handle while it's open from the 2 to the 3.

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HerbalGamer 5 points 3 years ago

No it has a ventilation mode at 45 degrees.

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stebo02 4 points 3 years ago

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rimjob_rainer 19 points 3 years ago

What's so special about this simple mechanism? Even 50 year old windows can do this here.

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WallEx 14 points 3 years ago

Its not special, but also not really common outside of Europe, at least thats what i heard

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drathvedro 3 points 3 years ago

They are also everywhere in the ex-USSR countries. I think, China, too, has them, based on the rental properties photos that I've found. I also looked at rentals from India and found lots of them seem to have those weird windows with bars, but on the inside(?). Does anyone know what's up with that?

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darkpanda 19 points 3 years ago

I have these windows. Perhaps not coincidentally the house was made by a German. The windows were fabricated in Canada though. The technology is leaking.

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buzz 4 points 3 years ago

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grendel 17 points 3 years ago

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XTornado 4 points 3 years ago

Go on....

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drathvedro 21 points 3 years ago

You can turn the handle into horizontal position, open the window, then turn the handle all the way up , and it will fall a little forward, like both modes combined, and seemingly hanging on just the bottom hinge (it's not, there's just a retracting bar at the top hinge).

You can also usually lock the second mode mid-way by jamming the handle at 3/4 position.

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dexone 5 points 3 years ago

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RainyRat 4 points 3 years ago

I've lived in a house with these windows for the last 15 years, and didn't know this.

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Ziglin 0 points 3 years ago

I think you're using them wrong.

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SomeBoyo 15 points 3 years ago

We use magic

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anarchy79 3 points 3 years ago

We stay warm by the power of imagination!

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Lath 2 points 3 years ago

Didja steal it from Ikea or something?

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vojel 14 points 3 years ago

And stoßlüft everyday at least twice. We love fresh air!

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Railing5132 5 points 3 years ago

Translate says thats: "shock ventilation". What's that mean?

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Dyskolos 11 points 3 years ago

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Railing5132 8 points 3 years ago

Ah, thanks :)

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vojel 6 points 3 years ago

I prefer shock ventilation now, sounds so cool!

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ErrorCode 14 points 3 years ago

I really liked those windows when I was visiting Europe.

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Officer_Pickles 4 points 3 years ago

We have them in the UK as well. Makes a very useful fire escape.

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Valar_Morghulis 13 points 3 years ago

Please tell me you guys know about double (or now triple) glazing? right?

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frezik 12 points 3 years ago

Double paned windows are basically standard.

I looked at getting trippled paned windows a while back, and the benefits were marginal compared to double paned from the same company. It seems that once you're already in the higher end of the market, they don't do much over good double paned.

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chrizzowski 6 points 3 years ago

Yes, but also no. There are a bunch of other factors that contribute to a windows performance; manufacturer, type of gas used in the cavity, spacer material conductivity, thermal bridge free frame design, low e coatings and solar reflectance, and the quality of the installation matters most. Then there's the windows efficiency relative to the rest of the assembly. If it's a building code basic 2x4 wall from 1970 then you're absolutely right, it would be overkill putting some triple pane krypton filled window in. But if you've got a foot of exterior insulation and are pushing a u value of 0.13 on your wall assembly then you need windows to match.

Source: certified Passive House designer, the most demanding energy standard for buildings available, that originated in ..... yup you guessed it, Germany.

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frezik 5 points 3 years ago

I have a relatively new house (built 2006). I came to the conclusion that the extra money spent on triple paned windows would be more effectively spent on improvements elsewhere. Like a heat pump or hybrid water heater.

In the end, we weren't able to swing the windows at all, but did replace our crappy doors.

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chrizzowski 1 point 3 years ago

Sadly code minimums for newer builds haven't really changed drastically in decades. It's all just 2x6 with batt and poly, fundamentals the same as it has been since the 1970s. My 2019 build just had the shower lines freeze because they're against an exterior wall (-30 cold snap, but still).

You're probably right though that a heat pump is a better investment. Redoing the entire building envelope is a big ask if it's not deteriorating and needing work anyway.

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anarchy79 5 points 3 years ago

Are we talking about donuts here?

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ultra 12 points 3 years ago

These are EVERYWHERE in Romania

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mint_tamas 5 points 3 years ago

Everywhere in Europe. It’s just a meme on tiktok by americans that they are German windows

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rockerface 12 points 3 years ago

Have these windows in an apartment in Ukraine

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MonkderZweite 11 points 3 years ago

Bastards. Use our technology.

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pseudo 10 points 3 years ago

Where are you from OP? It pretty standard in France as well and some people here call it "open the window italien-style".

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Spoilt 2 points 3 years ago

Qui dit ça ?

C'est un oscillo-battant, rien d'autre 👀

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pseudo 2 points 3 years ago

La première fois que je l'ai entendu ça m'a aussi étonné et je ne sais pas si beaucoup de gens le disent. Moi j'entends surtout "ouvrir la fenêtre par le haut. Et oscillo-batant sur les fiches de description de produit.

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Spoilt 2 points 3 years ago

Et tu connais l'espagnolette ? Promis, c'est SFW

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pseudo 1 point 3 years ago

J'en ai à mes volets. Je me demande si c'est commun en Espagne.

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Obi 1 point 3 years ago

Même ça, moi je me rappelle juste d'appeler ça une fenêtre battante.

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Spoilt 1 point 3 years ago

Fenêtre 💪

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PerogiBoi 10 points 3 years ago

I discovered these windows in Netherlands and Germany. I love it. Blew my mind.

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Senshi 15 points 3 years ago

I'm confused as well. How do you open windows in non-Europe?

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jesuiscequejesuis 16 points 3 years ago

Generally, like this: The two middle ones are the most common I see. I have one casement window in my house, but it just opens in one way, like in this image.

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synapse1278 12 points 3 years ago

In france, we call the second one "guillotine"

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anarchy79 7 points 3 years ago

Never once in my life seen those anywhere in Europe.

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sukhmel 1 point 3 years ago

I saw something akin to the second one in Spain, they don't have a good reputation for holding against cold there

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IronKrill 4 points 3 years ago

Canadian here, the most common I see is sliding horizontally. Our house has horizontal as well.

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Buddahriffic 2 points 3 years ago

Also Canadian, I've had horizontal sliding, single hung, and casement with that turning mechanism to open/close them. And I remember seeing windows that were hinged at the top and pushed outwards in high school. Not sure what held them open though.

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kerrigan778 10 points 3 years ago

The technology is a society that is able and willing to pay a bit more for lasting, practical quality.

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Bruncvik 10 points 3 years ago

Love those windows when travelling, but I have yet to see windows that open to the inside here in Ireland. Not sure whether it's one of those crazy building regulations like no power switch or outlet inside the bathroom or auto-closing inner doors to each room.

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linearchaos 2 points 3 years ago

Nah, limited opportunity to use them. It's the weather man... ;)

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linearchaos 1 point 3 years ago

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doingless 9 points 3 years ago

When Germans start feeling power, the world buys more weapons and ammunition.

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Jumi 5 points 3 years ago

Who needs power when you can kipp your Fenster?

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Loonesota 6 points 3 years ago

Have these in France too. I'd imagine most of Europe does at this point!

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SomethingBurger 2 points 3 years ago

Where? I've never seen these in the south.

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victorz 6 points 3 years ago

We have these in Sweden as well. But it's not the same as in the picture. Handle to the right opens only the top edge. Fully up is the entire window.

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sukhmel 5 points 3 years ago

Seems like a strange decision by the manufacturer who did it second. Or maybe it was a way to not pay for a patent

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victorz 1 point 3 years ago

It makes more sense to me the way ours is, first mode is only top. Most of the time you just want to air out the room with some fresh air, not open completely and have to remove all your plants and lamps or whatever might be in the way.

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sukhmel 1 point 3 years ago

I second the point about using mostly top mode. There's a small upside to having it the second mode because that way a handle better aligns with force application vector. But yes, makes sense to make it a first mode, too

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victorz 1 point 3 years ago

that way a handle better aligns with force application vector

While that's true, it really doesn't take much strength. It only adds a few cm to the application anyway. So it definitely doesn't tip the scale in its favor, over the convenience of being first mode. 😊

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anarchy79 1 point 3 years ago

There are different models, brush.

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ExfilBravo 10 points 3 years ago

does he have bad breath or something?

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dufkm 4 points 3 years ago

Doesn't matter, everyone should brush, at least 2 times a day. And don't forget to floss!

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raynethackery 2 points 3 years ago

Cries in can't afford implants.

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victorz 1 point 3 years ago

That's kind of what I'm saying?

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AFaithfulNihilist 5 points 3 years ago

I love this meme so much I sent it to everybody, especially the people that witnessed me fall on my face when trying to open one of these doors as I ripped it off its hinge* (yeah just the one load-bearing hinge for the whole door)

We have these for doors and windows on our house, And we cannot find a company to repair them. They have so many moving parts in them that they gradually break down and eventually completely fall apart.

The locking mechanism on one of the doors is a knob that pulls on some wires inside the door to open the various latches so you can choose which opening mode you're using. If you don't use it for a while it can get stuck and snap, making the door unable to open unless you completely disassemble it.

One of the doors, The tilt and turn hinge at the top got loose And eventually when opening the door completely snapped off and I fell inside onto the door.

The only one that currently works isn't long for this world. Since The hinge at the top is also loose on this one and so is the handle even though all of the screws are as tight as can be.

Granted the ones in our house are like 15 years old, but the ones on the main house were replaced 5 years ago because these things just have too many moving parts And when any of them break the whole thing has to be completely disassembled. The worst part is that to disassemble the door it has to be out of the frame, and the most common thing I've seen break on these is the thing that's supposed to turn the latch.

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EvokerKing 4 points 3 years ago

My washing machine has doors like this 💀

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aeharding 3 points 3 years ago

Huh. I didn’t know those were from Germany. We have them in USA too, just not as common I suppose.

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WeLoveCastingSpellz 3 points 3 years ago

we have these in some places in turkey too even though it is not standardized and it is a third world country

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devfuuu 3 points 3 years ago

New apartment I moved to only has these and I've been dreaming of having them for years. It's amazing. Although it looks fragile and scary when the huge door/window is only fixed lightly on the bottom 😅

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agent_flounder 3 points 3 years ago

What is this door latch sorcery? How does it work?

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Zagorath 3 points 3 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdJ-q2PNuTA

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agent_flounder 2 points 3 years ago

Woah. 🤯 that is crazy cool. I feel like I've been visited by time travelers from the future.

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SaltyIceteaMaker 3 points 3 years ago

Mine is broken... When i tilt my window it won't close properly. It tajes many tries to close it again. Completely opening it however cause no problem at all

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cyborgbabyman 3 points 3 years ago

I thought it was the sauerbraten

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Blackmist 3 points 3 years ago

I live in the UK and my parents got tilt and turn windows in the early 90s.

Still got them as well. Suckers last a long time.

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Gladaed 6 points 3 years ago

They are barely 30 years old. How long do you thing windows are supposed to last?

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Blackmist 6 points 3 years ago

Depends how well made they are. And given how most stuff these days is cheap crap, I'd wager ones installed today won't last that long as ones made in 1990.

The rubber seals often give out making them next to useless. Some of the ones on my house need a proper slam to close again. The panes can leak letting in water and getting internal condensation (although you can just pop those out and replace them without doing the whole frame).

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bitwaba 2 points 3 years ago

Forever, if you don't ever intend on opening them and have good enough luck for people to miss when they throw rocks.

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RoseRose56 3 points 3 years ago

..............

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uis 2 points 3 years ago

Same in Russia

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computerscientistI 2 points 3 years ago

And I am sitting here, in my rental flat in Germany and wish I had an American sliding window with an A/C-Unit built into it. Those are not a thing with those German windows :'(

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lowleveldata 2 points 3 years ago

Is it a real thing?

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Mr_Blott 20 points 3 years ago

All over Yurp. Not sure why it just says Germany

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SubArcticTundra 2 points 3 years ago

This level of sofistication feels like something the Germans wouod come up with

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ChillDude69 1 point 3 years ago

Don't y'all refuse to put screens in those windows, though? Having two or three different ways to let clouds of insects into yo house is not the height of residential technology.

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MonkderZweite -4 points 3 years ago

Btw, the slant window isn't that convenient; air barely replaces this way.

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0xD 6 points 3 years ago

It takes longer but it works perfectly fine for having fresh air constantly without having the window completely open. Mine is currently opened like that and I can feel the fresh winter air 🥰

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MonkderZweite 1 point 3 years ago

Where did i read this... i think it is about impact ventilation vs. always a bit open, the later wasting way more heating energy. At least, downward or sideways slant would be more effective (cold air is heavier).

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0xD 2 points 3 years ago

Oh yeah, I really didn't think about it from an energy perspective, but I also never slant it when I heat. Only when it's a little warmer, in winter I do "impact ventilate". (What an interesting word, in German it's "Stoßlüften", so a very similar literal translation :D)

Really interesting point with the mass though! I do notice active air exchange when it's colder, however, so not sure if it would make such a difference?

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Schmeckinger 2 points 3 years ago

Downwards it has 2 big flaws. More complex because gravity and you would knock stuff of your window sill.

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Kolanaki -4 points 3 years ago

Bottom row, middle window: Useful for collecting rain water.

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0xD 3 points 3 years ago

....it opens towards the inside.

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Kolanaki 3 points 3 years ago

Not if it was installed backwards because you wanted to catch rain water.

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0xD 1 point 3 years ago

You got me! 😁

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moon -9 points 3 years ago

Actually inferior to sliding windows. Europeans have a lot of things over NA, but this ain't it.

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crusty 7 points 3 years ago

How are sliding windows better? Also, are you able to clean the outside of the window from the inside?

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Metacortechs 2 points 3 years ago

With mine you can, both the top and bottom parts can be released to tilt inward for cleaning

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XTornado 1 point 3 years ago

Share that man... I need that for my place.... I have sliding ones, although not sure if you are thinking of the most common American ones that slide vertically or the horizontal sliding ones.

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Metacortechs 1 point 3 years ago

https://www.pella.com/...

This is the style windows I have, vertically sliding with releases on the top of the bottom slider to tilt it in, and the top sliding pane can do the same. I can't speak to any particular model or manufacturer, just know the house I'm in came with them and they are convenient.

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