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cm0002 @lemmy.world

1w ago

Which way do your windows open?

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.)

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tetris11 @lemmy.ml

1w ago

Which way do your windows open?

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- This is the correct answer.
- Seconded :3.. I think all modern windows in europe do that
  
  Sweden chiming in, yes.
  
  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.
- 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.
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.
- That's pretty!
  
  Kind of why we bought the house. :)
Mine all slide, they don't swing. Either up/down or left/right
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!
Up, or down.
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.
I thought this question was going to be about whether they opened outside or inside.
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.
All of mine are casement windows. The taller ones hinge open to one side and the shorter ones hinge open from the bottom.
You are missing the most important question:
Do you windows open toward inside or outside ?
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.
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.

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