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.)
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.
Sad German noises
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID
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.
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
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
I wish my windows worked like that!
Edit: And my DOORS!
This actually looks amazing
Most windows are like this in my country. They are definitely not an atrocity.
Open it at the bottom for a breeze, or at the top to let the stank out.
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.
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
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.
