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.)

  • Lumidaub@feddit.org
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    11 days ago

    I would assume most windows in the real world would be “3D windows”?

    But anyway, fuck it *lüfts your entire house so you get a Zug*

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    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.

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    10 days ago

    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.

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    11 days ago

    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.

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      double hung windows

      oh that’s cool, never heard of that. The panes just kind of overlap in the middle if they want to

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        11 days ago

        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.

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        9 days ago

        Double-hung windows are probably the most common type in US single-family houses.

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    9 days ago

    Nice try, Baba Yaga.

    Now, the serious answer is a few windows slide sideways and a few others slide up and down. All have screens to keep bugs out.

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    11 days ago

    My windows can open either to the side or kip, which is opening our from the top.

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      11 days ago

      I have that in most rooms in my house, and in one room the bottom part slides up.

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    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.