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- asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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- asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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.)
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.
This is the correct answer.
Idk, they’re cool, but I kinda like sliders. I don’t have a window jutting out into the room
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.
Up, or down.
Mine all slide, they don’t swing. Either up/down or left/right
Germans with 3D windows don’t count.
LMAO they are the only ones that count!! 😁😁
Slide up down, flip a latch and it tilts, flip a different latch and it swings open.
I thought this question was going to be about whether they opened outside or inside.
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.