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moon ,

This is not a flex, these are just worse then sliding windows lol. Something like bidets are clear upgrades, but this ain’t it.

psud ,

Agreed. A sliding window can be securely locked partially open. Tilt swing windows aren’t secure enough to leave a window open while away

rottingleaf , (edited )

I live in an area with -30 Celsius sometimes (once or twice in my life, haha, but -20 would work too), with sliding windows there’d be ice inside.

moon ,

How would sliding windows change that

siha ,

There isn’t a space where an icicle can grow, but you can’t reach it. If an icicle is inside a sliding window there is a high chance you can’t reach it. Tilting windows also (mostly) prevent the rain from being blown inside the room.

moon ,

Inside a window? They’re vertical? Also sliding windows are the best at keeping rain out.

dipshit ,

How well do these work in strong winds? Wouldn’t they just turn your light breeze into a strong breeze?

Lon3star ,

I’d settle for socialized healthcare

anarchy79 ,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

Oh the windows came as part of the deal.

MystikIncarnate ,

No they didn’t. I’m in Canada and we have socialized healthcare and I didn’t get any damn tilting Windows.

I’ve been lied to!

dantheclamman ,
@dantheclamman@lemmy.world avatar

Canada is like Europe with a couple wildcard American features baked in

AlexWIWA ,

Damn, that’s a tough decision

Mog_fanatic ,

How dare you. Just for one second think of someone other than yourself. How do you think the pharmaceutical companies are gonna feel about that? Or their poor shareholders? Pfizer’s CEO only made $33 million last year. How the hell do you expect him to feed his kids when he’s not making that much because your precious healthcare system ate into his meager earnings. The medical corporations are barely scraping by!!

dantheclamman ,
@dantheclamman@lemmy.world avatar

CEO Chief Job Creator™

FTFY

ohlaph ,

It’s the breeze, isn’t it?

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I admit I’m an American and my windows don’t open that way, but I’m not sure why whoever made that meme thinks that means a light breeze can’t come through them. Because… a light breeze can come through them.

JDubbleu , (edited )

Yeah while the European windows are interesting I don’t really get why having a window open 50 different ways is useful. It seems like an over-engineered solution to just cracking the window. I also can’t imagine it’s more reliable than the good ole vertical/horizontal sliding windows which are just a window in a track.

Many houses in the northeast have the old school vertical sliding windows with an extra glass pane that can be dropped in front of the screen. This creates an air insulated barrier between the internal and external glass panes and even on the 100+ year old windows I’ve seen they insulate very well.

PeroBasta ,

The main purpose in my opinion is that when the window is tilted open, it’s still almost as safe as when it’s closed, while still giving you a breeze inside the house. Keep in mind that this windows are sturdy and quite heavy with often triple glass so is not something you easily brake or force.

Newer model have crazy good insulation.

JDubbleu ,

It still seems incredibly over engineered. Every window I’ve used in the US has a latch you flip out that prevents the window from opening more than a couple inches so that it’s still effectively locked. Newer windows here are also all double or triple panes with inert glass in between the panels for insulation.

AlexWIWA ,

Keep in mind, they usually don’t have central HVAC, so opening the window 50 ways is their temperature control. They’re not necessary in the US, but I still think euro windows are neat.

thorbot ,

Imagine being a European and having your head so far up your own ass you start to disappear

nexguy ,
@nexguy@lemmy.world avatar

America is huge. We have areas with weather just like Europe and areas with weather nothing like Europe. One country but many weathers.

swag_money ,

Europe is my favorite country

nexguy ,
@nexguy@lemmy.world avatar

The country of “America” is also a favorite.

psud ,

That doesn’t work well since America is the common name for the US, and we can the continent the US, Canada, and Mexico share North America

nexguy ,
@nexguy@lemmy.world avatar

Well the meme just says Europe and was posted by a European so…

postmateDumbass ,

South America still ignored.

psud ,

If you want to include the lot it’s “the Americas”

postmateDumbass ,

So who are Americans?

Obi ,
@Obi@sopuli.xyz avatar

Yep, didn’t you know you get the exact same weather in Athens and in Oslo?

Smokeless7048 ,

I love EU windows, and i looked at them when i redid my windows recently… but i just couldn’t justify the increase i price.

Of course, my windows are horizontal sliders

p1mrx ,

Sorry Europeans, I can’t hear you over my HVAC system with abundant domestic methane reserves.

tpihkal ,

I wonder what it’s like not living in an air filtered, 70° F environment?

Kase ,

I prefer 70° C

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

So you have chosen…death

Kase ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/db350ebf-8ca0-48a6-9351-4ea202202d3b.webm

supercritical ,
@supercritical@lemmy.world avatar

People act like you can’t just order these kinds of windows in the US. It’s not the default, but you can just ask about them if you know about them.

lolcatnip ,

If you’re in a position to replace your windows.

Kase ,

You’re right, when replacing your windows, it’s all about form. Remember: lift with your legs, not with your back.

(In case it isn’t clear, I’m trying to spin a joke on the meaning of “in a position”)

MammyWhammy ,

They’re also like three times the cost of standard windows, which is why most buildings don’t have them.

intensely_human ,

Over here in the USA, we “tilt” our windows on a vertical access, minimizing the effort involved to friction. We call it “opening” the window, because ergonomically it’s identical to opening a door.

fl42v ,

Should’ve installed linux 🤷

SonnyVabitch ,

Should’ve installed velux

mryessir ,

Velux just gone through the roof!

LillyPip ,

I am referring to Linux as ‘tilted Windows’ from now on and you can’t stop me.

Octopus1348 ,
@Octopus1348@lemy.lol avatar

No, Mac is tilted Windows, and Linux is open Windows.

joel_feila ,
@joel_feila@lemmy.world avatar

I can just slide my window up a bit.

ohlaph ,

What quantifies a bit in this particular case?

tpihkal ,

Just a tad. Hope that helps, thanks!

ohlaph ,

Thank you.

Socsa ,

Imagine not having screens in your windows.

This post was made by the flying insects gang.

Marcbmann ,

I’m in the US and have these windows. They have screens. They’re also not that special. I prefer the regular windows

limelight79 ,

I was starting to wonder if Europe didn’t have insects, because the hotels I’ve stayed in (in Europe) that had them didn’t have screens for them.

GoodEye8 ,

We have civilized insects, they respect our privacy and don’t enter unless they must.

Obi ,
@Obi@sopuli.xyz avatar

You’re joking but that’s basically it, it’s just not an issue in most places.

rottingleaf , (edited )

I have these windows in Moscow, Russia since recently (had old windows with separate wooden frames with thick glass made somewhere about 70s, they looked nice though) and like that I can use the sill as a table with laptop and tea and some stuff now, and tilt it instead of moving the laptop aside.

Aganim , (edited )

Ah yes, the good old Russian defenestration windows. I assume you have the FSB-mandated variant that is capable of both tilting and swinging, for… ease of access?

rottingleaf ,

My brain had a segfault reading your comment, because the approved ones would obviously not be “anti-defenestration”, but yeah, swinging is nice

Aganim ,

Yeah, sorry, my dark sense of humour didn’t combine very well with typing it out before my first cup of coffee.

knightmare1147 ,

Cool, yes everyone knows the US sucks can someone help us who have to live in it now?

XEAL ,

Bomb it and start over

freedumb ,

No need for bombs. Give them 20-25 years and they will remove the ‘United’ part of The United States on their own and have to start over.

FireOffThePort ,

This is the correct answer. Definitely don’t fucking bomb us unless you want to see what we spent our healthcare money on.

phoenixz ,

European Window frames are heavy and sturdy, many times with thick wood or metal. The window is double paned, sometimes tripple Most window frames I’ve seen throughout Canada, USA and Mexico, are mostly flimsy aluminium frames that can warp super easily, most of the time with a single window pane in it

macbayne82 ,

I can’t help but notice Phoenix in your username, you from the south? Because up north, you’d freeze with those kind of windows. Most here are wood or steel framed, and double paned.

Ignisnex ,
@Ignisnex@lemmy.world avatar

I still get frost on the inside of my double paned windows up here in the great white north. No joke, windows are engineered to hell here

anarchy79 ,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

Frost on the inside indicates it’s not properly sealed, as far as I seem to recall. But I’m no window expert (I use arch btw).

Ignisnex ,
@Ignisnex@lemmy.world avatar

Normally I’d agree, but the glass just gets real cold when it’s -40 outside. Condensation freezes on it.

barsoap ,

Aluminium frames are actually the most long-lived, also, in case you didn’t notice aluminium is a metal.

Cheap European windows tend to be plastic, expensive ones wood or aluminium though the latter aren’t generally used in domestic settings. The plastic ones often have wood in them for structural reasons but it’s so ugly noone would ever expose it.

Generally speaking the frames could hold longer if built better, but then you’d pay out of your nose for window panes that don’t fail earlier those inert gases aren’t easy to seal in for decades on end.

TheSanSabaSongbird ,

As someone with nearly 30 years experience in various types of construction, I can say for a fact that this is objectively incorrect. There’s a trope about any kind of social media content that touches on a subject about which one has real expertise, don’t remember exactly how it goes, but anyhow, let’s just say that the ignorance in this thread is absolutely astonishing.

Go down to your local big box hardware store and try to find a single-pane window, for example. You can’t because nobody makes them. If you want a single-pane window you have to buy a sheet of glass and know how to install and glaze it yourself.

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