I asked a builder why this was, and he said that the lateral forces created by a slightly tilted window has just enough force to rip the entire side of a house clean off due to houses having the structural integrity of wet newspaper, which is the preferred construction method in the States
US people, dry your newspapers before building your houses!
can’t tell if this is a troll or not. youre telling me people outside the states think we live in wet newspaper?
Well not wet newspaper exactly but I heard you have walls so thin the neighbours can hear your cell division
It’s an intentional exaggeration, but it’s true that houses in the US are usually built without a proper foundation and with thin walls.
They’re built differently depending on where you live in the states and your environment. I know y’all love staying ignorant to feel superior but this one is still pretty dumb. People in Japan practically have paper walls and I don’t see you guys all up your snobby butts about that. Xenophobic turds. It would take people 10 seconds to learn why some of our houses are built the way they are but they won’t bother if they haven’t by now because they prefer the ignorance.
Hitting a wall and having any chance of the wall breaking isn’t really a thing outside the US. Everyone elsewhere notices that a lot in movies and videos. It’s not uncommon for children outside America to ask adults why Americans have paper walls. People being mad and punching a wall and putting a fist-sized hole in it, falling and breaking the wall or throwing anything and the thing getting stuck in the wall. In most of the world it’s you or the thing hitting the wall that’ll break, not the wall itself.
To clarify, the paper (and rock underneath it) are not the structural part of the house, they just cover the actual structural parts (the studs) and provide a pocket to fill with insulation.
The wall isn’t the structural integrity part of the house. And that’s for interior walls. You’re getting your opinions from the questions that children ask in other countries?
Should’ve installed linux 🤷
I work in a hotel.
One day, a family comes to the reception to tell me that their window is broken, asking me to change their room. I ask if I can take a look.
It turns out, they didn’t know the existence of tilt & turn windows and were scared that the window was going to fall down lol
Honestly, I think the verti slide windows make for a better breeze infrastructure than the tilt windows , because the tilt windows can be force shut by sudden strong winds.
And in the summer when I need a strong breeze at night and have to fully open the windows, I have to hold them open with a chair or something because they will slam-shut in the middle of the night.
I complain a lot about silly american building stuff but in the case of breezes, I think the verti slide is superior.
Also, they’re more adjustable. Euro windows can do tilt or open, but the vertical slide windows have a range.
Yeah, it may have a sliding range, but only for half the window. The top part just stays closed all the time. The euro windows can open fully. That, to me, makes all the difference.
That is a good point.
What about a double window, one EU and one US
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but that style of window doesn’t allow you to open it fully, right?
They open fully. The tilt feature is 10-15 degrees, but they swing open fully like a casement window in the US. At least the ones I used did.
I was talking about the window in the picture in the comment I replied to.
That window design looks like it would never seal properly. Here in Germany any window from the last 30 years or more will not let any air in when its fully closed.
Why wouldn’t it seal?
Because its not possible to pull the window into the seal when the window also needs to move up and down.
The seal is on the bottom so it just falls into it using gravity
And how is it sealed on the sides and the top? European casement windows actually get pulled into the frame (and seals) all around the frame by rollers which move sideways along sloped ridges when you move the hinge to the closed position.
The window stays sealed on all other sides. It just slides up and down. Windows in Europe sound needlessly complicated
But will there still be air coming through when there is wind pushing on that side of the house?
I guess they are kind of complicated, but energy efficient windows make it possible to increase the window area and size without losing too much heat. Energy is also more expensive over here, which probably helps in that decision, as the cost of these windows can be easily recouped in a few years just by needing less energy to heat the house.
Imagine not having screens in your windows.
This post was made by the flying insects gang.
I’m in the US and have these windows. They have screens. They’re also not that special. I prefer the regular windows
Jokes on you, my windows make a light breeze when shut!
I’d settle for socialized healthcare
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!!
Southamerican living in Spain here.
First time I saw those windows my mind blew to pieces.
I live in south america and have those windows in my house…
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.
They’re also like three times the cost of standard windows, which is why most buildings don’t have them.
If you’re in a position to replace your windows.
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”)
I don’t use windows. I prefer linux
Try not to talk about Linux on Lemmy challenge (impossible): failed.
In a world without borders and walls there is no need for windows and gates.
Put a screen in that fancy window and then we’ll talk.
There are screens for tilt windows. You put them on the outside instead of the inside.
