Americans are asleep, post European windows

Should've installed linux 🤷

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

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

I'd settle for socialized healthcare

Jokes on you, my windows make a light breeze when shut!

Imagine not having screens in your windows.

This post was made by the flying insects gang.

I don't use windows. I prefer linux

Put a screen in that fancy window and then we’ll talk.

In America we have to keep our windows closed to keep out the fent smoke and bullets.

While I agree that our windows are generally superior from a functional perspective, the Americans have us beat in the fact that you can't install a window AC unit in our windows.

Hence we get to just die in the increasingly common heat waves. Not great - we've got to figure this one out.

Before portable ACs are mentioned - I'll point out that they have terrible efficiency, and connecting the tube to blow out the hot air is still terrible with European windows.

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.

I can just slide my window up a bit.

I get it's all memes and fun, but I am so tired of this constant 'Europe does this better', 'USA is supreme for that'.

Imagine not having AC like much of Europe

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

They aren't standard in the US, but I promise you these windows exist here. My parents installed them in their home

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.

It's not like our windows don't open, they just don't tilt. I frequently open the windows and get a breeze going when it's nice outside!

Bruh many old homes in Europe don't have these fancy windows.

Source: WHERE ARE MY FUCKING TILTING WINDOWS!?

Lite breezes were great maybe 30 yrs ago. With modern heat waves and obesity you gonna sweat like a mofo 'les you figure out how to put an AC up in that tilt.

this is how we do out here in the heartland

Southamerican living in Spain here.

First time I saw those windows my mind blew to pieces.

Lol wtf? Why can't you get a light breeze without tilting windows?

Ah, but that classic wood-on-wood sliding window, where all that stands between a destructive crash is an irreplaceable rope installed inside walls when the house was built.

I'm fine. Central HVAC, no need for a breeze

I tried finding a company who sold those windows in my city here in the USA and failed.

Or, know, we could just crack open the bottom (in the case of the popular double hung, the top) of the window a little bit. But it is-3c (yes, we Americans understand metric) where I am now, so I have no interest in doing that. No Gulf Stream keeping us relatively mild in winter over here.

Listen, you want to brag about health care, public transit, intercity high speed rail, or historic buildings, fine, you got us there. But stop with the air if superiority about everything else.

Tilting you windows is a nice option that i rarely use. Most if the time its STOẞLÜFTEN as we germans like to say (opening the windows wide up to really let in all the fresh air).

Imagine not having screens on the windows and letting every single bug in the nearby area take up residence inside and being okay with it cuz "it's only a few months out of the year".

🤢 it's the fucking worst.

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

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.

Never seen a tilting window in Finland

You realize we have AC in Merica right?

Like, have you been to half of Europe in the summer?

Tilt it baby

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

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.

My windows can tilt. Not in the same way, but you can either slide them up or tilt them in. And besides, is being able to tilt your windows really that great?

I’m not sure why this would be an advantage? Does the tilt cause more draft than opening it a different way?

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

What kind of klien bottle shit is this

Am I the only American with tilting windows? We definitely have them

Why would you post this while Americans are sleeping? These posts are clearly about flexing on the yanks.

Good morning Vietnam Europe

I visited Bosten before, and if i can remember it right. Some of their windows can do that

Today you chose violence

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

Americans:

What the fuck? This is witchcraft.

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

They seem expensive.

i leave my window open like this every night, even in winter

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

Unfortunately windows in the UK generally cant tilt, likely since opening them wasn't really meant to be common anyways (unfortunately climate change is making that more important)

lots of non-house buildings in the usa have tilting windows.

If you want to really confuse Americans show them European showers. Imagine a shower with fixed pressure only...

Edit: I see people are confused. I meant that typical shower in US doesn't have adjustable pressure:

In case of fire, I rather have a window that doesn't include an instruction manual.

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