We have these here in the UK but the mechanism is the other way round, so that it makes to sense 👍
1st position detent = tilt (small opening).
2nd position detent = door (big opening).
I get that "horizontal handle = door" kinda makes sense... But doesn't feel intuitive to me
My father was a sales & marketing executive for a window company in Germany. You can prepare for a long rant whenever he sees "those dreadful sliding windows" in a TV show from the US or Great Britain. Like every time. 😅
Me, being smug about how I can have a bookshelf on both sides of the window and still open it fully without a large piece of glass protruding into the room:
But how can you stoßlüften your room efficiently without opening the whole area of the window?
Shtatus
My back door does this. No one knows how to use it besides me.
Wait, doors can do that too? I have to try this on our door (I think it's the same model as our window), so it might work.
Tbf it's more of a european thing. I'm Italian and I've installed hundreds of these.
Also... Assuming Liftup windows actually exist in America and aren't just a myth. You.should be able to do something similar by jamming something in the window rail.
Standard swing windows though... Pray.
Sash windows are the common type used for American homes, though you'll find a good mix of casements (typically the ones you have to crank to open/close).
The only deal breaker for me would be casement windows that open outwards. The area I live gets a lot of bugs in the summer, and so our windows have screens to help keep pests out while windows are open. Sash windows and casements that open inwards work fine with screens, but casements that open outwards typically don't.
We took my in-laws back to my father-in-law’s hometown in France this summer and it was kind of mind-boggling to me how most of the homes had no air conditioning but also no screens on the windows to keep bugs out.
This shit drives me nuts. The locals will be like "oh well, the bugs usually aren't this bad..."
Sure Jorge, the bugs always just follow me from the US whenever I visit. The entire European continent has such a weirdly abusive relationship with the very concept of climate control.
I have (in New England) a few windows that open outward and screens are just mounted inside rather than outside.
I'm not sure how windows are installed elsewhere. But here usually you have a good wall thickness. It's not uncommon to have aluminum/ steel shutters that swing outwards. For privacy. some form of screen for bugs. And then on the inside casement windows that swing on the inside. Either the normal kind or the tilt and turn style shown in the post (I think that's how it's said in English).
In this case it's shutters with adjustable slats to let more or less light in. A steel "grating" (not sure how it's called in English) for safety and a twin casement window.
Shutters are less commonly used here, usually found more on older homes. Their intended purpose is protection during storms, but sometimes people install "fake" ones just as decoration.
For light management/privacy, most houses I've seen have adjustable blinds inside that you raise or lower to let more or less light in.
A steel "grating" (not sure how it's called in English) for safety and a twin casement window.
Grating or grates is right, and sometimes people just call them window bars.
I always wonder why are they associated with Germany. Aren't they the standard in most of central Europe? We've had them in Poland since the 90s.
Because they were invented in Germany. But yes, they are the standard in most of Europe now, in some countries they are known as European windows
It's like the French toilet, I mean the Danish toilet, sorry the Turkish toilet...
I was fascinated with the older windows in Denmark. It's a simple design but has so many variations Unfortunately I can't find a picture.
These types of window are great until you want to get AC in a rental & realize that you now need to attach 1-2 hoses to them whilst also getting a good seal. Then you'd actually prefer the American style slide-up windows (ask me how I know) :/
The handles of the current generation German windows even have a 45 degree position; the window is then opened on a tiny slid.
I am thinking of airtight windows! No other country can build such airtight and beautiful windows. - Angela Merkel in a 2004 interview, answering the question what emotions Germany arouses in her
Undeniably the best window design I have ever come across.
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