uis,
@uis@lemmy.world avatar

Same in Russia

AFaithfulNihilist,
@AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world avatar

I love this meme so much I sent it to everybody, especially the people that witnessed me fall on my face when trying to open one of these doors as I ripped it off its hinge* (yeah just the one load-bearing hinge for the whole door)

We have these for doors and windows on our house, And we cannot find a company to repair them. They have so many moving parts in them that they gradually break down and eventually completely fall apart.

The locking mechanism on one of the doors is a knob that pulls on some wires inside the door to open the various latches so you can choose which opening mode you’re using. If you don’t use it for a while it can get stuck and snap, making the door unable to open unless you completely disassemble it.

One of the doors, The tilt and turn hinge at the top got loose And eventually when opening the door completely snapped off and I fell inside onto the door.

The only one that currently works isn’t long for this world. Since The hinge at the top is also loose on this one and so is the handle even though all of the screws are as tight as can be.

Granted the ones in our house are like 15 years old, but the ones on the main house were replaced 5 years ago because these things just have too many moving parts And when any of them break the whole thing has to be completely disassembled. The worst part is that to disassemble the door it has to be out of the frame, and the most common thing I’ve seen break on these is the thing that’s supposed to turn the latch.

computerscientistI,

And I am sitting here, in my rental flat in Germany and wish I had an American sliding window with an A/C-Unit built into it. Those are not a thing with those German windows :'(

doingless,

When Germans start feeling power, the world buys more weapons and ammunition.

Jumi,

Who needs power when you can kipp your Fenster?

lambipapp,

Everyone have these in Europe. So good. Can someone please find the patent to figure out who is the best euro country?

kerrigan778,

The technology is a society that is able and willing to pay a bit more for lasting, practical quality.

darkpanda,

I have these windows. Perhaps not coincidentally the house was made by a German. The windows were fabricated in Canada though. The technology is leaking.

buzz,
@buzz@lemmy.world avatar

They have it in US. U can order them. Couldn’t find them in home depot or Lowes.

WeLoveCastingSpellz,

we have these in some places in turkey too even though it is not standardized and it is a third world country

pseudo,
@pseudo@jlai.lu avatar

Where are you from OP? It pretty standard in France as well and some people here call it “open the window italien-style”.

Spoilt,

Qui dit ça ?

C’est un oscillo-battant, rien d’autre 👀

pseudo,
@pseudo@jlai.lu avatar

La première fois que je l’ai entendu ça m’a aussi étonné et je ne sais pas si beaucoup de gens le disent. Moi j’entends surtout "ouvrir la fenêtre par le haut. Et oscillo-batant sur les fiches de description de produit.

Spoilt,

Et tu connais l’espagnolette ? Promis, c’est SFW

pseudo,
@pseudo@jlai.lu avatar

J’en ai à mes volets. Je me demande si c’est commun en Espagne.

Obi,
@Obi@sopuli.xyz avatar

Même ça, moi je me rappelle juste d’appeler ça une fenêtre battante.

Spoilt,

Fenêtre 💪

RoseRose56,
@RoseRose56@lemmy.world avatar

I have it in my house, its very useful because I don’t have to open fully the window, or having the wind move the door.

EvokerKing,

My washing machine has doors like this 💀

Blackmist,

I live in the UK and my parents got tilt and turn windows in the early 90s.

Still got them as well. Suckers last a long time.

grendel,
@grendel@lemmy.world avatar

What if I told you there’s a third way you can open this window?

XTornado,

Go on…

drathvedro,

You can turn the handle into horizontal position, open the window, then turn the handle all the way up , and it will fall a little forward, like both modes combined, and seemingly hanging on just the bottom hinge (it’s not, there’s just a retracting bar at the top hinge).

You can also usually lock the second mode mid-way by jamming the handle at 3/4 position.

RainyRat,

I’ve lived in a house with these windows for the last 15 years, and didn’t know this.

Ziglin,

I think you’re using them wrong.

moon,

Actually inferior to sliding windows. Europeans have a lot of things over NA, but this ain’t it.

crusty,

How are sliding windows better? Also, are you able to clean the outside of the window from the inside?

ErrorCode,

I really liked those windows when I was visiting Europe.

Officer_Pickles,

We have them in the UK as well. Makes a very useful fire escape.

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