• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    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

  • Aielman15@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    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

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      3 years ago

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

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        3 years ago

        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@lemm.ee
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          3 years ago

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