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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.

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BruisedMoose@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I have (in New England) a few windows that open outward and screens are just mounted inside rather than outside.

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- vateso5074@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah if you have those crank style ones it’s possible at least.
  
  Honestly having the screen on the inside is probably more convenient too. If you’re cleaning both sides of a window where you’d have to remove the screen either way, I imagine it’s easier to remove the screen from inside than outside just given the elevation differences.
  
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brokenlcd@feddit.it ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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).

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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.

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- vateso5074@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  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. Usually I see them on the outside, though, but I suppose that can be a look people want to avoid (some people associate them with high crime risk) and maybe I just don’t notice buildings that put them on the inside.
  
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jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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.

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- socsa@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  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.
  
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