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• jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • Koarnine@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I do wish screens were standard here, or at least more common… But AC is typically an excess/luxury in most of Europe. Only common in offices, schools, hospitals and the like.

      People have started to get those portable standing ACs more often now that our climate is getting clapped, but window units are alien to us.

      Heat pumps are probably more common now

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• brokenlcd@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• BruisedMoose@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Every home I’ve lived in with casement windows has opened outwards, and has had screens. They work just fine. I don’t know where you get the idea that screens are more challenging if the window opens outwards.

  In fact, it’s probably easier to deal with the screens. If the window opens inwards, the screen is on the opposite side of the glass, so to access the screen you have to fully crank the window open. If the window opens outwards, the screen is on the inside, and it can be removed or adjusted whether the window is fully open or fully closed. The only problem I’ve ever had is that if the crank is in an “up” position it can get in the way if you’re trying to take the screen off, but you just give it half a crank and you’re set.

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