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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (26 children)
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (19 children)

    Nothing prevents one from installing a screen on those windows.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (16 children)

    I guess. Over here its more common to have the screen on the interrior to make the screens easier to replace and/or clean. Here, it's common for houses to have a 2nd or even 3rd floor so it's not always easy to be able to access the screen from the outside.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I have screens on my 3rd floor windows. Mine are attached to the window frame with long thin velcro strips but I think there's other systems as well.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Do you need to remove the screen if you want to open the window?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    For american ones where you have a screen on the inside I have seen crank handles to push window out, or some have a tiny screen door in the screen you can open to reach the window latches, then close the tiny access door. It looks stupid, but it does work

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Mine have hinges that open, you can remove them by pushing up to remove from the hinges. My parents have one with magnets, but i don't recommend it. The magnets get rusty, and they aren't that well attached, some screens fell and broke with stronger wind.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    You can still have the screen on the inside with these tiltable windows...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    I cant see how without needing to remove the screen each time. I probably need to see a picture.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have a removable screen with one of these windows. The window opens inwards, the screen basically clicks into the window frame from the inside and sits between the window itself and the frame. So the screen sits outside the window, but you can easily remove it from inside. You just open the window and pull the screen out of the window frame.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I have an insect screen which can be glued to the inside like so:

    (There's a white velcro strip already there, which you glue on before this step.)

    But yeah, it isn't a given that it fits there. I have an ancient window, where they didn't use plastic or rubber yet, so they tried to seal the window by having it contact right where you'd glue the insect screen and then it obviously doesn't fit in between (I tried 🫠).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh there's many options. My windows are tiltable, they have (electric) roller shutters and bug screens.

    Most of my screens roll up to the top (I have a little chain connected to the mechanism to roll it up and down), but I also have two doors whose screens' mechanism works horizontally, with a spring, it locks closed with magnets, when you release it from the magnets it rolls open by itself. It's even got a little cable-chain-like thing on the top and bottom to hold the screen, guide the movement and remove the gap.
    And it can be removed from its frame with a snap catch, if you need to have the maximum opening to move something large through the door.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I thought these were doors. Them being windows makes a lot more sense.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Balcony doors work the exact same way

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)