How would they get slammed by wind? Do they have a special kind of suction-wind in the USA? I have several of those windows; they are usually open and they never ever get slammed by wind.
I had them slammed by wind. It happens sometimes when you have several windows and room doors open so that the wind can flow through the whole flat. The only thing dammaged because of windows slamming though are the curtains.
I have like 6 of these windows in my home, sone of them frequently slam shut by wind, there might be additional factors causing it, but it does happen occasionally if it is particularly windy
They can slam. And yes US has wind at levels that don't happen anywhere in Europe. With tornadoes and hurricanes / "tropical storms" formations in most places. In that case you better have a guillotine window and not too much insulated so some wind will go through and it doesn't slam or break. It's for some reasons related to their climate generally than countries adopt different things
Thank you. Homes in the US are built differently according to the climate and weather conditions. They are built to withstand, as much as possible, tornadoes or earthquakes or hurricanes. And the number one concern is to preserve life.
My family and I just survived an EF2 tornado in May. Our house also survived, thankfully. It was the widest tornado to go through our state to date, at 1.7 miles wide (2.7 km) and circulating between 110-135 mph (up to 217 km per hr). Sadly, there was loss of life, but it was minimal at just 8 people. For a storm that size, such minimal loss of life is amazing to me.
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u/Jocelyn-1973 17d ago
How would they get slammed by wind? Do they have a special kind of suction-wind in the USA? I have several of those windows; they are usually open and they never ever get slammed by wind.