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    9 months ago

    Sliding windows may not be optimal for a hard continental climate.

    For me it allows to not move anything on the sill while venting the room.

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        9 months ago

        You’ll get ice on the sides, these can’t be sufficiently hermetic.

        EDIT: With some -30 Celsius outside (EDIT:happened only once or twice in my lifetime, 20 would be something more real) and +15 inside, for example, and usual humidity for a living place, where people cook etc.

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          9 months ago

          only time I’ve ever had ice build up on the inside of a window was when the window was end of life and the AC broke and it was -35 F

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            9 months ago

            What was the temperature inside (don’t think anybody remembers or even measures humidity)?

            It seems common sense to me that on the sides of a sliding window there’ll be very thin gaps, while with a “normal” window there is pressure between parts at all sides.

            But I can’t say I’ve seen many sliding windows in my life.

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              9 months ago

              like 65 F, probably around 35% humidity

              there’s a seal around the windows that slides up and down when you open it

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                9 months ago

                OK, maybe I’m wrong. I’m not very good at physics and easily believe what other people say, but since this thing is really uncommon here - I shouldn’t.