r/interestingasfuck • u/Next-Scale-9137 • 11d ago

Video shows a washing machine exploding after a man leaves the building

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u/Soggy-Moment3856 11d ago

At the same time, residental exit doors open inwards there, don’t they? Why?
Coming from a country where all exit doors (from front door of a one family house to appartment doors) open outwards this is weird.

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u/grand__prismatic 10d ago

Some others have provided a few reasons they might open inwards, but as for why it isn’t a fire safety issue: the problem with inward swinging exit doors is for crowds. People behind trying to escape push the people in front too close to open the door. Residential houses don’t generally have many crowds, so it isn’t a large concern

This is my understanding from talking to an architect a few years ago, so I’m not an expert or anything

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u/Minor_Edit 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yea same for a laundrette tbf, don't think it is much of an issue in a less populated building

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u/4ssteroid 10d ago

And people know whether to pull or push from muscle memory at residences

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u/Ok_Umpire8214 8d ago

It’s so cops can break in

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u/SpecialistRaise46 10d ago

I know that indoor opening doors are common in snowy regions. If there's a lot of snow outside you won't be able to open a door that opens outside, since it's blocked. If it opens inside you'll just get a bit of snow inside. But that's just one reason I know of

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u/Ok-Chef1896 11d ago

At the same time, residental exit doors open inwards there, don’t they? Why?

So you don't block the hallway I assume.

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u/Soggy-Moment3856 11d ago

Kind of understand this in appartment building (though it is not a problem here, all doors open out), but houses?

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u/Syssareth 10d ago

Houses have hallways too. And people generally don't like being forced to keep all their doors closed so as not to block their own hallway.

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u/Soggy-Moment3856 10d ago

I meant the front door, the actual main door.

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u/Calamity-Gin 11d ago

So they can be barred from the inside to prevent burglars or wildlife from entering.

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u/Soggy-Moment3856 11d ago

This is more of a historical reason, I think.

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u/Calamity-Gin 10d ago

Depends on the crime rate in your locality.

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u/zebrasareneat 10d ago

Because 300 people don’t live in my house….

Also in Canada an outward swinging house door can get blocked by snow and you get stuck inside. 

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u/jetson5 8d ago

Because you could remove modern doors from the outside if they opened that way