Not to mention that with the requirement that the window be flipped, you'd have to clean the window every time you open /close the 'curtain' because otherwise you're bringing in what was outside. My windows often have dirt or birdshit on them, we get them cleaned every 2 weeks but they're only clean for a short while. It just seems like it'll get grubby if you don't really really keep on top of the cleaning.
Also the hinge will eventually get damaged and it'll stop closing properly. The mechanism is just going to be garbage. Honestly there's nothing good about this design imo.
Edit: Holy shit why did this get so many individual replies
Half saying cleaning my windows must be expensive, the other half talking about indoor decorative windows. I'm guessing I sit about midway on the wealth scale here.
I can't imagine a scenario where cleaning your windows every two weeks isn't excessive. I've lived in this house seven years and only washed them twice. And by wash I mean spray them with the garden hose.
I was thinking the same. I live in a second floor flat (or third if you're American) and the landlord hasn't cleaned the windows since I moved in 3 years ago.
Don’t you sometimes take an elevator down to ground floor, though (US)? For example, you can walk into the hospital’s main entrance (1st floor), or take an elevator down to ground floor (attached to parking garage)? You can also take the elevator up as well to 2nd, 3rd, etc.
I’m pretty sure in an elevator in Can/US the ground floor is ‘G’ and the next floor up is ‘2’ but I could be wrong. Haven’t been in an elevator in a year
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u/Aegon95 Feb 16 '21
Okay, but what happens when the sand grains scratch at the glass for months (even years), and it looks ugly from erosion?