American reacts to (a weird video) “CRAZY Reasons German Houses are built BETTER”

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[ryanwass]

Hey for anyone who hasn't yet watched, beware the video I react to is not very good, LOL. Sorry! I never know exactly what I'm reacting to before I react to it I'll still keep it up because it's kind of funny. I do like the concept of the title, so I'll look for more videos on the subject.

[dasuniversum]

a video about german houses but, NOT ONE single german house to see lol

[Trenceful]

Most of the Houses in the Video are american, not German.

[AndreasHontzia]

The video is a fever dream with American stock footage and AI generated script with thesaurus plugin and AI narrator.

[sarerusoldone]

I could hear at least 3 german grannies faint when Ryan said he never opens the windows

[mbkl]

Forget about the kitchen myth. In many homes, it can easily happen that there is a kitchen installed already, or the pre-owner sells it to you for a couple of bucks.

[svenmonnich]

In Germany, we don't have trailer parks. The only thing comparable would be a permanent camping site. There, you have a camping trailer, and very rarely you're allowed to register your primary residence there so that you can live there permanently.

[christianlimpert]

Yes we have 100 degree days. The best thing to do is actually to air out the house over night and close the Windows in the morning so the cold air stays inside. Then you can close the shutter half way so the warm sunrays get repelled at the oudsite and dont heat up the house.

[theparametachronicles]

I would say 90% of the footage in this video does NOT show german homes, so that might be confusing, ...

[marvnperator]

There were about as many German houses in that video as there were real humans in the production of that video.

[kjk]

I am German and I lived for some time in a house that was more than 400 years old.

Our new house has quadruple-glazed windows, a pellet heating system, an additional heat pump, a solar and photovoltaic system and electricity storage. But that's because my husband is doing research in the field of renewable energies. I don't get involved 😅 I am a graphic designer and do the interior design

[Humpelstilzchen]

, ,Where everybody comes and schnitzels?, , 😂😂 killed me 😂

[jakob_se]

The video has a lot of bullshit slapped on stock footage, which they mostly didn't even bother to get from germany.

Walls are not usually built from concrete, just makes no sense. Exceptions are walls in buildings with a lot of floors or the basement walls. The foundation and ceilings are made from it though.

Also wood is not per se a bad construction material, it depends on how you use it. And if used correctly it will last centuries. The industry in germany is slowly moving back to wood, because of stricter environmental protection laws. Wood takes a lot less gray energy to produce and by that has lower green house gas emissions than bricks and especially concrete.

Also from the video: "since the 13th century half-timbered houses have been largely absent from central europe." .... eh what? :D Germany is literally internationally known for their trusswork houses (Fachwerkhäuser) almost all of them beeing younger than 800 years. I swear the script for the video was written by Chat-GPT.

[walkir]

For days in the 30s, just keep the Rolladen down. Them being on the outside means the Sun isn't burning directly on the window, adding a 4th layer of insulation. Then keep the windows half open at night, Rolladen down, so it can cool off a bit.
Unfortunately, insulation works both ways.
If enough heat built up - which takes a good amount of time - the biggest issue in a modern house (the place I'm in is just 5 years old) is actually to get it *out* once the outside is reasonable again even if I keep the balcony doors open all day.

[glambertini]

I'm from France ; my grandma's house was clearly from the Renaissance, in the 1500's. There were architectural remains of this style on the facade. Because her village was very old. That village's house still stands today, with another familly owning it. My sister's house, also in a small and ancient little village, is clearly very old since her ground floor is still paved with these enormous stone slabs polished by time that we only see in old churches these days. I live in the center of a medium/big city in a flat and my building dates from 1800's. But it isn't the older in the city since the very historical center of that city dates back to the 15th, wich is very evident with its tiny alleys (a challenge for cars ! ^^) and buildings... I think it is a european thing, the houses were built to stand a loonng time around ^^. And it's beautiful.

[szenszely]

It's obviously an AI generated script and video, I really don't like these.

[JohnnyDrizzle]

On very hot summer days we keep the windows closed to keep the heat out. At night when the air is cooler we open the windows to air out the house.

[thomasp.]

What you are seeing here ist a so called "Fertighaus", meaning a prefabricated house. The walls come prefabricated and the complete house is assembled in one day.
The ceremony ist called "Richtfest" (roofing ceremony) and takes place after completion of the roof framework (Dachstuhl), so that the carcase is completed. After that, roof tiles, doors, windows and so on will follow. But in case of a prefab house evertything happens at the same day. The Workers in white shirts, black vests and hats are carpenters in their traditional clothing. Carpenters build the roof framework.

[paulozavala]

In Sweden you have wooden buildings that are hundres and hundred years old! There are even churches that are from the 13 century. And that in a inviroment with very severe winters.
In Stockholm that have even started apartements in wood!
I dont think the problem is wood, concrete etc. Its the quality and technic in comstruction.

[alexandernoe]

Having 100°F in Germany is not common, but happens in some parts of Germany for a few days per year.