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It's called a window screen and they keep insects from flying into an open window. They're cheap, and easy to make and install and honestly it's ridiculous that the rest of the world does not use these.
I know there have been campaigns to bring window and door screens to Africa to try to help keep mosquitos out, and reduce incidence of mosquito-borne diseases.
The outside unit Laurence pointed out is called a condenser. He doesn't really understand how ceiling fans work. In the summer, it pulls cold air from the A/C up to the ceiling. In the winter, you reverse the fan with a switch so that it blows warm air down from the ceiling. Remember, hot air rises and cold air sinks. However, if you do not have A/C, you use it just like a normal fan.
Nailed it.
My cats were weirded out when I switched the fan lol.
It always amuses me when out of country folks are concerned with the gaps in the stalls of public toilets. I am amused because we don't try to look through the gaps and I guess folks from other countries do.
And like vision isn’t literally line of sight.
The gap at the bottom allows you to see if a stall is occupied without having to try the door handle (and perhaps startle an occupant)
Not only that, but you can't see anything anyway.
A storm door creates a dead air space between the two doors which adds insulation to the thinnest part of the wall which is the door.
Gotta have a storm door in a winter state
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It's great in hot places too. When it's hot enough to fry eggs on the sidewalk, your energy bill will thank you.
My favorite part about storm doors/windows, is that you can have glass panes in the winter, but swap them out for screens (or he calls "bug shield") in the summer. So you can have a door that keeps bugs out but lets the fresh air in, getting a nice breeze through the house. But I suppose since doors and windows have traditionally been wood framed, storm doors and windows also mean less maintenance on doors and windows, resurfacing and sealing and the like. Storm doors also close on their own due to having a hydraulic arm attached to it. So you can come and go through the storm door (leaving the heavy, windowless locking door open during the day) quickly and while carrying things, then lock everything up tight at night. I remember using the screen door (storm door when it had a screen in it, is what I always called it) a lot as a kid, without having to get yelled at to "close the door!" Haha, anyway...
This is also from my childhood home in New England USA that was built in the 1950's. So we didn't have central air either. I haven't seen storm doors or windows since moving to North Carolina. Oh! I forgot to mention, we only had to swap the glass panels for screens on the storm door. The windows always had both. We simply raised the screens up when we didn't need them, or the glass panels. The screen and glass panels sat in a groove that allowed it to slide up and down, with a mechanism to lock in place. And every American house I have been to has screens. But only storm window (the glass panels) on older houses.
Agree, there's nothing like having your front and back door wide open and letting the breeze flow through, without having to worry about bugs coming in.
My apartment windows are double open. It's to seal better and can have 1 open to regulate temperature.
I've lived in places that get 4-5 feet of snow in winter against the wood front door. After several years it really does ruin your door and they are expensive to replace. It's ugly but storm doors work well and are cheap. And yes...that glass resists hail, snow, rain, wind, etc.
Storm doors don't necessarily have to be ugly. I put in a new one on my front door a few years ago, and it's quite nice looking. It was a bit more expensive than the basic ones, but still very affordable. My old storm door was indeed hideous though, and Laurence's is fairly ugly and beat up looking lol.
@@themourningstar338 That should be his next trip to Lowe's then, to get a replacement screen/storm door.
"Storm doors" or "screen doors" (different regional terms for the same thing) usually have a fine wire mesh in the top half, with a glass panel that can be raised or lowered. In hot weather, you can leave your main door open, and the breeze can still come in through the mesh. When the weather gets cold, you raise the glass panel to block the wind, and it keeps your main door from leaking heat so easily. Plus, a storm door lets you answer your door while still keeping a barrier between you and whoever's there.
The chain link fence is also sometimes called a hurricane fence. It is intended to be a property boundary that will have high resistance to storms and (especially) wind. I have never met anyone who thought they looked good, just that they did a good job.
Fences are a good idea to keep strangers off of your property. They also keep your pets, family and livestock safely on your property. Chain link fences aren’t as attractive, but much cheaper and they typically last much longer.
Anyone that's ever painted a picket fence will take a chain link fence every time.
Chain link looks pretty good black.
I have had a vinyl fence and would rather have that than a wooden fence or chain link. Wood fences require more maintenance, chain links are just ugly
Ceiling fans aren't just great in the summer. In the winter you reverse the direction, set it on slow so it blows the air upwards, and it circulates the hotter air near the ceiling.
Being from Minnesota, I would like to add another perk of having a storm door. Imagine you get a few inches of snow and blowing winds. It is very common to have several inches of snow drifted up to your foot door. You will notice in the video, Lawrence opens the main door which swings in to the home. The storm door swings outward. This pushes the snow away from coming into your home.
So he lives in Illinois, and the thing you need to know about Illinois is A) really humid and hot summers contrasted by very cold and bitter winters, and B) lot of bugs, cicadas everywhere in the spring.
Any home built has to adapt to both extreme weather conditions
Storm doors are awesome! He didn’t mention that during the spring and summer, you can slide the top of the storm door down, leave your main door open, and have a nice natural breeze.
I agree it is not aesthetically pleasing but it is very functional!
a storm or screen door is used for many many things on American homes. One is for protection... it also allows you to keep the door open during warm weather so that the air flow from outside can come into the house (because they have a air screen on them). Remember this, storm or screen doors are made of aluminum or steel to protect from snow when it gets high outside (so it doesnt ruin your wood door) and also is an extra insulation from the cold in winter.
Traditionally, people wore their good clothes outside of their underwear - including a tunic/T-shirt - in order to protect their good clothes from sweat. Is also why they wore a jacket outside of their good clothes to protect their clothes from the elements.
Storm doors act as a barrier that protects the good door, which is often made of high-quality materials from the elements by putting something in between the door and the exterior in addition, storm doors, usually are see-through, and sometimes have the ability to have ventilation, which allows a person to have the security and the enjoyment of the outside world without actually suffering the consequences of the elements
Most vandals won't bother a mailbox because it is a federal offense and most don't want to go to prison for stealing mail and/or damaging a mail box.
A white picket fence is a decoration and would generally be somewhere in front of the house, so it can be seen from the street. A chainlink fence is usually behind the house and is there so that you can let the dog out in the back yard.
The storm door also acts an insulator providing a dead air space. During the warm months you can replace a section of the glass with a screen. That way you can leave the main door open and get fresh air and light and still keep the insects outdoors.
The primary purpose of fans on the ceiling is to circulate the air, conditioned error or the heated air. Depending on the direction of the blades, the air at the ceiling is being pushed down, or the air below the fan is being pushed up so cool, air is supposed to be pushed up and thereby evenly distributed while hot air, which naturally rises, is supposed to be pushed down that is the central concept behind how ceiling fans are supposed to be used in conjunction with central air-conditioning and heating
@12:48 In the winter you can switch the fan to go in reverse; since heat rises, the fan going backwards pushes the heat down again.
because glass and aluminum is much more resistant to weather than wood is.
30 years ago, most houses had chain-link fences, now most houses have wood privacy fences.
Now there's also durable plastic fences and steel ones. I still some times see the old chainlink fence.
I open the main door so my pets can lounge in the sun. And see outside. I'm in texas so my storm door has windows that open. Then it's just a bug screen. Great spring and fall. Let's air flow through no bugs.
Lawrence called the window screen a window shield. It keeps most bugs out but allows fresh air.
Calling the $15 mailbox from Walmart "fancy" seems a bit.... well... hilarious, actually. I mean, we do have fancy mailboxes, but the one outside of Lawrence's house is the bare bones version.
I loved your reaction to the overhead/ceiling fan! Many ceiling fans are controlled by a light switch for the power, and then a remote control for the functions. I live the the southernmost city in Texas-Brownsville- and my ceiling fan is running right now, circulating the warm air near the ceiling to the floor, and drawing the cool air up to be warmed. This helps a lots on my heating bills. In the summer, I stop the fan, move a switch, and the fan blades move in the opposite direction, cooling the warm air as it is drawn up toward the ceiling.
The locks on a bathroom door, or some bedroom doors (like the parents’ bedroom) are mostly for privacy. But occasionally they are used to keep young children (or very intelligent pets) out of a personal space. For a variety of reasons.
The storm door is used through the year. Most have screened windows in the top which can be rolled down to increase air circulation in the home. I love my storm door as it gives me the chance to hear the rain and thunder outside.
stovm doors and windows also keep out the cold weather draft. Savings on utility bills. Growing up on the shores of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania; Winters were brutal. Despite my storm windows you could feel the wind. We use to tape plastic sheets inside.
Built-in door locks are the best. They're nice for when you are finished with the shower. Nobody walks into you while butt-naked.
Watching this video i had no idea how small your channel was until i just checked wow man your doing really good just as high quality as people with millions of subs
Not sure why to be honest but yes I get a good amount of views for the size of my channel
Storm doors and windows are great insulators. When I lived in Chicago, we had double sliding glass doors. In the winter, if we forgot to close the outer door, ice would build up inside the inner door.
ceiling fans are the best, not just to cool you off but they circulate the air in the room, to get rid of that Dead stale air which I hate. So I would use them in the winter even, help circulate the warm air from the heater as well. You can reverse them so they can blow air down or suck air up to the ceiling.
2:15 My brother here looks like he has just seen magic level engineering... you've earned my love and subscription for that face alone ❤
ty so much my friend 🙏
You can switch the direction of how the fan blows. It can pull the air up (to pull up the cold air from the bottom) or blow the air down (to bring the heat down from the top) depending on the time of year.
It's ridiculous how the tiny gaps in our public toilet doors brings negative comments. When I was in Japan in the late 1970's toilets had no privacy. Nor was there a urinal for males, in fact toilets were just a porcelain hole in the floor. I found myself aiming over one while a female was squatting over the one right next to me. Window screens keep out 99.95 of all flying bugs, while allowing fresh air to pass. My front storm door has a sliding glass that rolls down a screen when the glass is lowered.
I agree. Forrest Gump is one of the best movies ever made. I experienced every human emotion watching that movie.
The storm doors are good in the summer because they have a screen option that you can slide the screen down in the window up so you get more circulation in the house
1. push button lock door knobs are only meant to let people know that someone wants privacy as they can be opened with a tooth pic in emergencies
2. mail boxes are simple sheet metal and the design is regulated by the federal government and if you get caught damaging or taking something from one you can receive up to 1 year in jail and up to 2 years on probation for each item destroyed or taken
3. storm doors have many designs from simple to ornate and all have a way to put a bug screen or glass window in place, they also provide more isolation at one of the most open areas of your house, same goes for storm windows, they also add defense during major storms, they range in price from about $100 to as much as you want to spend (well over $3500), they can be made of metal or wood
4. central AC units are actually more efficient then window units and can cool the whole house not just one or two rooms
5. ceiling fans can pull down warm air in the winter or pull up cool air in the summer to more evenly cool or heat a room
6. chain link fencing is a cheap fencing material so it is used in low income places alot, they also do not require vary much maintenance
Storm doors are amazing. They keep the cool air in in the summer and the warm air in in the winter. When you're trying to get out of the house, you lose so much less air than if you don't have one. Plus, you can move the window to expose a screen so you can leave the door open with out pets getting out/bugs getting in in the summer.
I agree that chain link fences aren't that pretty to look at, but they're very functional. They last forever, need no maintenance and keep the pets in the yard. People in the US don't usually fence their front yard. If they do, they'll use a white picket fence, but for backyards, the chain is fine. Also, the white picket fences used to always be made of wood and need to be painted regularly. They're now often made of plastic which doesn't wear as well as metal and will become brittle and discolored from the sun and cold weather over time.
Some houses don't have that but it's a good thing when you're in someplace where it isn't as nasty with the weather. My biggest problem with living with my neck of the woods is that the heat is unbearable during the summer. Even the A/C (not me) blasting can't beat it.
In my area of the country (interior west) white picket fences are few and far between. They do not hold up in our climate and weather, and take tons of maintenance to keep in good condition. Vinyl or chain link is common (and no, vinyl doesn't hold up well either here), but also a lot of people use different types of metal or wood (or combination metal/wood) agricultural fencing for their yards. I'm a big fan of using ag fencing because depending on what you get it can look really nice, and most importantly it can last a very long time in the harsh elements with minimal upkeep.
The tall wood privacy fences aren't very common here either. Besides weathering poorly in general, those tend to get ripped right out of the ground whole when we have sustained wind storms lol.
chain link fences are ugly but it is a fence made for function rather than style. they may look weak but they are very strong and long-lasting, they also make a beautiful climbing trellis for climbing plants and flowers
Andre,
Screen/storm doors are a hold over from the times before A/C, basically in theory you could open your front door to let fresh air in and the bugs out. Chainlink fences are relatively cheaper version of a fence, the white picket fence is expensive.
The storm door is also usually a screen door, so in the warmer weather, you can keep the door open while the screen door allows a nice breeze while keeping insects outside.
Storm doors serve a number of purposes. 1) It creates a dead-air space that acts as insulation to the door, 2) It allows you to install screens in during the summer months to let air flow in without the bugs (as he mentioned), and 3) It does protect the main door from the elements as well. The most useful of the three is number 2, which I swap out the glass frames with screening during the summer months.
In a lot of colder parts of the country, we go beyond storm doors. The entry is a kind of air lock. It's a small room with one door to the outside and one door into the rest of the house. This way you can come in and close the outside door before opening the inside door. This keeps cold drafts out of the house.
Ceiling fans also help in the winter. Hot air rises , the fan mixes the air and reduces how much the furnace has to run.
The additional advantage to chain link is security, given the more open sight lines.
Security? From what? I'm 68 years old and I can step over one.
@@tobystevens3109 Sight line lets neighbors watch your yard too.
Forrest Gump....up there in the top 5 Best Movies for sure!! I've seen it at least 10 times and I never get tired of watching it!! ❤️
same 🙏
chain link fence is more about cost than looks..it is also possible to decorate the chain link fence...
the storm door is a door that in the summer when its hot you can leave open the main door and drop window on the other door which has a screen to let cool air in. It also keeps your animals from running out when your letting air in.
Some storm doors have screens you can put in to replace the glass in summer so you can leave the big door open and no bugs come in. 🤷♀️
Chain link fencing is much cheaper than wooden and are much less maintenance. No painting or replacing rotten pieces.
Yup, and then when you turn the handle it automatically unlocks the door (atleast on the ty[es of hadles with the button in the middle)
If you don't cry watching Up, then you're just not human. Chain link fences are hideous. They were super popular at one time because they were relatively inexpensive compared to other fences and they have a much longer lifespan than a lot of other fence materials. I was amazed to hear that you don't have locks on your bathrooms and bedrooms.
chainlink is common in a lot of older or poor neighborhoods but most places today have wooden fences.
One of the things about storm doors is that they are much cheaper to produce. Our front doors can cost anything from 2 to 5:00 depending on how nice it is. A storm door generally only cost between $500 and 1,000. So if a storm throws a branch at your door it would damage the cheaper storm door and not the more expensive front door.
The storm door allows you to keep your main door open in the winter time. Beautiful watching it snow outside.
I like your channel and Laurence's as well. Chain link fences are in older neighborhoods
It gets -40c here in the winter and without storm doors the heating bill would skyrocket. Wooden doors warp with the seasons. Humid summers and dry winters
My chainlink fence has vines that cover it and it remains green all year round with purple flowers in the summer. It really looks like a beautiful green bush that surrounds my yard.
We use the chain fences mostly to keep our dogs in. We like to let them look out at the road. And they're relatively cheap.
Those door locks he's showing you are for indoor locks only. They are very basic and not meant to be super secure. They are for privacy, not security. They are very easy to get into and would terrible for exterior doors.
A bug shield (which I've never heard) is a window screen. We have WAY too many bugs to not have them.
The only bug shield I’ve heard of is for a car to protect it from all those love bugs mating during the summer.
@@causticchameleon7861 - great example of gross American bugs. Summers in the south are a whole thing.
@@Laura-mi3nv LOL. Yes they are. This summer we got quite the symphony and discarded shells from all the cicadas.
I've lived in old houses with exterior doors that have a button on the inside, and a keyhole on the outside. Usually someone added a deadbolt lock above the knob, for better security.
@@trishrandall5031 - those button doors are super easy to get open because all you really have to do is get a tool in the lock and pop out the button. You would need a deadbolt.
Storm doors and storm windows help with insulation, create an air gap between the outside and the doors and windows. There are also storm shutters on houses in many places, to protect against wind-weather and hail.
The storm door broke him. lol Love your vids man. Keep them coming.
I like how u keep an open mind
Even though u give an opinion, ur minds open to the different way
I live in Phoenix, Arizona. The hottest place on the North American Coninent. Where it is 40C from June to October. AC and Ceiling Fans are mandatory.😂 but winter is very nice ;)
The storm doors and window screens are a must and brilliant. Since you live in Portugal, where the weather does not get very cold, a storm door may not be necessary. Here in the US (mostly in the north), it is a great way to keep out drafts, protect your front door from the harsh weather, and keep out bugs in the summer. Same with the window screens.
Just found your channel, but if you want to try stuff like beef jerky, let us know. I'll happily send you a couple of packs.
We have the big B here in Georgia, and it's a must stop.
As a side note, beavers were hunted almost to extinction, but are now going back to being almost a pest.
I have a PO BOX on my description! ty 🙏
@@european-reactsHopefully someone will send you a mailbox 😂
Yes they are. My neighbor was hired to get rid of multiple beavers on another property.
I did the mailbox baseball when I was a preteen in the early 70’s.
I grew up a huge Prince fan. His favorite color was purple, and in one video, he wore a suit with clouds on it. Not long ago, I was visiting a client, and passed by a purple house with sky blue with white clouds on the mailbox. Had to stop, ring the doorbell, and tell them how creative their home was. Some places in the US have home mail boxes near the street, some on the house, some with a slit in the door. Depends how much walking the postal worker wants to do. A lot easier to drive down the street from one mailbox to another. (Oh, and they drive on the right side of the car so they can reach out to mailboxes on the right side of the truck.)
The first time I visited Europe in 1990, I was shocked that there were no screens in the windows. Being in the South East US, we have bugs, and lots of them. Mosquitoes, bees, flies, moths. We wouldn't open a window without a bug screen, and we do in the spring and fall between turning on the heat or air conditioning. I'm jealous of y'all, without the nasty bugs trying to eat you alive just for a nice breeze. Every year, we give thanks to Mr. Carrier who invented air conditioning. Really, the ONLY downside to central a/c (as we call it here) is that the compressor (that square thing) is rather loud, so don't put it next to a bedroom if you can help it.
In some areas, you aren't allowed to have a fence in your front yard. Makes the houses look more quaint and approachable. However, we replaced a chain link fence with a 6ft wooden fence for more privacy and security (more to keep the dog in the yard - he can jump).
The Screen/Storm Door is actually very useful for letting a large amount of air into the house during mild temperature times of the year. The top portion of the door is interchangeable. They have a screen element and a solid thin plexiglass element that is removable. During the Cold winter months, you put the solid piece in and it helps protect the main door from the elements. And during the warmer months you put the screen element in and you can open your main door, while still having a secure closure into your home, but also allowing fresh air into the house.
We also have screens on our windows in the US to keep the bugs out when you open the windows. Most windows open by sliding open and down in a track along the side of the window frame. Older windows in older houses may crank open like European style windows, but you'll be hard pressed to find any like that anymore. Modern windows are also pretty weather proof too. Often double or even triple paned with good seals all around. We put new windows in our Ranch style house in 1990, and they are air tight when closed. You can even clean the outside of them from the inside of the house as when you slide them open, there's little slide locks at the top of each half of the window that let's you fold that portion of the window into the house so that you can clean it. In fact, with the screens on outside, that's really the only way to clean them.
A storm door is a great way of airing out your house in the warm months without getting bugs in your house, and keeps weather off that would chip the paint of your door in colder months. I added a storm door to my place and its helpful when answering the door to strangers it blocks them from being able to just run in when you open the main door.
Also if you notice in the storm door the bottom glass slides up and has a screen. So it lets air in keeps bugs out and you can lock it to help keep people and animals out. Its kind of like have your door open with a lot of the great things a door provides.
In hot weather you can replace the glass in a storm door with a screen which you can use to get fresh air in and keep the bugs out.
I live in the same city as him we immediately threw out our chain link fences and replaced it with 7 foot wooden fence
Chain link fences are used with storms. The wind goes through them instead of blowing them down.
Locks on household doors are definitely common. Just push it in to lock and turn the handle to unlock. I’ve never been sure if it’s a privacy thing or a security thing if your house happens to be broken into, or both. It keeps people out of the room while you’re in it. A lot of them are also pretty easily defeated with a stiff wire, as I’m sure a lot of us who have siblings have discovered 😂
Fire code.
@@CaenaGrey True, the room locks are more for privacy than protection.
You are right about the chain link fences. They are not pretty. We usually only have them behind the house so we can let pets & kids run around without worrying that they'll wander into the neighbors yard.
one of the reason for the storm door even in the southerner part of the US is you can open the main door and have the storm door closed. the cleing fan not only can more the air around which can help it feel nicer but sent cold air fall and warm air rises, a good ceiling fall can run to both heat and cool a room if needed
Typically chain link fences now are in more urban areas or on older houses. But they did use to be pretty common.
Storm doors are sort of based on where you live, I have never personally had a home with storm doors. More likely you will have a screen door where you can leave your door open and the screen door closed to allow air to travel inside.
You ask why they make storm doors instead of just making the one door better, and they do, but like many things that is a house upgrade so nicer homes will have better doors and won't have a storm door.
Similar situation, I'm in South Florida near Miami and when hurricanes come through you have to put up shutters to cover the door/windows, but a few years back we upgraded to hurricane resistance windows which basically is a bulletproof glass so now we don't have to do that, which makes the house look much nicer. So it just depends on the upgrade level of the home.
I never knew a mailbox could be so desired 😂. The storm door is made of glass and sometimes screen. If you only had a storm door criminals could just smash it and walk in, anyone can see in your home at any time because it’s glass and it doesn’t always seal good. I left the glass up with the screen (like a big window for your door) in the spring to get a good cross breeze and leave it shut in the fall like a greenhouse the sun’s heat gets in and my dogs love sitting at it watching outside. The chain link fence sets boundaries, never rots like wood, you still have an open view and the dogs love it. It’s less maintenance than painting and replacing wood which is what white picket fence were originally made from, now you can get pvc material. Here in FL wood has to be replaced very frequently and that pvc stuff don’t last long either the sun warps, fades and makes it brittle. Chain link is resistant to wind because there is nothing to block the wind. Chain link may not be a great look, but it’s definitely practical and once your use to it because it’s so common you don’t think about it anymore you look past it and see the yard. Kinda like looking past the dirt on your windshield to see the road.
Chain-link fences with a low height, like Lawrence shows serve no purpose in America, other than to make clear where the property boundary is. It is more to eliminate confusion than it is to serve any meaningful purpose However, chain-link fences with a very tall ceiling as well as other provisions on top are a common site throughout America, around commercial buildings and property Often, these chain-link fences are actually electrified
I live in Cincinnati Ohio. I’ve always hated chain link fences. Most people have them to contain dogs. But now they make invisible fences, and once trained for them dogs will stay in the yard even if they aren’t wearing a shock collar. And we have a high quality front door and no need for a storm door.
There are also a lot of AC units that are one piece and can be installed entirely on the roof, rather than having the separate condenser on the ground.
3:00 😂that side eye... oh lord...
Nice reaction!
Chain link fences are the lowest cost fencing you can buy, and are easy to install, and maintain, and are weather proof. So, nicer homes often have wood fencing of some kind, and those that want total privacy use solid fencing, whether that be wood or stone or block (made out of a cement type material). Some homes use block wall instead of wood frames, and then have siding overlaid over the wood frame, and some kind of covering over the block walls also. Basements do not use wood framing, and are usually made from stone or block. Out East, a lot of houses are made with brick, similar to what is used in the UK. But the lowest cost house framing is with wood, which there is a huge amount available.
When I lived in Minnesota, within the city limits, everyone used chain link fences, so that your pets did not wander off and mess other people's property. And chain link fences do not rust, and hold up very well in the bitter cold (Minnesota is the coldest state in the union). I moved to the Los Angeles area, and homes used tall wood fencing around their property, usually 6' tall if privacy was desired. These fences usually lasted a long time due to the very nice, dryer weather. When I moved to Phoenix, AZ, most homes, even high end homes, use block walls for the exterior around their property, and are totally private in the backyard. This is what the 'fence' around my property is, with my very own swimming pool, and thus, skinny dippy is common!
As for the storm door, and storm windows, which he did not show, it is used in the quite cold areas of the country. You live in a very warm/mild area, but most of the North of the US is rather cold during the late Fall thru to the early Spring. Where Lawrence lives, outside of Chicago, it gets down to 10 to 20 F at night during this time. The storm door helps insulate the normal heavy exterior door, and also keeps the snow off of it, which can damage doors over long periods of time. Some houses in the really cold climate, like in Wisconsin and Minnesota and North Dakota, there is often a small foyer between the storm door and the 'outside' door, where you discard all your snow, and heavy boots and heavy coat. In Minnesota is get down to -20 F in Minneapolis, which is in the southern part of MN. The northern part gets down to -40F (which = -40C). The storm window does the same thing - it keeps the snow off the window, which are usually wood, and gives extra insulation from the bitter cold. When Spring rolls around, the storm door is replaced with a screen door, which keeps all the flying bugs out. The same thing happens with the storm windows - they get replaced with screens. Most homes in the US have screens on all outside doors and all windows, and thus, no flying bugs are found inside.
As for the locking knob in the bathroom that Lawrence showed us, this is used in bedrooms as well. To unlock it, you simply turn the handle on the locking side in one direction, and it unlocks, or you can push the button again. And there is a failsafe technique where if the door gets locked accidentally, and no one is inside to unlock it, or refuses to do so, there is a special thin metal strip, usually placed on the top of the door trim. This device can unlock the door from the outside.
Storm doors are great actually. In the summer I leave the inner door open and put the glass down on the storm door. Nice breeze in the house.
Storm doors is great. I have it plus my heavy door. And it’s also a second layer for thief’s not to come in.
The chain link for how ugly they are, they mainly are used for economical reasons, one of the most durable fences other than brick/concrete walls. They’re prevalent in older neighborhoods, especially the neighborhoods impacted by the depression era. A lot of those neighborhoods from the Midwest also has to keep in mind of the harsh winter elements, wood needs to be replaced more of them than a chain link fence.
The only time a chain link fence looks decent is if it’s covered in some vines or has a bush in front of it.
I do have to admit I’m laughing at your amazement with our mailboxes, it’s one of the most, dare say mundane thing we have. There are some that are lovely but they cost a fortune, the typical mailboxes are very utilitarian so to hear someone loves how they look, not expecting it 😆 And without a doubt Forest Gump is in the top 10 best movies.
I live in area that has strict rules about building anything. Even a shed can be a problem and you won't see any fences. You can't cut down any trees or bushes without permission.
Lawrence's storm door might be what they call self-storing. Many have one screen panel and 2 glass panels. In the winter, you have both panels with the glass. In the warm months, you slide one of the glass panels in the channel, leaving a screen in the opening. That way, you can leave the main door open for ventilation, but also have a screen to keep the bugs out. I would say thaat today, a somewhat typical hjouse might have a chain link fence in the front and a -foot high cedar privacy fence.
Chain link fences are cheap, strong and functional. My house has a 6 foot wooden fence, and so do most of the houses here in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Also my storm door is really quite nice looking, and when I open the window, which slides down, it pulls a screen ("bug guard" lol) into its place, so it can let in more fresh air and my cats can hang out in front of it and watch the bunnies.
I wish I had a mail box like that and I live in America. I have a small apartment style mail box. Not everyone in America has mailboxes like that
Storm doors are terrific for keeping out the elements and insulating the entrance of your house.
The outside AC unit that is so big is the exact same and function as the exterior of a window unit. The only difference is that the pipes are longer and there is more refrigerant in those pipes than in a window air-conditioner.
Storm doors create a pocket of air that protects your more expensive wooden door from the temperature extremes during the year. It especially protects the paint on the wooden door so you don't have to repaint as often. The best thing is that, unless it's very cold, on a sunny winter day you can leave open the inside door and the sun comes in through the glass, bringing heat and light. You just pull down on a strip of metal at the top of the glass, and the glass goes down and a screen rolled up inside the top is pulled down, to let the air in.
That ugly outer door is the one thing I will add to any house that hasn't got one. In the summer it keeps bugs out and air co in plus it's a measure of security when strangers knock. in the winter it keeps the door from getting frozen shut in storms, keeps snow from falling in when you do get the door open after a storm, And it keeps the heat in when you look outside after q storm.
You will mostly find chain link fences in poor neighbourhoods or in urban areas. I grew up in an urban colonial city and thats the type of fences you'll see unless you travel a few miles outside where more suburban and proper big houses are
I’ve noticed in lots of public toilets in the Eastern US they no longer have a gap on the sides of the doors.
Storm doors are especially prevalent in the Northeast and Midwestern United States (the parts of the US where summers are hot and humid, but winters are dangerously cold).
In the summertime, the storm doors can be outfitted with bug-screens to allow the main door to remain open (allowing for cool breezes to enter the house). In the wintertime, the bug-screens are replaced by glass for extra insulation.
Not all storm doors look like the ones on that guy's house (which is presumably in a low-crime area). In higher crime areas, the storm doors usually include metal bars for extra security.
The Chain link fence is usually only to fence in a section of your yard and not part of the facade. If you have dogs, or small children, or you want to keep those things out of our back yard, the chain link saves a purpose. The one in the video is probably at least 40 or more years old. Even a White Picket Fence will look bad if you just let it rot and fade over 40 years.
Storm doors and windows actually reduce heat loss through the respective doors and windows during the winter months in places where temperatures can be below freezing for days and weeks. Chain link fences are less expensive and more utilitarian than picket fences, My niece had one that was 8 feet approximately 2 and 1/2 meters to contain her Doberman, it worked sometimes, he was very athletic.