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@iiii what the hell is a plastic window?
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@electrineer a window with a plastic frame. The common type of windows nowadays.
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@HitWRight fresh air
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@HitWRight I'm not looking out the window, it's behind me. And it's a beautiful WW2 bunker behind me, fascinating to look at.
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@iiii This is Norway, we don't use plastic windows. The frame is of wood.
Though it can be opened at the top as well, but the gap is too small to get any air out. As it also hits the shades. -
Why didn't you simply buy blackout curtains? It looks like there are two rails so you could have both those and the existing light ones.
I don't think it would help as much as you think if the roller was mounted as you described. Have you tried opening the window fully before you lower the curtains? -
@electrineer if you touch those curtains on the rails, you’ll hear from the Head archivist at our location (I work for the National Archives of Norway, head archivist is the person who oversees the regional office)
I once tried to move them in front of the window, so it would at least offer some light reduction. She threw a hissyfit because the curtains are there to hide the white section of wall behind the curtains… -
@electrineer I’ve got the roller blinds all the way down usually, so it allows the window to open a bit more. Just enough that I can sometimes feel gusts of fresh air.
I did however request a new ventilation outlet above my desk, that’ll help bring fresh air too.
And after summer when the Head archivist retires, we can finally turn down the thermostat from 23.5 celsius to something liveable -
That is true, with them mounted the other way, it would probably just give another 5cm of opening.
Before we got the roller shades the windows could be open fully, it’s just past the few first centimetres the window doesn’t shut on its own. Hence why Mr. Squishy has to keep it open. Just another centimetre or two more. It would’ve stayed open by itself. -
@Nanos I’ve also suggested that we paint the bunker. Apparently that’s not allowed because it’s a relic from WW2.
It’s an old german submarine bunker, Dora 1 in Trondheim, Norway.
If it weren’t for the dry air inside the bunker, I’d work there. (Temperature and humidity is constant low, for protecting the old paper archives, 30km of shelves).
Poor Mr. Squishy working as a window stopper, since some clever folks at the property management department, after months of nagging to get blinds so that the light reflected doesn’t interfere with my (light in general, not direct sunlight).
They installed the blinds in front of the window, so it can only be opened a few centimetres… Well done! Well done! I have to choose, either slightly warmer air than I prefer, or bothersome light reflection in all of my monitors.
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