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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

All the socket outlets i see in this video are not german. And also most of the houses themselfes doesn't look german style.🤔

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

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

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.

The AI didn’t do a very good job of translating the German text. And the AI speaker is also very weird.

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.

The most houses shown in the video are nor not German houses.🫢

that video must have been written by AI and read by either a good AI voice or someone on fiver not giving a shit

I wonder if that original video shows german buildings at all. I recommend watching SURPRISING FIRST WALK-THROUGH | Building a House in Germany and part 2 HARD Lessons from Building a House in Germany and part 3 We Built our DREAM HOUSE IN GERMANY 🇩🇪 | So, how American is it?

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.

You do not open a window on a Hot day. You open it as soon as the outside is colder than the inside and close it in the Late morning

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.

Ryan with the double subtitles to a English video :D. It gets hot in heat waves. I just roll down the shutters and only have slits between them, and close the windows. In the early morning it tends to be cooler so this is the point you open the windows and let air in. I live in a basement apartment, so I'm fine keeping the windows tilted all day and just lower the shutters, to have some minimum airflow :). I get the feeling the video is by AI.

There are not always only stone on stone houses in Germany, there are also prefabricated houses where a lot of wood is used, but also more stable than in America I think

I was raised in a venerable half-timbered house constructed in 1431, making it 593 years old.

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

I’ve renovated a burned out flat in a House, and yes you have to ground renovate everything + the roof maybe because it’s made out of wood, BUT the House with the Walls stand pretty steady 👌🏽

to high heat. having summer temps well over 100F in central EU is normal but remember that type of heat can differ from region to region. at some places you can't live outside when it's 80F and in some 100F is fine. During hot days you DO NOT open windows. house isolation is retaining night cold and you open them at late evening and close in the morning 9am at the latest to let cold air (4-5am) in and speed cooling process. if temps are really high (usually peak lasts for 2 weeks) we use portable units. electric bills are on heavy side and for me it's close to 0,40$ per kwh. and portable is enough as i only need to chill 1 room. other 2 can stay as they are till evening cooling.

I had a lot of thoughts during this...and i came to to the conclusion: It is a crap video! See you tomorrow. Edit: took a look at the channel, yup, Russian propaganda operation. Isn't AI great?

The point of the Rolladens is not just to have a great night sleep, in summer you just keep them down so the little holes are still visible and that way you get light from outside but it's staying cool inside. Also very helpful, when its storming outside, you just put them down and they protect your glass from breaking in case some stuff is flying around, same with hail. And additionally since you asked how we keep our houses cool in the summer without letting the warm air from outside in. It's rare that we get 100 degrees F but in August it does happen sometimes (at least here in the south). We just open up all windows while the air is still cool in the morning and then put all the Rolladens down to keep the cold air in. So we have a fresh aired and cool house till it's cool again at night were we sleep with the windows open

it is better to not react to this video. It shows nearly no german house. Thie video is full of american houses or computer generated pictures.

i doubt that you can Punch through the average German inside door, but they are not really hard, with a small Axe you go through them. Front doors vary very much in that context

The average and highest daytime temperatures in the US are about 5°C higher than in Germany. That's one reason why you barely find AC in Germany houses (the higher energy cost in Germany being another one).

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.

to survive a heatwave: it happens a lot that windows are open at night when the temprature is "cold" so the inside walls cool down over night, in the morning hours before it gets hot, the windows and blinds will be shut to keep the cold air inside and the hot outside

In Germany, there are hardly any mobile homes where you could live all year round because the heating costs would kill you in winter. but there are some people who live near the beach in campsites during the summer. We mostly don't have air conditioning because it only gets really hot for 2-3 months where we live. However, due to climate change, it may be worth reconsidering this decision, as it is now getting hotter and staying hot for longer than before.

I've lived together with a friend in his house (from around 1900) here in Germany. Last year it burned "down". But burning down in Germany doesn't mean it is gone. Basicly everything but the walls will be removed and now he builds his new house using the old walls with small modifications.

on your 100°F day (38°C), there is an easy trick: you air out the house early in the morning. 8am or earlier. then it stays somewhat cool.

100°F is 37,7°C - there are only very few days a year that it get's THAT hot in Germany. Ten years ago I would have said - it almost never gets that hot, but thanks to Global warming we get to experience those extreme temperatures more often. But for a German home with concrete walls to really heat up, it has to be that warm for a few days. And if it cools down in the night and you use the exterior shutters (Rolläden) during the day and keep the sun outside, you can keep the temperature on an acceptable level. However, I suppose more and more homes in Germany will install Air Conditioners in the coming years, because of the temperature rising more and more in the summer.

This part of the video at 10:35 is from an English house as you can tell by the English socket in the wall. The window also opens outward, in Germany they open inward.

On really Hot day Germany close the windows and the Rolling shutters to keep the heat outside. At night we than open the windows to let cool air in

0:42 if you are a trained boxer you can punch through a interior door in germany. But i guess i can not. I probably cant even kick a hole into it, but could probably kick it open.

We usually do not have trailer parks like you have in the US. What we do is have "Camping Plätze" or caravan sites. Our mobile homes are usually a lot smaller than the ones in the US and are usually not meant as a permanent residence. Sure, there are some people living on a caravan site all year round, but normally people only spend their weekends and vacations there. They may have a "base" where they usually keep their mobile home, but for vacations folks just may hook up their trailer to their car, drive to some fancy place with a caravan site, spend a couple of days or few weeks there and return to their "base".

A lot of British footage in this video. You can see the three pin outlets.

In germany you have no closets, mostly, and you have to buy and install your cabinets often by your own. Storage room is not pre-build, you build it yourself by choosing your cabinets, regals and so on. But if you move, you take all your storage romm with you to the new place and use it once more.

If you're impressed by German houses you should see Finnish houses and buildings. (And yes I have lived in Germany, the US and live in Finland.)

Hello Ryan Wass, almost nothing of the film shown was filmed in Germany, I saw British sockets and of course American ones but nothing that pointed to Germany apart from the pictures taken from above and further away. In addition, many images did not match what was spoken. To answer many of your questions, here are a few answers. 1.) Yes, in Germany there are a lot of rules and laws regarding house building and renovation. This includes not only the obvious things like that the house must not extend over the property line, but also, for example: window rights, shadows, bay windows, gables, color and shape of a roof, orientation of the roof, distance from the street, rights of way, ... and many more. 2.) Yes, front doors in Germany can be built to last. The front door of a friend's house is 12cm thick at the weakest point and made of steel-reinforced hardwood with 8 framed bulletproof glass panes (protection) on the outside and normal double glazing (insulation) behind it on the inside. It is functional but also aesthetically appealing and made especially for the house. The house itself is about as old as the city in which it is located and has been rebuilt several times. 3.) In the city I live in, heating is mainly (65%) with district heating from the local waste incineration plant (85% comes from burning waste and 15% comes from natural gas). The better the house insulation, the lower the costs and the more houses can be connected, so everyone benefits from the good insulation of the houses. 4.) Due to the thick walls of our ground floor apartment, we manage to not exceed a comfortable temperature of 23 degrees Celsius even in summer by judiciously using the shutters and ventilation, unless there are actually 3-4 weeks with 35+ degrees then the apartment is at 27-28 degrees. 5.) I have moved three times so far and have taken parts of my kitchen with me each time. But I had a special kitchen made from several real wood elements by a carpenter over 20 years ago and parts of this kitchen are in other houses and are used in very different ways, three in kitchens as they were intended and one as a changing table in a children's room. My wife also had a kitchen built at the same time and we have been using her entire kitchen and the most beautiful element of my kitchen for over 12 years now. If we ever move again we will take the kitchen with us, it looks like it did years ago, it has just darkened a bit and I had to replace the drawer pulls after 19 years because the brakes no longer worked. 6.) Yes, I took all the lamps with me every time I moved, but I didn't use them all. 7.) I can't speak for Germany here because I've never dealt with it before, but here in my area families and friends move together. The person moving organizes a vehicle (truck, bus, etc.), something to eat and drink (pizza, sandwiches, crates of beer, soft drinks, etc.), makes an appointment and packs all the boxes in advance. Most of the time you know someone who has already connected a stove and a water connection (or you can do it yourself) and then everything in one apartment is dismantled, driven over and reassembled, in one or more trips, depending on the size of the vehicle. Once you reach a certain age, status, number of children, etc., you prefer to use a moving company, but to be honest, moving with friends is more fun and less is broken because everyone knows that they will move at some point and therefore make an effort. That's enough for now. Many greetings from the coal pot

you can punsh through a german door, sure.. if you`re Bruce Lee of if you finally master the Iron Fist Technique after 30 years of hard work and dedication!

Windows are the largest contributor to energyloss here. Maybe search for Thermal Camera shots on german houses in the winter.

We also have trailer parks, but we use them for holidays. They are often located by lakes or in recreational areas.

What a bad video. Most of the clips shown or not from german houses. It's just some stock footage put together with a generic voice over.

The word you‘re looking for is „Stoßlüften“ and not every german does that on the regular bases. 💨

To answer the question about what we do with the kitchen when we move: We either sell them to the next person or take them with us. Kitchen furniture is often modular, making rearranging into a new kitchen configuration easy. Usually, you can buy additional modules, when needed and you may only have to get new countertops when the new kitchen layout is too different for reusing the old ones. Storage is a similar deal: If you don't buy the cheapest quality, it is easily possible to take your storage furniture and rearrange it into a new house or apartment. This also allows us to keep our own style instead of having to live with whatever has been picked when the other apartment or house was built/renovated, making the new place feel like home very fast. That being said, the plugs you were checking were UK plugs - the only German content of this video was of a video you watched previously, all other footage seemed to be stock footage of either American or British homes.

hoi about doors - a cheap door is not full solid wood - its hollow. Better ones have insulation material (certainly) for noise reduction. On older Houses there might be still solid wood doors (~2inches massive wood) there you would punch a hole into. I actually don't know if there are reignforcements inside the door, no guarantee you wont hurt yourself if you try here.

This was one of the sh|ttiest video you've watched. In fact, it may be the worst one yet.

It is generally recommended that house and side entrance doors should at least meet the requirements of resistance class RC2. This resistance class means that the door must be able to withstand an attempted break-in with simple tools (screwdriver, pliers or wedges) for at least three minutes.

He is just showing american homes, what's going on.

0:34 Yes, you can punch through German doors...with a 99% chance of breaking your hand...

The thing with airing out the house in summer is that while yes, it won't cool down during the day with often over 100°F, we just do it over night. And if you're worried about burglars climbing into your windows while you sleep, just use your shutters, that's why you have them! Also, trailer parks do exist, but they're more like a camping park like setup, where you'd rent a trailer for a short term period during holidays or long weekends. They often are attached to actual camping sites as well.

Well, I'm from West Poland. I have finished building of my house in 2017 and have good isolation, recuperation, photovoltaics and windows also HST and window blinds. No air conditionn, because we needed to decide, what we need more-lack of money for all. I can tell, that in summer, even if there is ver hot, means about 35 celsius, inside is ok, max 25 and in bedrooms 23/24, but it depends on personal feeling.

A few issues require clarification: 1. brick houses burn slightly less often than wooden ones. Yes, bricks don't burn, but the interior of most houses is made of polyester, plywood and chipboard. Typically, after a major fire, such a brick house is unsuitable for re-inhabitation (the high temperature damages the structure of the load-bearing walls and ceilings). 2. The legend of German precision is a long time ago, currently many craftsmen do not do their job properly and increasingly cheat customers to increase their income. 3. Building a heavy house involves high stresses and frequent cracking of the walls (which is practically irreversible). 4. Leaks also occur in brick houses, resulting in the appearance of mold that is difficult to remove, paint peeling off, and weakening of the supporting structure.

This video is very confusing. It shows American houses with German description. I'm confused. :-) The windows in the video were German, but the sockets were from the USA. A little order would do the video some good. They show wooden construction, but talk about concrete in Germany.

In Germany it is not intended that people live permanent in a movebal home. Trailers and Campers are not declayred as livingroom. Its declayred as temporary holiday residence. In Germany you have to have a Main-Residence-Adress where you can get officinal post like tax, election ore others. If you are homeless, most people have there post adress at social facilities like warming kitchens. If you dont have any adress the post will be hang out public in city ​​hall. If you want to live permant in a Tiny House you are needed to fulfill the law like a normal house. That means you have been conacted to water, electricity, canalication and fulfill building law standards. Also you need a Bauantrag.

100F is about the maximum you get in the summer. But only from like June to first half of Septemper. In autumn and spring its a good temperature and usually doesnt require heating or cooling. Only when you have weeks of bad weather you might consider heating a bit in like april or oktober. In the winter however it can go to about 0 F if there is a extreme cold wave with wind from russia. But 0F you see about once every 3 years for a couple of days. Usually winters average about 30 F. Southern Germany is about the same lattitude of the US-Canadian border. But its a bit warmer here because of the gulf stream from the gulf of mexico coming over. But if the wind comes from the east it gets as cold as it is there in canada or montana. Sure these 4 summer month are hard to bear without AC and almost everyone has at least a fan in their homes. Not on the ceiling but one you can just put wherever u want. And people are outside a lot on lakes and stuff because they cant bear the heat at home. Some buy a mobile AC which costs around 300-1000€ or even more but not everyone can either afford it or wants to pay the electric bill for it.

I live in a house in Germany with a basement build of concrete. The rest is made of wood. But I never understand how you hit a wall without breaking all your bones. At least our walls, and all other wood walls that l know, are very stable. It does not make much of a difference, whether you punch the wall or a large solid tree. I always believed, that punching through a wall is just a crazy Hollywood special effect.

In Germany it is a tradition to bless the home after the roof is build. A young birk tree will be nailed to the front of the roof and the carpenter bless the home. In this it is tradition to thank all people which had build the home and wish the house owners and all which will be guest in future much good luck. After the blessing the carpenter drinks a corn and drop the glas to the ground to break it. A German spreadword says: Shards will bring good luck. So it is the second way to lay good luck over the house.

Not gonna lie... This video was horrible, he speaks so much about german houses, but there are 80% american houses visible in the video... As a german, i feel offended by that! 🤣

I am from germany... u can try punch a hole throu a door, but i would not advise it ^^ Most doors even inside the house (because the outside doors are way more sturdy) are still quite damage resistant :) there are exceptions to everything ofc, but in general...keep your hand to yourself and healthy not trying to punch a german door :D

0:28 im pretty sure you cant xD i once kicked a door open and to be honest the door was perfectly fine just the lock couldnt stand multiple kicks ;D and the doors inside are pretty similar to a lot of apartment doors ... i wouldnt even try to punch them to be honest xD 0:55 not really my business but oak is pretty heavy and should be pretty stable too right 5:49 i guess yes ... most likely "leim" ... some sort of glue for wood 8:20 you are searching for "lüften" :) most likely translated to "ventilate" 11:07 in an attic apartment it will in the summer for sure ... i lived in an attic apartment for over 11 years and the record in my room was 42 celcius which is 108 fahrenheit but well if you open the window and get some wind through the room its most likely not going to happen ... :D and to be honest it was a pretty bad house insulation wise ... it was pretty old and not even build to live in in the first place ^^ 12:04 you just place it in another order most of the kitchens are pretty small cabinets but you will need a new top nearly every time for that reason .. as example our kitchen isnt really big or small ... its a stove, refrigerator, kitchen sink and 2 cabinets on the ground and 2 in the air both double sided 15:06 yeah it feels like its translated nearly directly from german ... its not that confusing for me but there is something "wrong" even i can hear that and my english is by far not good .. ;D 17:32 its not really common because most kitchens arent big enough for it ... but i know a few germany dreaming of it ..;D but most germans i know want to cook there not on the wall like in the video xD 19:00 we dont have trailer parks like in america ... its more like caravan for holiday or something most likely on a campsite ... i was camping on places like that for over 10 years and i know 1 family living there for all others it was just vacation ... and its not really cheap to start living their depends on where you get all the stuff and so on ... but the cost over the years is pretty low especially in view of that you are paying the same for your living then a lot of people paying for a place for holiday all the year ..xD 20:32 yes houses .. and appartments .. are pretty common completely empty ... but in many cases you have some stuff from the previous tenant you can buy if you want ... if not its most likely their task to get it out 20:43 i know that ..xD then your appartment just looks lame ... or you have some women to decorate or something ..xD i really dont know much men care about that stuff its over 90% of times just a women who is doing that stuff most of the mens are just like "it works" and the women "but how does it look?" "i dont care it works!" xD 21:20 i can tell ... ours are not automatic at all xD but i still love them in my case especially to keep sun and heat outside :D

Last Summer, outside 35°C or higher, inside my living room the temperature never passed the 23°C. Without any air conditioning. Just a good insulation :P

You don't open the window during a hot day like that! You do your lüften during the night to get fresh cool air in and you close them in the morning. With good insulation it will stay cool enough during the day. There will be hot days where it won't be enough and you wish you had AC but as we say over here "Summer is the best week of the year" so you get through it and accept it for those few days.

if it is 100 or even 130° outside, you better keep your windows shut and the shutters down. Then your home stays at 60-80° all day long.

The footage playing while they say German houses can’t be made of wood is actually a company that makes prefab wood buildings.

there is a reason that original video has only 20 likes and more dislikes xD "sticklers to the law" ... wtf should that mean ... build the house so it will collaps or what ? if you dont follow the law, they can make you tore down the whole building again ... there is not much of a choice then to stick to the law lol and there are workers that take shortcuts thats what called "being shit" and can lead to your house having leaks or is just so bad you have to tore it down ...

Theres *no fckn way* someone could punch a hole through an interior door. What you CAN do tho, is kick the door in, so that the bolts loosen and the door falls out together with the bolts that hold it, but theres no way to kick a hole into the door. Oh and nah kitchen islands are defenitely an american thing! Ive never seen those in person haha But theyre cool tbh! Its just not a thing here

You can punch a hole throug a door when your name is Bud Spencer! 😆 If you don`t open your window, do you never clean it properly???🧐😁

These AI text generated and then AI voiced videos are so dumb … this guy wasn’t even that interested in his own video, that he would bother reading the script fully once The most annoying is the stock footage tho, because as Ryan noticed, most times it had nothing to do with the text spoken at the time

Air conditioning costs a ton of power and it only usable for a few weeks every year, so not worth it. If you have the money you can still buy mobile air conditioning units.

that WAS an American outlet… So, the picture was definitely NOT of a German kitchen…

Enjoyable as always from you, but sadly the video you reacted to today was an AI-generated letdown.

Never seen a trailer park here.

in summer, you usually air out the house in the morning, so you get cool air inside which stays for the day (for the most part) due to good insulation

look at the series pfusch am bau - its only building shortcuts in germany and austria

This stock footage is so horrible and not even showing what is talked about.

i think this guy aka the voice is AI generated , they just got better in the last few months

Yes, we have exterior "Rolladen"

AI generated crap with American stock footage. 👎🏼

My House is from 1587 😂 Fachwerkhaus ftw

If you punch a door in a german house, you will loose a hand ;)

Not a good comparison videos. You never know what you see. 😮

There is absolutely no way in hell that video wasn't made by AI

In Germany everything has to be checked by a professional - if they don't give their OK, the house isn't safe to live in. Electrical work, even putting a new stove in, has to be done by a LICENSED electrician - the stove being installed by yourself is a reason for insurance to be canceled if something happens... unless you're an electrician yourself. Every furniture store selling kitchens do have electricians in their teams.

it is an american outlet, cause the use us stock footage ;)

4:25 are those 2 top windows decals? 😆

Yes, in many parts of Germany it can get up to and beyond 100 degrees Fahrenheit! There's only so much thick concrete walls and thick window shutters can do to keep out the heat. Heat-induced insomnia is a real thing for me personally (exacerbated by the fact that I have to go to bed at like 8 pm when it's still hot af, so airing out the room will not cool it down at all). I'm dreading the summer. Many homes have portable air conditioning systems now though. They're not super efficient and they're noisy af, but they can make it a little more bearable while they're running.

I would say that about 90% of the houses shown are not in Germany.

I don't like the AI videos but still, du hast die Haare schön!

I would like to recommend a video to you to react to. I don't know if you did already, but I think it perfectly fits your channel. As I probably can't post links here, the title of the video is: "100 SHOCKING Differences Between Germany and America! 🇩🇪" by Passport Two. I hope to see your reaction to it soon. Thank you! :)