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One of the small, but significant things I noticed about German apartments was the lipped 'bezel'[1], where the door and the frame fit snugly into each other an

One of the small, but significant things I noticed about German apartments was the lipped 'bezel'[1], where the door and the frame fit snugly into each other and there is a rubber/plastic seal between the door and the frame. This is a big deal in an apartment, because it reduces noise, reduces drafts, and eliminates the need to heat more than one room at a time. Also, the door itself seems to be very solid, you'd have to hit it with quite some force to make a dent - none of this cardboard sandwiched between 2 slides of thin MDF nonsense. I'm not from the US, I've just noticed this in Germany coming from another European country with less quality interior finishings. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/InteriorDesign/comments/8ths03/german_interior_doorsrabbeted_why/ https://www.reddit.com/r/InteriorDesign/comments/8ths03/germ...

mariorossi666 7y ago
That's pretty standard feature in Italy, it's called door frame and it's basically everywhere, even on cheap doors. I didn't know it wasn't common all over Europe.
- patrickk 7y ago
  It's not standard everywhere. My theory is that furniture and home fittings like doors have not really been disrupted by the internet (perhaps because of high shipping costs and bulky sized items). Therefore, there is wide variance in cost and quality from country to country.
- krzyk 7y ago
  Yeah, it is strange for me too. I live in Poland and such doors are the only kind that is being sold - it protects one from the winters.
anpat 7y ago
Thank you for linking this, I noticed this in every apartment I lived in Germany and was wondering what is it called. The door frame had rubber/plastic dampener that would literally create a vaccum like effect when closing (i.e the room door would slam if I closed the balcony door). They really made a difference in terms of inside temperature. Also the ability to tilt windows and even doors (vertically) was an amazing feature.

mariorossi666 7y ago

That's pretty standard feature in Italy, it's called door frame and it's basically everywhere, even on cheap doors. I didn't know it wasn't common all over Europe.

patrickk 7y ago
It's not standard everywhere. My theory is that furniture and home fittings like doors have not really been disrupted by the internet (perhaps because of high shipping costs and bulky sized items). Therefore, there is wide variance in cost and quality from country to country.
krzyk 7y ago
Yeah, it is strange for me too. I live in Poland and such doors are the only kind that is being sold - it protects one from the winters.

anpat 7y ago

Thank you for linking this, I noticed this in every apartment I lived in Germany and was wondering what is it called. The door frame had rubber/plastic dampener that would literally create a vaccum like effect when closing (i.e the room door would slam if I closed the balcony door). They really made a difference in terms of inside temperature. Also the ability to tilt windows and even doors (vertically) was an amazing feature.