Comments by "" (@dutchman7623) on "American Reacts to German Houses vs American Houses" video.

For the Netherlands: There have to be two doors between the garage and a room where people stay, so a little hallway in between. It's there to stop exhaustion gasses. Same goes for the 'bathroom', and for the front door, always a extra door between to keep the smells or cold air out. The radiators are part of the central heating system, they are filled with hot water that circulates and is heated up at one central point, usually the same thing that provides hot water, not a boiler. Hot water isn't stored, but heated up as cold tap water flows trough, to prevent still luke warm water that can cause veterans disease. What surprised me while visiting the US that in some cases the 'restroom' was directly attached to the restaurant. A single door between dining and pooping area... that was truly shocking!
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@Phillip Banes German cars are used for twenty years and than they do not pass TÜV, so you have to buy a new one. Who repairs cars?
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@komkwam That is not what I meant to say. Behind a front door, there is a hallway, to get to living areas, you have to pass another door. Even in apartments. Gallery apartments often have an extra door (draft door) so front door, little hallway, draft door, hallway where the doors to the living areas are. While in some countries like US and UK you step through the front door directly into the living room.
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@weeardguy Correct! With boiler I meant the oldfashioned big tanks. Had one when I bought my house, together with an enormous CV. Replaced both with a HR system.
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@weeardguy Had one in the kitchen above the sink, without pipe, CO2 and H2O straight into the room. Later a bigger one in the attic, a bath-geiser, but with exhaust pipe. The HR system has a closed air system, air from outside, to outside.
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@weeardguy And people were more aware of the risks, we had a coal stove in the main living, as only heating in the entire house.
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