Handle position on the window not centered - defect?

But on many windows in most houses, the window handles are just decoration or are used to open the window for cleaning.

That completely passed me by. I know new building residents but no window-opening refusers.

That completely passed me by. I know new building residents but no window opening refusers.

"We now have a ventilation system and it is finally being USED!"

"We now have a ventilation system and it is finally being USED!"

Does that also apply to the stove? I actually wanted to get food today.

Don’t you have any written confirmation about the handles? With manufacturer specifications?

Unfortunately, that’s all we have received.

If you hadn’t said that, I wouldn’t have noticed at all that ours are also off-center.
But we also have a higher parapet, at the couch it is at 1.3 m.
But even with the patio door, the handle is at about 1 meter.
What ceiling height do you have? And how high are the windows? Maybe there is a DIN that considers, for example, wheelchair users.

Ceiling height is 2.58 m on the ground floor and 2.62 m on the upper floor.
The parapet height is 1.00 m each, and the window height for the affected windows is 1.26 m.

Visually, I don’t think it’s a defect. If you live there, you won’t notice it anymore.
You also get used to the operation very quickly if you open or close the windows often daily.

Ours are also not centered, if that comforts you. I wouldn’t have noticed at all...

I still know that annoying feeling – what you don’t know, you don’t tolerate, and then you wish you had been made aware of the option to choose. But I can’t remember anymore what feeling it caused during the build. I must have forgotten it. We moved in 2 years ago. I wish the same for you.

I hoped so too, but somehow I keep noticing it.

I wouldn’t worry about window handles at all. In a new build with ventilation system, I wouldn’t know why I should open windows anyway. Patio doors yes, normal windows – almost never.
I have now installed some fixed-glass windows in the house. Narrow frame, no middle bar and thus lots of glass and view outside.

We have not installed a ventilation system.

Then take a look at the tables. Of course, the TE’s windows have a lower handle position according to the handle position table.

Even in standard, they are rarely centered.

In my opinion, the window manufacturer should have informed that windows with a low handle position would be supplied. Because that is not standard.

Yes, no clarification was given.

“As part of barrier-free construction, DIN 18040-2 Barrier-Free Construction – Planning Fundamentals: Residential Buildings, in section 5.3.2, specifies that window handles must be installed at a gripping height of 850 mm to 1,050 mm above the top edge of the finished floor (OFF).”

Presumably, somewhere it says barrier-free construction is desired, a walk-in shower is probably also desired.

We did not explicitly specify barrier-free construction, although we have two ground-level showers.

Is there no duty to inform on the part of the site manager/window manufacturer? We have not received an offer/order confirmation from which it can be seen where the position of the handles is.

Yes, I agree with that, since deep handles are not standard. But what use is that, except to get briefly upset about it?

If you did not address the topic of handles, then the manufacturer simply implemented their standard. But you will soon no longer notice that. Every part that arrives new on the construction site is noticed first.