The double glass windows, it's genius and I like the idea of isolating the inside environment from the outside, you have a nice house by the way and thanks for the video
Personal opinion, some people disregard a bide because they don't know what personal cleaning or higiene is after having sex or just by pooping. These people should go to Japan and check their toilets.. I personally like the hose idea and I would use it for sure but not for drinking water from it 😂
08:25 - The doors in Finland open from inside to OUT because to provide FAST EXIT. Mainly to minimize casualties from a burning building. When the doors open OUT it is more natural with the momentum you have fleeing from the fire. I've seen many news reports of foreign Night Club fires where people GET STUCK at entrance doors because they opened IN. People try to flee from the fire and they are panicking and pushing people up against the door you should pull in order the get out... Entrance/exit doors should open OUT everywhere! Common sense.
The bidet was a life saver after having a baby. There is lot of bleeding afterwards and I had several stitches. It's important to be properly clean and the cold water was really nice.
Aww, bless you! Protip for anyone with similar needs elsewhere: it is actually possible to buy bidet toilet seats to mount onto your toilet. My friend in the US ordered one via Amazon :)
@VONMEEK Same here! Please t us more about a day in the life of Finn 😀 I am an American who recently found out that I am about 1/3 Finnish so I am enjoying learning about the culture. P.S. Love the Scots 💙🏴💙
The heated floors are just great. As we know warm air goes up so heated floors distribute warmth evenly and better than radiators on the walls. And of course your feet will love it too plus you get rid of those uggly radiators and get a glean nice clean look.
I’m from Argentina and currently living in Mexico City... i have special ordered bidets for all my bathrooms. Can’t live without it my butt won’t let me 😂
@@TeppoHaapoja you wash your brown eye with water... then you take toiletpaper and dry it and if theres left overs you'll wipe them at the same. After madventures said ca. 15y ago what would you use if you fell face first into shit, paper or water. I have always used the bidé...
I used to live in Helsinki ages ago. I used that "little guy" to spray my floor and toilet off. The bathroom was a whole wet area, so I sprayed it down with cleaner and then hosed the walls, floors, and toilet down with it. In that respect it was genius. The cleanest bathroom I ever had!
Really do like this series and clicked on it right away. Just shows that people really like your personality and you could talk about anything. Keep up the good work Teppo!
I really liked the under-floor pipes. BTW: Outward opening doors are also much more resistant to forcible entry! Thank you. Cheers from Australia. 👍😀🦘🍺🐠🐟
Hey, live recklessly & try the bidet! In my experience, people who've always used toilet paper are VERY hesitant to try one (especially men). But, once you do, you love, love it because you are REALLY clean. In fact health officials say that using a bidet reduces irritation "down there" which causes hemorrhoids & infections. When I hosted my family's holiday gathering after getting a bidet toilet installed & explained to my family how to use it, they were either amused or horrified. Some of them were embarrassed even with my explanation. And even tho I had written directions (w/pictures) the guys all chose the toilet paper.
@@TeppoHaapoja don't have a bidet, but I'd guess with toilet paper. Like you do after using moist wipes. The purpose of the bidet is not to save toilet paper but to get really clean. And some bidets do have a dryer function (kinda like a hair dryer for the butt).
@@TeppoHaapoja Good question. I use a small personal flannel used solely for drying the bulk of my butt and my gentlemanly danglies. Doing it slightly standing up prevents it going near the anus. The flannel will be damp but not pooey. I use the flannel folded twice so it is more like a pad. Only use toilet paper on the small area around the anus. This stops the paper getting wet and giving way. The flannel pad is left to dry on a low shelf next to the pan and can be reused and put in the next laundry load. I always wash the spray with soap after use then wash my hands. It is undoubtedly the cleanest way "to go". Guests are offered thicker paper hand towels and, if they are not Finnish, they are reminded to throw them in the bin and not down the pan. Hint: Use gentle spray directed up and starting from the front, working from the perineum and then towards the anus. Don't let water spay anything other than your skin otherwise you will wet the floor.. You can increase the water pressure as you finnish off.
Open your door and above or below the locking mechanism you have a tiny switch. If the switch is up, the door locks. If the switch is down, the door doesn‘t lock. It closes and looks like it‘s locked but it opens when you push the lever down. No keys needed then!
In Vietnam and other parts of Asia have the bathroom hose for cleaning yourself after a poop, with good pressure it is amazing! Clean fresh feeling every time. No toilet roll problems with people hoarding them and it is much healthier for the planet. Try it and you'll love it. :-)
Last summer I was in Helsinki and was amazed by you guys having a single universal key to the main building entrance door, an apartment door and a roof space entrance door. In Russia we have a separate key for every single door in the buinding =))))
It is the way the keys are coded. The front door (or other common doors) is coded so that every key in the building opens it. And every other key is coded so that no one's key can get to your apartment. It can also have like different zones and groups. Like your key can open your stair A door and your own apartment and common sauna or roof entrance but not stair B or C. Just a matter of coding the keys.
First i have the apologize my english😋 there is two reasons why the doors in finland opens out side. 1. It saves space for inside to left your shoes cause we dont keep shoes inside. 2. You cant kick the door and take our stuff... sorry my english again
You are adorable. If Finland is nearly as cold as the U.P, i can't imagine! Having a sauna in the home makes the winter so much better!! I would love that! Haha, a bidet would be strange. Never had one either. 😄
1950s houses or older did have double windows in Finland. Since then it's always been TRIPLE windows - typically in the 80s there were three frames with one glass each. Nowadays the most common type is one with two frames / three sheets of glass. It's also possible to have a three-glass window with only one frame.
I love this! I watched Part 1 and was in awe. I've only ever lived in Australia. If you ever get the urge I would be so excited if you made more videos comparing your experiences in other countries to Finland. In Australia we're so lucky to have very constant sunrise and sunsets, a video about how you do things during the summer in Finland would be sick. Do things stay open 24/7? What kind of blackout curtains would you use? When do you sleep!? 😂 You're videography is beautiful which makes these fun little videos even better
I have only lived in Australia, but my parents told me that doors which open outwards help to reduce the amount of water and snow entering the property.
Anne Junkkarinen they're also safer. Businesses are required to have outward opening doors because it's easier to push in an emergency, especially if there's crowding behind you. Here in the states, it's common to have a screen door as well, and I think that's why front doors tend to open inward - it's impossible to open outward if there's another door there.
The doors open outward are safe. Sometime in 1800s at a Christmas service in a church someone dropped a candle on the floor. Most churches in Finland are wooden. Panic spread among the congregation. They thought a fire had started and wanted to get out of the church. The doors opened inwards and as the crowds pushed to the doors they couldn't open them. There was no fire but several people were trampled to death. Since then it's been a law in Finland that doors have to open outwards.
It's April 27 2020 and snowing here in upstate NY. I loved this series of videos. I'm working on remodeling an old house in a very cold area so this has been a real help. Thank you!
The underfloor area is for all of the in floor heating. Those are manifolds that control where the hot water goes. It isn't cold water, or hot for the kitchen and bath. those might be tankless heaters or tanks in a closet or cubby.
What the... I've never heard about a guy that wouldn't use bidee! Yes, of course it's little more important for ladies but of course men use them too! About the heated floors... In new homes the floor heating is the most common heating method in every room, not just sanitary areas. Radiators are rarely seen in new Finnish homes and ceiling heating systems have always been quite uncommon.
I found you through your 2 Part home series and love your positivity and kindness, it radiates through the screen! I’m not into photography (if I was, I’d watch the rest of your vids), I think you’re into something with these cultural/home type videos! It would be fascinating to see something like “an average Finnish breakfast” and viewers can compare to what they typically have in their home county! The home is beautiful, congrats on the purchase!! You guys did a fantastic job decorating!
Best thing we ever did in our condo in Ottawa, Canada was put heated floors in the bathrooms. We are the only unit in our building who did this and it makes such a difference. Best piece of advice, spend the extra money to do this in your home.
We have self-locking front doors in the Netherlands and they are very convenient, but we always need to make sure to leave a spare key with a friend or neighbour so we have somewhere to go if we lock ourselves out!
Fascinating, really enjoyed this and part 1. Would love to visit Finland some day - in summer :D - I worship the sun. Btw, in Cyprus, where I live, the homes are very poorly insulated (probably because we think of the island as a 'hot' country'), so we all freeze in winter. Not surprised that Oz has the same problem
It's interesting, there is something very similar in Turkish toilets, I'm surprised that it is in Finland. I visited my friend in Turkey and it took me a while to get the hang of it, but it's really nice! Much cleaner than toilet paper alone, and you use less paper.
@@toosiyabrandt8676the problem with that is that disposable baby wipes are terrible for the environment. They don't biodegrade and you can't recycle them.
The hose bidet is something my mom got installed in our house since I was a kid (we were 3 girls + mom and dad), it was the easiest and cheapest way to integrate a bidet into our home without having an extra actual bidet next to the toilet, we did use it time of the month. I had no idea it was a Finnish thing! Interesting
We have one of the toilet spray things in our American home. We used it on our cloth diapers to remove solids before putting them in the wash. The thought never occurred to me to use it as a bidet.
This might be tmi but the bidet really helps fight infections by keeping things cleaner :P as long as you dry really well after. In places Ive traveled like malaysia, there are bidets but very often no toilet paper, so to have a bidet and toilet paper like in Finland is perfect!
I'm from the US, and I spent a year living in Kuwait, and it was interesting seeing the little differences. Kuwait had the hose sprayer in the bathroom too. I did not drink out of it though, LOL. I don't usually associate the bathroom with drinking things, ROFL.
The comment about being so cold at night in Australia - people never believe me that I was so much colder in Australia than I ever was in Alaska! It got down to 4 degrees celsius a few nights while I was in Australia, and I was so. so. so. so. cold, because there was no insulation and no heater and my blankets weren't meant for near-freezing temps! In Alaska, I had warmer gear AND a heater (in fact, the thermostat broke at one point and the heater wouldn't turn off, so it was too hot!)
Doors opening this way probably make sense in winters with strong winds (I guess you may have them). Wind pushing on the door this way make them close more and insulates from cold air. The other way the wind would push doors to open and potentially through tiny spaces cold air could get inside a house.
But if there's a blizzard, snow might heap up in front of the door and keep you from getting out, so this had better not be the only outside door! Having said that, doors that open outward are safer in emergencies, because panicked people can't always manage to pull a door towards them.
My apartment here in the states has auto lock ... I've been locked out twice. LOL Thank goodness I keep a spare at a friend's! But yes, I love the feature! Loved your video and I could do with some more snow! Had a little shower a week ago and I miss it already.
It's interesting you mention Australian houses only have single pane windows.. I'm from Australia and we have double glazed windows to insulate the house... although I am from Tasmania which is the little island state at the bottom of the Australian mainland which obviously gets a lot colder! :)
@@TeppoHaapoja haha that's a topic of contention ;) But just on the double glazed windows, I have found out from some friends on the mainland that they all have double glazed... they say that it is good to keep the house cool for the really hot weather as well... so I guess it works the other way around as well?! Learn something every day eh! :)
Hi, Such a beautiful home! Congratulations. I plan to buy a house in Finland soon. And was wondering about the sq.m I need for a family of 4 - with two kids below 4. Do you have any recommendations? Actually your house’s size looks about right and I was pondering how big it is.
Currently bidets are ALL the rage cause you use less toilet paper which many people are hoarding! I live in SF so we prefer the Japanese toilet seat which also heats the toilet seat and dries your tush (I live in an old apt building and as a renter I can’t add a Japanese toilet seat but I have used them! ). We also have some houses that have heated floors but I personally have radiators which means knowing how to knit wool hats and fingerless gloves comes in handy! You probably have great beautiful wool, we do too but it’s very pricey. I’ve loved your 2 Finnish videos.
You do know that there is a little tap on the side of the door where the lock is that you can move and the door will not lock anymore? That is handy when you have to move back and forth multiple times and also when you do video shootings. ;)
@@TeppoHaapoja A couple of hundred years ago there was a fire at a church. People panicked and everyone tried to hurry out the door. The doors opened inwards and as people pushed against the doors no one was able to get the doors open and escape. And they burned inside the church. Since then a law was made that in public buildings at least you have to have doors that open out. It has become a custom all over, not just public buildings.
Is it common for houses in Finland to have basements? In Canada, we have a frost depth that a house foundation has be below to prevent problems with the house shifting. In this basement, most of the household utilities are placed there. Hot water heater, furnace, washing machine, dryer, etc.
Hi Teppo, good to see you again..........loved the first video and the Finns are ingenious....even in Toronto with double windows the drafts still come in, I think they should all be triple glazed.........I love the bidet in the bathroom, don’t know why men think they can’t use it...if it’s good enough for your girlfriends butt ...WTH....if it’s good enough for the goose it’s good enough for the gander.....I’m just saying.........great deck and just enough green space to enjoy without having to spend all weekend mowing a lawn........spring is almost here....stay well........Donna in Toronto
I have a funny story about the bidet shower: a female friend stayed overnight with her then first boyfriend. In the evening she washed her face and used one of the towels in the washing room. The next morning she found out that the towel was the one which her boyfriend's mom used to wipe her behind after using one of those showers :D
I just love our Finnish homes. When I visited NZ even hotels were so cold at night since there was just one layer of glass and and insulation on the sides were non existing also. Yey us!
Beautiful home and, to your point, so well thought out. I love Scandinavian design! Sooooo, why does the front door open out? Fire or emergency exit? Is it the same with your patio door? Thanks!
I think it’s a emergency exit. At least nowadays there are stright regulations on which way the doors have to open even inside a shop. Everything should go towards the exit so it’s easy and fast to go. Might have been this way always as most doors in Finland open out. Everything else is a plus 🙂
@@TeppoHaapoja yes thats exactly what i'm feeling right know. Its basically rain, rain snow and even more rain. never ends! In the northern part of norway (Like Tromsø), they have a new record for the amount of snow that is there atm. Its insane. Well hopefully summer will be here soon
Awesome vid Teppo! Not sure if you have Tik Tok, but videos about weird things in Japanese homes are getting millions of views. You should make a Tik Tok about your home!!
My husband felt the same way as you about the bidet nozzle. I will tell you what I told him. If you got poop on your hand would you just take toilet paper and wipe it off? It's a no brainer, you would wash your hand. So why would you do that to your bottom? Once my husband got over himself he says it's the best thing he ever used. Try it, it's amazing.
@@TeppoHaapoja Some bidets have a dryer, takes too long for me, I just use toilet paper to pat dry. You will use much less than trying to get poop off your bottom. Some people use washcloths and just wash them.
You lived in Sydney? We moved from Melbourne to Sydney 20 + years ago. Melbourne is 2-3C colder than Sydney in the winter, so houses generally have good heating (but not double glazed windows). We moved to Sydney in July, which is the middle of Winter and froze! Only one house that we looked at (out of about 50) had proper heating. I think that this is called denial.
@@TeppoHaapoja I agree with the comment below about more living in Finland stuff - it is a unique country with its totally unique language. Watching Finnish crime shows, you almost never hear a recognisable word. BTW - am thinking about building a new house and am looking at European techniques and products for well insulated houses. Of course, we don't get snow but it does get quite hot in Summer. Passivhaus is slowly taking off here.
Hello Teppo ! I have just discovered your channel and straight up subscribed ! Seems to me like Finland would be a country I would absolutely love to move to and live in, even with a normal job. If I make it I would love to have a beer with you guys ! Take care during this difficult times and have a great day :)
Australiassa parhaillaan asuvana voin samaistua kylmiin öihin 😂 monta kertaa australialaiselle kumppanille kertonut tarinoita suomalaisista lämpimistä kodeista
Bidets are not a perfect toilet paper system. But they do help cut down on the hassle of lugging toilet paper home. Personally, I cut down from about four rolls a month to one. Do not like the feeling of 'wet' so typically I will use a babywash cloth to wipe. I have no sewing skills. Ripped up old tshirts great for camping but become unravled in wash machines. Baby washcloths I buy the ugly ones on sale. Easier to wash and dry than adult sized wash cloths. As for toilet paper in the sewer systems, many municipalities aging out and extra taxpayers money to unclog. And all sewer systems get treated with lots of chemicals... Several years ago, I bought a squeeze bottle bidet online. My first attempts in a very old awkward bathroom floorplan were leaving me hating the thing. Several momths later, I moved to another apartment with a very much different floorplan and am happy I am keeping the bidet. Anyways. Just a few thoughts on what is a newer concept for many people. Some can easily and do convert. For others, it is not for them.
😂 Teppo will never feel desperate for toilet paper 🧻 during this pandemic when he has a spray bidet 🚿 💦. Filipinos have their “tabo” (cup like bowl with a handle if we don’t have a fancy bidet spray) and we need that fresh water feel no matter overseas or in the States 🇺🇸 (insert your country). And YES- the ladies appreciate this!
Pretty much all Indian households have one of those small showers these days. We prefer to wash out butts after pooping. Don't trust a dry piece of paper to clean our intergluteal clefts.
As far as the little thing in the bathroom, we use it too but in Algeria. In France we don't have it so... In my home country it's just normal thing... I don't understand why do you say that... I'm already familiar with that type of stuff.
As an Australian I really don't understand why our houses are built so abysmally lacking in insulation. It would make both the summer and winter more pleasant. I love the idea of heated floors. I wonder if I can get it on a reverse cycle type of set up so it cools in summer :)
Short answer would be nuclear but that is not the hole truth. At the moment 33% is nuclear, 20% hydroelectric, 1% wind, fossil about 30% and biomass (waste etc.) 16%. Finland also buys electricity from Norway and Sweden. One modern nuclear plant has been delayed over 10 years. It should be online year from now, that’s 2021, and estimates are that it woud cover 15% off total electricity production. That, and plans to invest heavily on windpower (both sea coast and on ground) are going to cut the need for fossile based production at least by half. Other technologies for heating are replacing need for electricity all the time. Mainly geothermal heating. Both as a individual housing solution and large scale geothermal powerplants.
Which FEATURE did you find most interesting!?
The hot water heater secret storage was amazing.
@@GokuRunner I have a love/hate relationship with it!
The double glass windows, it's genius and I like the idea of isolating the inside environment from the outside, you have a nice house by the way and thanks for the video
My fav was the drinking hose... LOL
Personal opinion, some people disregard a bide because they don't know what personal cleaning or higiene is after having sex or just by pooping.
These people should go to Japan and check their toilets.. I personally like the hose idea and I would use it for sure but not for drinking water from it 😂
08:25 - The doors in Finland open from inside to OUT because to provide FAST EXIT. Mainly to minimize casualties from a burning building. When the doors open OUT it is more natural with the momentum you have fleeing from the fire. I've seen many news reports of foreign Night Club fires where people GET STUCK at entrance doors because they opened IN. People try to flee from the fire and they are panicking and pushing people up against the door you should pull in order the get out... Entrance/exit doors should open OUT everywhere! Common sense.
In Canada, it's actually illegal to have the doors of your business open IN, for safety reasons.
The bidet was a life saver after having a baby. There is lot of bleeding afterwards and I had several stitches. It's important to be properly clean and the cold water was really nice.
Interesting! Learn new things everyday.
Ohhh yes that would have been awesome! I have 3 kids 😆 maybe we can get a bidet as a babyshower gift if we have one more 😆😆😆
Aww, bless you! Protip for anyone with similar needs elsewhere: it is actually possible to buy bidet toilet seats to mount onto your toilet. My friend in the US ordered one via Amazon :)
TMI
@@paulabrown5243 Normalize female bodies in all of their glory and openly talking about them.
What I would give to have a Finnish home in Canada. Ugh they are so good!
Just build a house here as well!!! Summers in Finland.
Your house in Canada looks awesome 👍👍😊
My father built one up North in Sault Ste Marie years ago. It was great until it came time to sell it and there was no market for the design. :(
Are you guys Brothers?
@@mdabufattah355 yes they are
3:16 It's the bum gun. We also have it pretty much in every house in Vietnam.
Here in Scotland we strive to be more like you guys... love your wee home info videos, would also love to hear more about daily life in Finland!
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Oh uk houses are so crap.. at least in England.. not sure about sweaty socks
@VONMEEK Same here! Please t us more about a day in the life of Finn 😀 I am an American who recently found out that I am about 1/3 Finnish so I am enjoying learning about the culture. P.S. Love the Scots 💙🏴💙
@@lorrainem8234 aww thanks Lorraine
@@VONMEEK You're welcome! Every Scotsman or Scotswoman I've ever met has felt like a kindred spirit.
Dude... You won me over with the heated floors. So much yess in that.
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The heated floors are just great. As we know warm air goes up so heated floors distribute warmth evenly and better than radiators on the walls. And of course your feet will love it too plus you get rid of those uggly radiators and get a glean nice clean look.
I’m from Argentina and currently living in Mexico City... i have special ordered bidets for all my bathrooms. Can’t live without it my butt won’t let me 😂
HAHA you really use the bidet eh? How do you dry your butt after?
Teppo Haapoja we’re taught to use soap and towel or just good toilet paper. I like the toilet paper approach 😂 and when traveling, baby wipes!
Teppo Haapoja I've found patting dry with tp to do the trick, although a towel is definitely better.
@@TeppoHaapoja you wash your brown eye with water... then you take toiletpaper and dry it and if theres left overs you'll wipe them at the same. After madventures said ca. 15y ago what would you use if you fell face first into shit, paper or water. I have always used the bidé...
I used to live in Helsinki ages ago. I used that "little guy" to spray my floor and toilet off. The bathroom was a whole wet area, so I sprayed it down with cleaner and then hosed the walls, floors, and toilet down with it. In that respect it was genius. The cleanest bathroom I ever had!
The outside door, should have a small piece on the side, that if you push it, the door wont lock automatically.
Really do like this series and clicked on it right away. Just shows that people really like your personality and you could talk about anything. Keep up the good work Teppo!
Thanks Goku! Glad you enjoyed it.
I really liked the under-floor pipes. BTW: Outward opening doors are also much more resistant to forcible entry! Thank you. Cheers from Australia. 👍😀🦘🍺🐠🐟
Welcome to the channel!
Hey, live recklessly & try the bidet! In my experience, people who've always used toilet paper are VERY hesitant to try one (especially men). But, once you do, you love, love it because you are REALLY clean. In fact health officials say that using a bidet reduces irritation "down there" which causes hemorrhoids & infections. When I hosted my family's holiday gathering after getting a bidet toilet installed & explained to my family how to use it, they were either amused or horrified. Some of them were embarrassed even with my explanation. And even tho I had written directions (w/pictures) the guys all chose the toilet paper.
How do u “dry” your butt after?
@@TeppoHaapoja don't have a bidet, but I'd guess with toilet paper. Like you do after using moist wipes. The purpose of the bidet is not to save toilet paper but to get really clean. And some bidets do have a dryer function (kinda like a hair dryer for the butt).
Cloth or toilet paper to pat dry afterwards 😉
@@TheFeldhamster that but hair dryer sounds really enticing I would love to only have to buy a package of toilet paper an month
@@TeppoHaapoja Good question. I use a small personal flannel used solely for drying the bulk of my butt and my gentlemanly danglies. Doing it slightly standing up prevents it going near the anus. The flannel will be damp but not pooey. I use the flannel folded twice so it is more like a pad. Only use toilet paper on the small area around the anus. This stops the paper getting wet and giving way. The flannel pad is left to dry on a low shelf next to the pan and can be reused and put in the next laundry load. I always wash the spray with soap after use then wash my hands. It is undoubtedly the cleanest way "to go". Guests are offered thicker paper hand towels and, if they are not Finnish, they are reminded to throw them in the bin and not down the pan. Hint: Use gentle spray directed up and starting from the front, working from the perineum and then towards the anus. Don't let water spay anything other than your skin otherwise you will wet the floor.. You can increase the water pressure as you finnish off.
Open your door and above or below the locking mechanism you have a tiny switch. If the switch is up, the door locks. If the switch is down, the door doesn‘t lock. It closes and looks like it‘s locked but it opens when you push the lever down. No keys needed then!
I want to live there! Everything just makes sense!
In Vietnam and other parts of Asia have the bathroom hose for cleaning yourself after a poop, with good pressure it is amazing! Clean fresh feeling every time. No toilet roll problems with people hoarding them and it is much healthier for the planet. Try it and you'll love it. :-)
We’re interested because it’s nice to learn about how other people live.
Last summer I was in Helsinki and was amazed by you guys having a single universal key to the main building entrance door, an apartment door and a roof space entrance door. In Russia we have a separate key for every single door in the buinding =))))
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Alexey Pavlov Yes, due to lack of trust I think.
Scandinavians have a lot of trust and faith in each other that other counties (like the US) don’t.
It is the way the keys are coded. The front door (or other common doors) is coded so that every key in the building opens it. And every other key is coded so that no one's key can get to your apartment. It can also have like different zones and groups. Like your key can open your stair A door and your own apartment and common sauna or roof entrance but not stair B or C. Just a matter of coding the keys.
@@KazKaneli thats really great. So efficient
@@KazKaneli do you live in Finland
First i have the apologize my english😋 there is two reasons why the doors in finland opens out side. 1. It saves space for inside to left your shoes cause we dont keep shoes inside. 2. You cant kick the door and take our stuff... sorry my english again
Very good points!
It prevents the snow to flow in.
You are adorable. If Finland is nearly as cold as the U.P, i can't imagine! Having a sauna in the home makes the winter so much better!! I would love that! Haha, a bidet would be strange. Never had one either. 😄
1950s houses or older did have double windows in Finland. Since then it's always been TRIPLE windows - typically in the 80s there were three frames with one glass each. Nowadays the most common type is one with two frames / three sheets of glass. It's also possible to have a three-glass window with only one frame.
This, and the space between the two inner panes that are together is commonly filled with argon because of its heat-insulating properties.
I love this! I watched Part 1 and was in awe. I've only ever lived in Australia. If you ever get the urge I would be so excited if you made more videos comparing your experiences in other countries to Finland. In Australia we're so lucky to have very constant sunrise and sunsets, a video about how you do things during the summer in Finland would be sick. Do things stay open 24/7? What kind of blackout curtains would you use? When do you sleep!? 😂 You're videography is beautiful which makes these fun little videos even better
Hahaha thanks Victoria. Glad you enjoyed these videos.
I have only lived in Australia, but my parents told me that doors which open outwards help to reduce the amount of water and snow entering the property.
Interesting! Makes sense.
Anne Junkkarinen they're also safer. Businesses are required to have outward opening doors because it's easier to push in an emergency, especially if there's crowding behind you. Here in the states, it's common to have a screen door as well, and I think that's why front doors tend to open inward - it's impossible to open outward if there's another door there.
The doors open outward are safe. Sometime in 1800s at a Christmas service in a church someone dropped a candle on the floor. Most churches in Finland are wooden. Panic spread among the congregation. They thought a fire had started and wanted to get out of the church. The doors opened inwards and as the crowds pushed to the doors they couldn't open them. There was no fire but several people were trampled to death. Since then it's been a law in Finland that doors have to open outwards.
It's April 27 2020 and snowing here in upstate NY. I loved this series of videos. I'm working on remodeling an old house in a very cold area so this has been a real help. Thank you!
Insane!
The underfloor area is for all of the in floor heating. Those are manifolds that control where the hot water goes. It isn't cold water, or hot for the kitchen and bath. those might be tankless heaters or tanks in a closet or cubby.
Interesting!
What the... I've never heard about a guy that wouldn't use bidee! Yes, of course it's little more important for ladies but of course men use them too!
About the heated floors... In new homes the floor heating is the most common heating method in every room, not just sanitary areas. Radiators are rarely seen in new Finnish homes and ceiling heating systems have always been quite uncommon.
The hose is very useful when you just want to wash your hair instead of taking a shower, especially after finish cooking.
I found you through your 2 Part home series and love your positivity and kindness, it radiates through the screen! I’m not into photography (if I was, I’d watch the rest of your vids), I think you’re into something with these cultural/home type videos! It would be fascinating to see something like “an average Finnish breakfast” and viewers can compare to what they typically have in their home county!
The home is beautiful, congrats on the purchase!! You guys did a fantastic job decorating!
Great idea Alina!
Best thing we ever did in our condo in Ottawa, Canada was put heated floors in the bathrooms. We are the only unit in our building who did this and it makes such a difference. Best piece of advice, spend the extra money to do this in your home.
We have self-locking front doors in the Netherlands and they are very convenient, but we always need to make sure to leave a spare key with a friend or neighbour so we have somewhere to go if we lock ourselves out!
Fascinating, really enjoyed this and part 1. Would love to visit Finland some day - in summer :D - I worship the sun. Btw, in Cyprus, where I live, the homes are very poorly insulated (probably because we think of the island as a 'hot' country'), so we all freeze in winter. Not surprised that Oz has the same problem
Heated floors??? 😭 I wish! That back yard would fit some cornhole boards perfectly! And it’s fun if you’ve never played it!
I should try it out for sure!
It's interesting, there is something very similar in Turkish toilets, I'm surprised that it is in Finland. I visited my friend in Turkey and it took me a while to get the hang of it, but it's really nice! Much cleaner than toilet paper alone, and you use less paper.
Interesting!
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LOL! I just use baby wipes! Clean as! Shalom to us ony in Christ Yeshua.
@@toosiyabrandt8676the problem with that is that disposable baby wipes are terrible for the environment. They don't biodegrade and you can't recycle them.
Sup Teppo! Heated floors would be amazing at home, the nights here in Australia do get cold, but sleeping when its cooler is brilliant!
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Heated floors in the winter time would be so nice to have. Or you could use the hose if there is a toilet paper shortage
🙌🙌🙌 haha perfect for this corona time
The hose bidet is something my mom got installed in our house since I was a kid (we were 3 girls + mom and dad), it was the easiest and cheapest way to integrate a bidet into our home without having an extra actual bidet next to the toilet, we did use it time of the month. I had no idea it was a Finnish thing! Interesting
Interesting! It might be more of a European thing!
It’s a not the America’s thing. Eastern houses have them too, it just somehow hasn’t become mainstream in n and a America
We have one of the toilet spray things in our American home. We used it on our cloth diapers to remove solids before putting them in the wash.
The thought never occurred to me to use it as a bidet.
Haha learn new things everyday
I just went here from watching a video of Lenny Kravitz's country house in Brazil and the cultural clash is enormous!
Haha hilarious!
This might be tmi but the bidet really helps fight infections by keeping things cleaner :P as long as you dry really well after. In places Ive traveled like malaysia, there are bidets but very often no toilet paper, so to have a bidet and toilet paper like in Finland is perfect!
I'm from the US, and I spent a year living in Kuwait, and it was interesting seeing the little differences. Kuwait had the hose sprayer in the bathroom too. I did not drink out of it though, LOL. I don't usually associate the bathroom with drinking things, ROFL.
Hahaha nice!
The comment about being so cold at night in Australia - people never believe me that I was so much colder in Australia than I ever was in Alaska! It got down to 4 degrees celsius a few nights while I was in Australia, and I was so. so. so. so. cold, because there was no insulation and no heater and my blankets weren't meant for near-freezing temps! In Alaska, I had warmer gear AND a heater (in fact, the thermostat broke at one point and the heater wouldn't turn off, so it was too hot!)
I know what you mean!
The UK has Yale locks which locks behind you too! The doors open into the house though.
Doors opening this way probably make sense in winters with strong winds (I guess you may have them). Wind pushing on the door this way make them close more and insulates from cold air. The other way the wind would push doors to open and potentially through tiny spaces cold air could get inside a house.
But if there's a blizzard, snow might heap up in front of the door and keep you from getting out, so this had better not be the only outside door! Having said that, doors that open outward are safer in emergencies, because panicked people can't always manage to pull a door towards them.
You're so lucky with the snow! You're right about Australia, its freezing inside during the winter, still I wish it snowed here :(
Haha if its gonna be cold, Id prefer snow too
Exterior doors in Florida also open out, but because of Hurricanes.
Ah interesting! Theres always a reason for everything eh? Where in Florida are u home?
John Labus both my front door and back door open in. I’m in central FL.
I miss the hand shower so much here in New York, I installed one.
Interesting!
You're REALLY missing out not using the bidet sprayer. Probably one of my favorite things in Suomi.
Not a fan 😂
Would love to see more about Finland .
🙌🙌🙌 Glad you enjoyed this
My apartment here in the states has auto lock ... I've been locked out twice. LOL Thank goodness I keep a spare at a friend's! But yes, I love the feature! Loved your video and I could do with some more snow! Had a little shower a week ago and I miss it already.
Hahaa i feel ya about the locked door. Glad you enjoyed the video. If you havent yet, go check out Part 1!
It's interesting you mention Australian houses only have single pane windows.. I'm from Australia and we have double glazed windows to insulate the house... although I am from Tasmania which is the little island state at the bottom of the Australian mainland which obviously gets a lot colder! :)
You guys are the smart bunch ;)
@@TeppoHaapoja haha that's a topic of contention ;) But just on the double glazed windows, I have found out from some friends on the mainland that they all have double glazed... they say that it is good to keep the house cool for the really hot weather as well... so I guess it works the other way around as well?! Learn something every day eh! :)
In Florida doors open outwards also, it's to prevent doors from blowing inwards during hurricanes.
Interesting!
yes as a lady bidets are the BEST! I'm still trying to talk my hubby into getting some lol.
Haha i see
Hi, Such a beautiful home! Congratulations. I plan to buy a house in Finland soon. And was wondering about the sq.m I need for a family of 4 - with two kids below 4. Do you have any recommendations? Actually your house’s size looks about right and I was pondering how big it is.
Currently bidets are ALL the rage cause you use less toilet paper which many people are hoarding! I live in SF so we prefer the Japanese toilet seat which also heats the toilet seat and dries your tush (I live in an old apt building and as a renter I can’t add a Japanese toilet seat but I have used them! ). We also have some houses that have heated floors but I personally have radiators which means knowing how to knit wool hats and fingerless gloves comes in handy! You probably have great beautiful wool, we do too but it’s very pricey. I’ve loved your 2 Finnish videos.
Interesting! Thanks Erin.
The first house we ever built had heated bathroom floors and any house after that HAS to have heated floors! Probably my favorite home feature!
Oh sounds great!
You do know that there is a little tap on the side of the door where the lock is that you can move and the door will not lock anymore? That is handy when you have to move back and forth multiple times and also when you do video shootings. ;)
🙌🙌🙌 Yes I know :)
Why is it weird that the front door opens outwards? That's just logical.and also for fire safety reasons, I think.
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@@TeppoHaapoja A couple of hundred years ago there was a fire at a church. People panicked and everyone tried to hurry out the door. The doors opened inwards and as people pushed against the doors no one was able to get the doors open and escape. And they burned inside the church. Since then a law was made that in public buildings at least you have to have doors that open out. It has become a custom all over, not just public buildings.
In US it is weird because it prevents the easy access of the FBI.
Is it common for houses in Finland to have basements? In Canada, we have a frost depth that a house foundation has be below to prevent problems with the house shifting. In this basement, most of the household utilities are placed there. Hot water heater, furnace, washing machine, dryer, etc.
Not common, in fact Ive never seen one
Yes there are basement but in the older houses. If house is build in a hill there is usually basement.
Hi Teppo, good to see you again..........loved the first video and the Finns are ingenious....even in Toronto with double windows the drafts still come in, I think they should all be triple glazed.........I love the bidet in the bathroom, don’t know why men think they can’t use it...if it’s good enough for your girlfriends butt ...WTH....if it’s good enough for the goose it’s good enough for the gander.....I’m just saying.........great deck and just enough green space to enjoy without having to spend all weekend mowing a lawn........spring is almost here....stay well........Donna in Toronto
Thanks Donna!
I have a funny story about the bidet shower: a female friend stayed overnight with her then first boyfriend. In the evening she washed her face and used one of the towels in the washing room. The next morning she found out that the towel was the one which her boyfriend's mom used to wipe her behind after using one of those showers :D
I just love our Finnish homes. When I visited NZ even hotels were so cold at night since there was just one layer of glass and and insulation on the sides were non existing also. Yey us!
Ha nice Jyrki!
How do you get on with your neighbors? The houses are so close together and do open, no fences. What it if someone has a party too loud too late?
Thank you for inviting us into your home
3:15 Oh, this is the "convenient" version of a bidet I guess, better than nothing.
Nice home. I like the self locking door.
Thanks Eddie. It is great other than when you forget ur keys
Beautiful home and, to your point, so well thought out. I love Scandinavian design! Sooooo, why does the front door open out? Fire or emergency exit? Is it the same with your patio door? Thanks!
Supposedly someone said its to prevent snow coming in
I think it’s a emergency exit. At least nowadays there are stright regulations on which way the doors have to open even inside a shop. Everything should go towards the exit so it’s easy and fast to go. Might have been this way always as most doors in Finland open out. Everything else is a plus 🙂
its snowing here in the south western part of Norway as well. And that is not normal in April.
i meant to say, it has been snowing it is not snowing right now atm.
@@cheezboy5 Crazy winter eh? Just feels like summers never going to arrive.
@@TeppoHaapoja yes thats exactly what i'm feeling right know. Its basically rain, rain snow and even more rain. never ends!
In the northern part of norway (Like Tromsø), they have a new record for the amount of snow that is there atm. Its insane. Well hopefully summer will be here soon
@@cheezboy5 Ha crazy, this snows coming too late! It shouldve come in January :D
Awesome vid Teppo! Not sure if you have Tik Tok, but videos about weird things in Japanese homes are getting millions of views. You should make a Tik Tok about your home!!
😂😂😂 crazy
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ersonally love that drain in the bathroom floor . Nice.
So, also.. is that a drainage tiny long ditch between yards? innovative
Sure is
My husband felt the same way as you about the bidet nozzle. I will tell you what I told him. If you got poop on your hand would you just take toilet paper and wipe it off? It's a no brainer, you would wash your hand. So why would you do that to your bottom?
Once my husband got over himself he says it's the best thing he ever used. Try it, it's amazing.
Hah nice. How do people dry their butt though from all the water?
@@TeppoHaapoja Some bidets have a dryer, takes too long for me, I just use toilet paper to pat dry. You will use much less than trying to get poop off your bottom. Some people use washcloths and just wash them.
7:47 Those pipes are beautiful, I dont understand why some houses here have to hide them that badly
Agreed
A Finnish home would make for a KILLER TH-cam backdrop ah
Haha you think!? How come?
Just so clean and visually aesthetic. It’d make framing and composition the easiest thing ;)
You lived in Sydney? We moved from Melbourne to Sydney 20 + years ago. Melbourne is 2-3C colder than Sydney in the winter, so houses generally have good heating (but not double glazed windows). We moved to Sydney in July, which is the middle of Winter and froze! Only one house that we looked at (out of about 50) had proper heating. I think that this is called denial.
Haha Sydney was very cold!
@@TeppoHaapoja I agree with the comment below about more living in Finland stuff - it is a unique country with its totally unique language. Watching Finnish crime shows, you almost never hear a recognisable word.
BTW - am thinking about building a new house and am looking at European techniques and products for well insulated houses. Of course, we don't get snow but it does get quite hot in Summer. Passivhaus is slowly taking off here.
Hello Teppo ! I have just discovered your channel and straight up subscribed !
Seems to me like Finland would be a country I would absolutely love to move to and live in, even with a normal job.
If I make it I would love to have a beer with you guys !
Take care during this difficult times and have a great day :)
Welcome bro! Glad to have you apart of the community.
Australiassa parhaillaan asuvana voin samaistua kylmiin öihin 😂 monta kertaa australialaiselle kumppanille kertonut tarinoita suomalaisista lämpimistä kodeista
😂😂😂 yep!
Just wondering is the bidet water warm or cold ...
It depends what water ur turning on with the tap
Bidets are not a perfect toilet paper system. But they do help cut down on the hassle of lugging toilet paper home. Personally, I cut down from about four rolls a month to one. Do not like the feeling of 'wet' so typically I will use a babywash cloth to wipe. I have no sewing skills. Ripped up old tshirts great for camping but become unravled in wash machines. Baby washcloths I buy the ugly ones on sale. Easier to wash and dry than adult sized wash cloths. As for toilet paper in the sewer systems, many municipalities aging out and extra taxpayers money to unclog. And all sewer systems get treated with lots of chemicals... Several years ago, I bought a squeeze bottle bidet online. My first attempts in a very old awkward bathroom floorplan were leaving me hating the thing. Several momths later, I moved to another apartment with a very much different floorplan and am happy I am keeping the bidet. Anyways. Just a few thoughts on what is a newer concept for many people. Some can easily and do convert. For others, it is not for them.
😂 Teppo will never feel desperate for toilet paper 🧻 during this pandemic when he has a spray bidet 🚿 💦. Filipinos have their “tabo” (cup like bowl with a handle if we don’t have a fancy bidet spray) and we need that fresh water feel no matter overseas or in the States 🇺🇸 (insert your country). And YES- the ladies appreciate this!
😂😂😂 true I guess I am corona proof
Hey Teppo from Australia!
Whereabouts did you live and would you live here again?
-Canberra and Blue Mountains local
We lived in Sydney!
Okay so in Australia they have as we have in Barcelona, warm weather and very very badly issolated homes so we are cold inside (suuuuuucks!!!)
Pretty much all Indian households have one of those small showers these days. We prefer to wash out butts after pooping. Don't trust a dry piece of paper to clean our intergluteal clefts.
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As far as the little thing in the bathroom, we use it too but in Algeria. In France we don't have it so...
In my home country it's just normal thing... I don't understand why do you say that... I'm already familiar with that type of stuff.
Heading into winter in Australia *currently freezing my tits off* stupid single pane windows and unheated floor boards 😒
Loved this dude!
Thanks Tyler!
As an Australian I really don't understand why our houses are built so abysmally lacking in insulation. It would make both the summer and winter more pleasant. I love the idea of heated floors. I wonder if I can get it on a reverse cycle type of set up so it cools in summer :)
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Snow in Chicago too. 🙃
Yikes 😂
Its of interest where to buy such timber bar homes.
Not the cheap frame work homes.
Imagine if we didn't have proper insulation and those double windows in Finland in the freezing winter!
Bro, it would be FREEZING!
I was SO close to going with the Haapoja pojat haircut today. lol
Hahaa nice Roy!
@@TeppoHaapoja I may make it another week but if the barber doesn't open up again soon ... lol
@@TeppoHaapoja But out of curiosity... do you cut it yourself? any tips? lol
We've been in Lapland for 2 winter seasons now and haven't figured the purpose of the short curtains yet, what is it?!?!
HA what do u mean short curtains?
@@TeppoHaapoja I think the word is 'rengaskappa' ??? It such a weird thing we've seen in so many houses in Finland, Sweden and Norway haha
Hi. What is the main source of energy for electricity in Finland?
Short answer would be nuclear but that is not the hole truth. At the moment 33% is nuclear, 20% hydroelectric, 1% wind, fossil about 30% and biomass (waste etc.) 16%. Finland also buys electricity from Norway and Sweden. One modern nuclear plant has been delayed over 10 years. It should be online year from now, that’s 2021, and estimates are that it woud cover 15% off total electricity production. That, and plans to invest heavily on windpower (both sea coast and on ground) are going to cut the need for fossile based production at least by half. Other technologies for heating are replacing need for electricity all the time. Mainly geothermal heating. Both as a individual housing solution and large scale geothermal powerplants.
@@Tzerba1 Hi. Thank you so much. I appreciate your time to answer my question. Very enlightening. Thanks again
Phillip Whaley Actually, you can see it for yourself in real time! It’s rather fascinating. www.fingrid.fi/en/electricity-market/power-system/
Bidet? Yes! I think it’s great.
Malaysian homes have those hoses as well.
Interesting!
The door may open out for fire safety.
Very true!
Doors that can't be kicked in like in the movies and universal key Abloy locks that are lockpick proof.
I would miss the privacy of a nice big yard otherwise it looks really nice.
I couldn't live without a bidee! I don't take a shower every day because my skin get's too dry, but I start every day with the bidee!
Bidets leave you cleaner than toilet paper...kinda perfect on a couple different levels during COVID. 💁🏽♀️
Ha nice
The toilet paper maniacs made me try a travel bidet and it’s amazing.