First Floor Europe Vs America

In british english the floor of a building at street level is called the ground floor the floor above it is the first floor and the floor below is called the basement.

First floor europe vs america. Europeans don t use forced air heating or cooling systems. In america we typically consider this the second floor. In american english however the floor at street level is usually called the first floor. In america we construct the walls first and then the systems.

They use radiant heat from the floor or radiators and their heating and cooling use water systems inside the floor or walls. One of the first evident differences between europe vs. America regards the dimensions. In the us the first floor of a building is also the ground floor but in europe the first floor is the floor above the ground floor and the second floor is the one above that.

This is important information for novice american travelers trying to find their hotel rooms. Here are some other differences i ve noticed between european and american home construction. The naming of floors in a building. In europe most hotels say the lobby is on level zero while in the us we would say the lobby is on level one.

America to me was another western country likewise any other european one. Let s take a look at a small but important difference in british and american english. It didn t take a long time to discover the vast differences between europe and america and their big cities. One weird difference is the floor numbers.