natural light into landing - inspiration ?
 

I've had no bathroom wall for a while, and landing lovely and light.
Reinstating wall now. Old bathroom door had glass panel over, but
top-of-stairs area was still quite dark. I don't want sunpipes etc,
since in future I will convert loft with dormer, and this would be in
the way. I like the idea of a series of "windows" all along the top of
the bathroom wall (dodging the studs in the wall), maybe 200mm high.
But I can't think of how I could make it look good. I can only envisage
a long window looking like a trouphy cabinet, or taking glass blocks
with those thinbed mortar lines between.
Any ideas ?
Cheers,
Simon.

natural light into landing - inspiration ?
 

sm_jamieson wrote:
I've had no bathroom wall for a while, and landing lovely and light.
Reinstating wall now. Old bathroom door had glass panel over, but
top-of-stairs area was still quite dark. I don't want sunpipes etc,
since in future I will convert loft with dormer, and this would be in
the way. I like the idea of a series of "windows" all along the top of
the bathroom wall (dodging the studs in the wall), maybe 200mm high.
But I can't think of how I could make it look good. I can only envisage
a long window looking like a trouphy cabinet, or taking glass blocks
with those thinbed mortar lines between.

Here's one example, in a stud wall:
http://img.photoamp.com/i/hxgTxuA8L.JPG
This gets light into the stairwell in fact, although there's another one
on the other side letting light into the internal bathroom. (Also, to
the right, a glass panel in the landing ceiling lets in the light which
you can see, from a Velux skylight in the pitched roof above).

David

natural light into landing - inspiration ?
 

On 18 Jul 2006 06:52:51 -0700, sm_jamieson wrote:

I've had no bathroom wall for a while, and landing lovely and light.
Reinstating wall now. Old bathroom door had glass panel over, but
top-of-stairs area was still quite dark. I don't want sunpipes etc,
since in future I will convert loft with dormer, and this would be in
the way. I like the idea of a series of "windows" all along the top of
the bathroom wall (dodging the studs in the wall), maybe 200mm high.
But I can't think of how I could make it look good. I can only envisage
a long window looking like a trouphy cabinet, or taking glass blocks
with those thinbed mortar lines between.
Any ideas ?
Cheers,
Simon.

Take a look at the pics at www.sarahemmm.multiply.com for a landing with a
Velux added to give light. Very pleased with it - gone form dark and poky
to space and light. I can take more pics in the loft if this is the sort of
thing you want.
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Sarah M