Glass walls

[Justino]

I am considering making a wall at home out of frameless glass which I think will look pretty good. This will replace a partition wall which was removed when the house was renovated in the 1970's. The result is I have a large landing at the top of the stairs where the original 2nd bedroom use to be, so strictly speaking I can only describe it as a 1 bed house when I come to sell. Using glass will maintain the feeling of space and light which I don't want to lose in my already compact house, but create a 2nd bedroom.

I have considered using glass partitions commonly used in offices, but these are usually made to a standard size to fit under suspended ceilings, or to be as high as a door frame, plus the aluminium frames will look a little commercial in a house in my opinion, so i was thinking about using plate glass.

The glazing will be approximately 8' high, two pieces mounted at 90 degrees to each other, one 2' and the other 3' long.

I appreciate that I will need special glass, but not sure on the precise type, should it be toughened or laminated ? Also what thickness will it need to be and would the sizes i have outlined be expensive ?

[Justino]

I am considering making a wall at home out of frameless glass which I think will look pretty good. This will replace a partition wall which was removed when the house was renovated in the 1970's. The result is I have a large landing at the top of the stairs where the original 2nd bedroom use to be, so strictly speaking I can only describe it as a 1 bed house when I come to sell. Using glass will maintain the feeling of space and light which I don't want to lose in my already compact house, but create a 2nd bedroom.

I have considered using glass partitions commonly used in offices, but these are usually made to a standard size to fit under suspended ceilings, or to be as high as a door frame, plus the aluminium frames will look a little commercial in a house in my opinion, so i was thinking about using plate glass.

The glazing will be approximately 8' high, two pieces mounted at 90 degrees to each other, one 2' and the other 3' long.

I appreciate that I will need special glass, but not sure on the precise type, should it be toughened or laminated ? Also what thickness will it need to be and would the sizes i have outlined be expensive ?

[Set Square]

I can't answer your questions - but I'm not convinced that potential purchasers are going to be particularly impressed with a glass-walled bedroom - unless they are the kinky type!

[Mary Fisher]

It sounds wonderful I'll be watching this thread!

Mary

[Justino]

good point, forgot to say would put obscure glaze film on the glass.

[Mary Fisher]

That says more about you than about the purchasers.

Mary

[MBQ]

So how will that maintain the feeling of space and light?

MBQ

[Christian McArdle]

I don't know. It all sounds a bit dodgy to me. I'd imagine very few people would want glass walls (obscure or not) as few people are sufficiently lacking in modesty to want to be observed engaged in procreation on a regular basis. It would have to be marketed as 1 bed with an office.

Christian.

[Mary Fisher]

Honi soit ...

and the peeping Toms would need good eyesight and a good viewing station.

And 'procreation' takes up a VERY small percentage of one's time. Who'se goig to hang about 24/7 waiting for the chance? And the chance of what?

We have a large plain glass window in our bathroom and an even bigger one in our bedroom. We only close curtains anywhere in the house for the sake of warmth. I can't say that we get crowds standing around watching.

Mary

[N. Thornton]

you can see through that stuff without any difficulty. Even if by some feat you make it non-see-thru-able, its still not enough privacy for a bedroom.

Regards, NT

[N. Thornton]

Better might be standard partition wall with huge mirror on the landing side.

Regards, NT

[Mary Fisher]

Neither.

[raden]

In message , Mary Fisher writes

Is that because there's a lithe 18 year old lives next door or because you look out over a field of sheep ?

[raden]

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They say it does that to you, don't they

[raden]

In message , Mary Fisher writes

You're just not advertising efficiently

[Mungo Henning]

Guy I used to work with told me that his neighbour performed a loft conversion which included putting a bathroom in the space. They opted for Veluxe (sp?) windows installed high enough for modesty purposes. Trouble was, on a darkened evening when the bath was being used and the steam from the bath was too much, the occupants used to tilt open the veluxe before relaxing in the water. The tilted window proved to be a perfect mirror, giving a spectacular view of the contents of the bath...

The courage to tell the neighbours of this optical delight took a few weeks to build, but by then it was too late to admit to the effect in case they took the delay to be deliberate...

Mungo :-)

[Justin]

Its interesting that not one contributor to this post has been able to answer my original question about the type of glass needed! Oh well trip to glaziers to ask.

[Mary Fisher]

Oh for goodness' sake! What is anyone going to see?

My mother used to say, "If yu see anything you haven't seen before, shoot it." She was never shot and nor have I been.

Mary

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[Lobster]

It does rather... if attracting potential buyers is the main motivation, I wouldn't bother - I think you'll lose more than you'll attract.

Have you considered a normal stud partition with a fixed glazed (frosted glass) panel? I recently did this in order to get some light into an internal landing, and it worked very well. Fitted a high panel, about 3' long by 15" deep.

David

[Lobster]

Personally I think I'd find my kids giggling on the landing might put me off my stride a bit....

David