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Posted by Rick on April 28, 2009, 3:47 pm
Hi all. I have reasons to have some bedrooms entirely inside a
house. That is, all the walls are interior. However, I would still
like to be able to enjoy the outdoor scene.
Have people used mirrors to bring the outside view to an inside wall?
The simplest arrangement would be similar to this:
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Considerations would be losing light due to mirrors and glass in
between, inaccurate grinding or adjustment introducing distortions,
perhaps others.
Perhaps one could use a convex lens at both ends, and have a less
obtrusive hole in the exterior wall.
Has anyone ever done this? Are there existing, in-use buildings that
have this feature?
Regards,
Rick
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Posted by Pierre Levesque on April 28, 2009, 6:14 pm
Uh... you mean you have some illegal rooms in your house? Any room without a
window is not a bedroom. The requirement is for fire safety for escape and
health safety for ventilation. Say there is a fire, I guess you have to jump
into the mirror? Oh and pay no attention to that moldy smell...
The only existing in-use buildings that have these kinds of features are
non-habitable rooms.
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> Hi all. I have reasons to have some bedrooms entirely inside a
> house. That is, all the walls are interior. However, I would still
> like to be able to enjoy the outdoor scene.
> Have people used mirrors to bring the outside view to an inside wall?
> The simplest arrangement would be similar to this:
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> Considerations would be losing light due to mirrors and glass in
> between, inaccurate grinding or adjustment introducing distortions,
> perhaps others.
> Perhaps one could use a convex lens at both ends, and have a less
> obtrusive hole in the exterior wall.
> Has anyone ever done this? Are there existing, in-use buildings that
> have this feature?
> Regards,
> Rick
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Posted by Rick on April 30, 2009, 5:30 pm
Thanks for the information!
I had no idea the lack of a window might be a safety hazard. Makes
sense, though. Some other means of escaping will have to be
provided.
"Light pipes." Helps to know the nomenclature. 3M sells a product
calls "Light Pipe," and wikipedia has an article on "light tubes."
Provides illumination, not an image, but that might be sufficient.
Regards,
Rick
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Posted by Ron Peterson on April 28, 2009, 11:55 pm
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> Hi all. =A0I have reasons to have some bedrooms entirely inside a
> house. =A0That is, all the walls are interior. =A0However, I would still
> like to be able to enjoy the outdoor scene.
Consider using webcams to give interior rooms views of the outdoors.
Skylights and light pipes can be used to bring daylight into interior
rooms.
Ron
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> house. That is, all the walls are interior. However, I would still
> like to be able to enjoy the outdoor scene.
> Have people used mirrors to bring the outside view to an inside wall?
> The simplest arrangement would be similar to this:
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> | \ #
> | \ #
> | \ #
> | \ #
> | \ #
> | \ #
> | \ #
> | \ #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # \ |
> # \ |
> # \ |
> # \ |
> # \ |
> # \ |
> # \ |
> # \ |
> # #
> # #
> # #
> # #
> Considerations would be losing light due to mirrors and glass in
> between, inaccurate grinding or adjustment introducing distortions,
> perhaps others.
> Perhaps one could use a convex lens at both ends, and have a less
> obtrusive hole in the exterior wall.
> Has anyone ever done this? Are there existing, in-use buildings that
> have this feature?
> Regards,
> Rick