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Posted by Rima Neas on February 14, 2008, 6:32 pm
It is time to replace the windows along the front of my house. One room I
use as an office and the other as a spare bedroom. Alas, the windows, large
6ft wide and 5ft high, are mounted 22" off the floors, so anything I put in
front of them has to be moved away from the walls--a couch in one case and a
desk in another.
I was thinking that perhaps I should go for 4ft high windows and mount them
34" off the floor. The siding is simulated board-batten, i.e. 3/8"
rough-sawn ply with 1x vertical strips every 16 inches. The house is an
overly-flat ranch style, somewhat buried into a hillside, so any exterior
appearance of height is a good thing.... interior will get craftsman style
casing, base, and crowns.
Has anyone else wrestled with this? Should I raise the windows or just go
with the current size? The construction aspects are easy enough, but I am
wondering about the design/effort tradeoffs. Thanks for any suggestions.
Cheers, Shawn
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Posted by bb on February 15, 2008, 7:38 am
> It is time to replace the windows along the front of my house. One room I
> use as an office and the other as a spare bedroom. Alas, the windows,
> large 6ft wide and 5ft high, are mounted 22" off the floors, so anything I
> put in front of them has to be moved away from the walls--a couch in one
> case and a desk in another.
> I was thinking that perhaps I should go for 4ft high windows and mount
> them 34" off the floor. The siding is simulated board-batten, i.e. 3/8"
> rough-sawn ply with 1x vertical strips every 16 inches. The house is an
> overly-flat ranch style, somewhat buried into a hillside, so any exterior
> appearance of height is a good thing.... interior will get craftsman style
> casing, base, and crowns.
> Has anyone else wrestled with this? Should I raise the windows or just go
> with the current size? The construction aspects are easy enough, but I am
> wondering about the design/effort tradeoffs. Thanks for any suggestions.
> Cheers, Shawn
Hi Shawn
Have you thought of a window flower box...
http://rustylopez.typepad.com/imagoarticulus/images/flower_window2_germany.jpg
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Posted by Raider Bill on February 15, 2008, 8:28 am
> It is time to replace the windows along the front of my house. =A0One room=
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> use as an office and the other as a spare bedroom. =A0Alas, the windows, l=
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> 6ft wide and 5ft high, are mounted 22" off the floors, so anything I put i=
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> front of them has to be moved away from the walls--a couch in one case and=
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> desk in another.
> I was thinking that perhaps I should go for 4ft high windows and mount the=
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> 34" off the floor. =A0The siding is simulated board-batten, i.e. 3/8"
> rough-sawn ply with 1x vertical strips every 16 inches. =A0The house is an=
> overly-flat ranch style, somewhat buried into a hillside, so any exterior
> appearance of height is a good thing.... interior will get craftsman style=
> casing, base, and crowns.
> Has anyone else wrestled with this? =A0Should I raise the windows or just =
go
> with the current size? =A0The construction aspects are easy enough, but I =
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> wondering about the design/effort tradeoffs. =A0Thanks for any suggestions=
.
> Cheers, Shawn
Any children in the house? If so I'd consider impact resistant glass
which of course will up the cost if you keep them so low.
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Posted by RicodJour on February 15, 2008, 12:05 pm
> It is time to replace the windows along the front of my house. One room I
> use as an office and the other as a spare bedroom. Alas, the windows, large
> 6ft wide and 5ft high, are mounted 22" off the floors, so anything I put in
> front of them has to be moved away from the walls--a couch in one case and a
> desk in another.
> I was thinking that perhaps I should go for 4ft high windows and mount them
> 34" off the floor. The siding is simulated board-batten, i.e. 3/8"
> rough-sawn ply with 1x vertical strips every 16 inches. The house is an
> overly-flat ranch style, somewhat buried into a hillside, so any exterior
> appearance of height is a good thing.... interior will get craftsman style
> casing, base, and crowns.
> Has anyone else wrestled with this? Should I raise the windows or just go
> with the current size? The construction aspects are easy enough, but I am
> wondering about the design/effort tradeoffs. Thanks for any suggestions.
You build a room for space and install windows for light, air and
obtaining a view. Unless you have some spectacular view right under
those windows, I'd opt for raising them up so you can utilize the
space in front of the windows more easily. Code only requires impact
resistant glass if the glass is within 18" of the floor.
R
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Posted by Glenn on February 15, 2008, 12:29 pm
I don't know where the change is taking place but code
requires egress out of the room too. Even if it is
fixed glass, I would want it low enough to throw a
chair through it to keep the fire from my butt.
> wrote:
>> It is time to replace the windows along the front of
>> my house. One room I
>> use as an office and the other as a spare bedroom.
>> Alas, the windows, large
>> 6ft wide and 5ft high, are mounted 22" off the
>> floors, so anything I put in
>> front of them has to be moved away from the walls--a
>> couch in one case and a
>> desk in another.
>> I was thinking that perhaps I should go for 4ft high
>> windows and mount them
>> 34" off the floor. The siding is simulated
>> board-batten, i.e. 3/8"
>> rough-sawn ply with 1x vertical strips every 16
>> inches. The house is an
>> overly-flat ranch style, somewhat buried into a
>> hillside, so any exterior
>> appearance of height is a good thing.... interior
>> will get craftsman style
>> casing, base, and crowns.
>> Has anyone else wrestled with this? Should I raise
>> the windows or just go
>> with the current size? The construction aspects are
>> easy enough, but I am
>> wondering about the design/effort tradeoffs. Thanks
>> for any suggestions.
> You build a room for space and install windows for
> light, air and
> obtaining a view. Unless you have some spectacular
> view right under
> those windows, I'd opt for raising them up so you can
> utilize the
> space in front of the windows more easily. Code only
> requires impact
> resistant glass if the glass is within 18" of the
> floor.
> R
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> use as an office and the other as a spare bedroom. Alas, the windows,
> large 6ft wide and 5ft high, are mounted 22" off the floors, so anything I
> put in front of them has to be moved away from the walls--a couch in one
> case and a desk in another.
> I was thinking that perhaps I should go for 4ft high windows and mount
> them 34" off the floor. The siding is simulated board-batten, i.e. 3/8"
> rough-sawn ply with 1x vertical strips every 16 inches. The house is an
> overly-flat ranch style, somewhat buried into a hillside, so any exterior
> appearance of height is a good thing.... interior will get craftsman style
> casing, base, and crowns.
> Has anyone else wrestled with this? Should I raise the windows or just go
> with the current size? The construction aspects are easy enough, but I am
> wondering about the design/effort tradeoffs. Thanks for any suggestions.
> Cheers, Shawn