Blocking view through false domer window
I’ve installed windows in false dormers on a spec and can see truss members from the sidewalk. Once before I tacked black landscape cloth behind some windows to block the attic view, but after a year the cloth began to sag. Window Manufacturers void their warranty if you paint windows black… what do you do?
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We do a stand-off of ply about 12-24" behind the glass,painted flat black.
Why not a light color. Wouldn't that look more like there was a real room in there?
Pro,
Good idea. A black stand off sounds perfect. The other sugestions were a little weak. Real "upper story" ideas. Thanks!
Walla squared
How about a window blind?
Do a standoff like Pro Bozo said, then place a maniquin between the standoff and the window. This will make the dormer look realistic.
SamT
How about a mannequin with a shotgun?Live simply...so I can have the stuff you don't use
I was going to suggest a big kitchen knife, but you beat me to it.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
Stretch a white sheet about a foot or so behind the window, then add a clothing store mannequin and a light on a timer.
Do it right, or do it twice.
Forgive my naive question, but why would a window mfgr void the warranty if you paint the glass black? Is heat absorption that much of an issue?
On a practical note: there are UV reducing films available for windows that reflect to the better lit side of the film. So since there's never going to be any light in the false dormer, anyone outside will always see a mirrored window. The stuff usually goes on with a water soluble glue that's integral to the film.
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
Dino,
Thats the reason. Alter their product with paint and void the warranty. The reflective film is a good idea, but then so is the mannequin with the gun.
Thanks, Walla 2
Put in a light fixture right behind the window, put a red bulb in, get a female manequin (scantily clad), charge admission. ; )
Used to live outside Helena, MT. There was a large hole where an old commercial building had been, for some reason there was a doorway left in the back of the hole. Someone put a scantily clad female manequin in the doorway... Lots of laughs! But then Helena had a bar on Last Chance Gulch (main street) with this saying prominently displayed: Liquor in the front, Poker in the rear.
Helena's a good town! But then, since it's the capitol city, it may be a little jaded.
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.