how many windows can one put on a wall?
if windows are installed properly, is there any limit to how many windows can go in a room/wall?
if windows are installed properly, is there any limit to how many windows can go in a room/wall?
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nope.
I have log home mebbe 175 ys old.
It is all header. If you want to make a continous header, like a log home, it can be all glass.
Bear in mind, anything that reaches 14" above FF must be tempered or safty glass, in most locales.
Might 18", I ferget..but play it safe.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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It is 18" above finished floor. See other comments above too.
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Well, yeppers. I was wrong.
Jacks and kings do enter into the eqation..I was shooting from the hip. ( is that why my walls bounce? (G))
I have a situ where wind load is consistantly from W/ or NW/.
I was not in tune with either siesmec, or hurricane force ( because I really don't have to be)
My apologies.
Thanks Paul. Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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It depends on your location and the live loads required there.
you need not only the header to deal with roof loads from snow, but you have to consider a live load on the wall system from wind. For instance, Dade county has some pretty high standards because of hurricanes. There are some maximum sizes allowed there as well as a maximum overall area, and windows mulled together for there need to be factory designed and mulled for the application.
And the engineering does not just apply to that one wall. suppose that you have a simple rectangle bnox style house with a lot of windows on the long wall. The two adjacent short walls can each recieve wind loads that apply towards the shear of the long wall. normally, we would stay at least four feet back from each corner so a full sheet of plywood sheathing and/or metal diagonal bracing can resist those forces.
Have you ever seen someone slam a door and rattle the pictures hanging on it? Now imagine a high wind making that whoile wall flop back and forth uintil the glass breaks out - or wind on the adjacent walls stressing the shear enough that the force is transferred to the glass and a diagonal break starts in the corner of the glass.
Sphere was confused. he really doesn't have windows down there. He has winders.
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At least here in NY if you put too many windows in a room it counts as a sunroom and you have to follow different rules according to the energy code. Check with your local building official.
Mike,
the list of issues I would look into to answer that question would be:
-consult the window manufacturer for any limits their product would have with stacking or opening size
-consult your local codes to see if you have to keep below a certian glazed area to unglazed area ratio or if you have structural requirements to adhere to.
-consult with a structural engineer to make sure your wall and your foundation can withstand any seismic, wind (lateral) loads given the amount of window you want to install.
there may be more, but that would at least get you off to a start.