WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF A NORTH FACING BACKYARD?

donuts · Oct 28, 2008 11:41 am

woodsey

l hope this isnt a stupid question, but how do you know which way your house is facing, l have no idea if its east, west, south or north, lve read it a few times on this forum talking about what is best!

So just wondering how can l tell??

I might be weird

but I work it out by picturing the location in the Melways, and which way would be at the top of the page.....

but wakeboardandy's way is probably easier

woodsey · Oct 28, 2008 12:06 pm

donuts

woodsey

l hope this isnt a stupid question, but how do you know which way your house is facing, l have no idea if its east, west, south or north, lve read it a few times on this forum talking about what is best!

So just wondering how can l tell??

I might be weird

but I work it out by picturing the location in the Melways, and which way would be at the top of the page.....

but wakeboardandy's way is probably easier

Thanks to both of you! going by the melways method (thats all l have access to right now!) we have a north west backyard cause we are on a cnr block the yard goes around if that makes sense!

Bobcat · Oct 28, 2008 12:36 pm

woodsey

donuts

woodsey

l hope this isnt a stupid question, but how do you know which way your house is facing, l have no idea if its east, west, south or north, lve read it a few times on this forum talking about what is best!

So just wondering how can l tell??

I might be weird :lol:

but I work it out by picturing the location in the Melways, and which way would be at the top of the page.....

but wakeboardandy's way is probably easier :lol:

Thanks to both of you! going by the melways method (thats all l have access to right now!) we have a north west backyard cause we are on a cnr block the yard goes around if that makes sense!

if all else fails..grab your house plans, they should show you.

Casa2 · Oct 28, 2008 12:59 pm

wakeboardandy

look at where the sun rises.. that is east.. then turn to your left and that is North

This is only true mid-season (the equinoxes 20/03/08 and 21/09/08)). At the summer solstice (21/12/08), the sun rises about 30 degrees south of east and at the winter solstice (20/06/08) it rises about 30 degrees north of east.

Today, the run rose about 18% south of east. These numbers hold about true for most of Australia (Darwin being a notable exception).

Helyn · Oct 28, 2008 9:09 pm

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Clothes dry quicker on the washing line if they are in direct sun light, especially in NW direction. In the place I'm renting at the moment the washing line is facing east, making it difficult to dry clothes.

Hey I never thought about clothes drying!!

Good point.

Our clothes lines are mounted onto the back wall where there are no windows and this is south faceing.

But it is hot and dry most of year here so I don't think it will be a problem. Washed my sheets today and they have dried fine.

Something to consider for those with wet cool climates though.

OAD · May 17, 2013 11:58 pm

We currently have the option of a north-west facing front door and can have the lounge at the front with north and east-facing windows which i know is supposed to be good but i think that it'll be move usable to have the lounge/kitchen/dining at the back and flowing onto the backyard (but then that'll be south-east facing and i love bright open rooms.
if we had the lounge at the front we could have a small deck on the eat side down the side of the house I guess....
I don't know if it'd be just as good to have the lounge at the back and maybe we can add large sky lights or a clearstorey?
What are your thoughts?