Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 03, 2013 12:23 pm Hi Guys, My site runs east west. East side is my backyard and west side is facing the street. I am building double storey at south of Brisbane. I am putting my master bedroom at the eastern side of the house (upstair) and the remaining bedrooms at western side of the house, facing the street. I will have one family/ retreat area separating the master bedroom with the rest of the bedrooms. Therefore, I do not consider the option of putting the family/ retreat area on the western side of the house, facing the street. I have read a lot of posts regarding windows for eastern and western sides of the house. Some suggested to do away with glazing at east and west of the house. Obviously this is not an option for me. I am wondering what other options are available for me. I am thinking to put full height window along the eastern wall of master bedroom which over-looks the backyard. Not sure if this is a good idea as this might impact on the heat gain/loss of the house. For the bedrooms at the western side of the house, facing the street, I am thinking of putting two separate rows of horizontal awning windows (600mm wide each) instead of sliding windows. I would put windows at the south and north walls of these bedrooms for cross-ventilations. I will have high ceilings as well - 2.59m upstairs and 2.7m downstairs; and 600mm wide eaves around the house. Should I tint the windows on the east and west of the house to reduce the heat gain/loss? If so, what products? I am looking at 3M films and they seems to be a good option? Will 600mm wide eaves provide sufficient shading for my window openings? Thanks in advance for your input and sorry for the long post. Regards, Jello Re: House Orientation and Glazing 2Oct 03, 2013 3:49 pm Eaves don't provide anywhere near enough shade for east and West facing windows as the summer sun is low (below the eaves level) for many hours. The best window film is a reflective coating rather than a tint. These will keep a lot of the direct sunlight/heat out of the bedrooms. Reducing the window size is also good to keep the heat out during summer and keep the heat in during winter. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: House Orientation and Glazing 3Oct 03, 2013 3:53 pm You could have outdoor blinds on west facing windows. Keeping the sun off the window will help. 2 Our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64705 For your reference Performance Labels: Window assemblies in housing, except timber windows, must be labelled so the label can be seen when it is in situ. For timber… 6 7680 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19080 Scientists have used random matrix theory to demonstrate theoretically that the neutrino mass hierarchy can be explained mathematically. When a substance is fragmented… 21 20639 |