Browse Forums Windows & Doors Re: privacy options for front door? 6Apr 20, 2009 1:33 pm I saw one entry doors at a display house and they used mirrors. It looked great! I would prefer translucent, but you cant have that can you? That is strange that you arent able to have translucent Idiots are fun, that's why there is one in every village! - Dr. House - Re: privacy options for front door? 7Apr 20, 2009 2:43 pm Clear glass can be great - we have it in our front door and sidelights, but our house design doesn't allow anyone to see past the entry, so no privacy issues to worry about. You can buy a stick-on glass film from Bunnings. Voila! Translucent glass! We have some to use on our ensuite French doors, but haven't actually done it yet.... I blogged about it with a link to the product website here: http://keksmovingonup.blogspot.com/2009/02/clear-or-not.html Re: privacy options for front door? 8Apr 20, 2009 3:06 pm kek Clear glass can be great - we have it in our front door and sidelights, but our house design doesn't allow anyone to see past the entry, so no privacy issues to worry about. You can buy a stick-on glass film from Bunnings. Voila! Translucent glass! We have some to use on our ensuite French doors, but haven't actually done it yet.... I blogged about it with a link to the product website here: http://keksmovingonup.blogspot.com/2009/02/clear-or-not.html Thanks kek! I am going to ask the builder if their is something like that they can do for the front door. Re: privacy options for front door? 9Apr 20, 2009 8:06 pm You could also consider 3M film. I think it's in their Scotch range. It can be applied to achieve two things: 1. the privacy you want 2. security. Properly applied it's hard to break through protected glass even with a hammer. In addition it has a safety element if you have small children around because if the glass is broken it stays in situ and is 'held together' by the film...so less chance of serious injury. We had a translucent security film on a glass side panel adjacent to our front door at a previous house and had the clear security film applied to all the other windows. There's also the plus of reducing UV too. We loved it and plan to have it applied to all windows in our (yet to be built) new house Pix. Built a (highly) modified Allcastle Maxworth 38.7 in Sydney. Hi guys We have just removed a very large grape vine which was mounted to a structure along this wall. This is a shared wall with our neighbour, and after removal, we… 0 3984 Building Standards; Getting It Right! AS2047 Section 6 Page 31 speaks to Construction/Tolerances of Windows and external glazed doors in buildings Check also New South Wales Guide to Standards and Tolerances,… 12 24874 |