Browse Forums Feng Shui Re: Front door and stair/back door alignment 3Apr 19, 2011 11:00 am __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All new built homes look like display homes... until the furniture goes in. Re: Front door and stair/back door alignment 5Apr 19, 2011 11:40 am __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All new built homes look like display homes... until the furniture goes in. Re: Front door and stair/back door alignment 8Apr 19, 2011 6:46 pm Can you change the door to open the other direction? That way you could open it up so far when greeting someone and it would not necessarily have the flow through to the back door? Also that would leave the wall on the left hand side to put a nice side board?? Re: Front door and stair/back door alignment 9Apr 19, 2011 7:08 pm mapcalla Can you change the door to open the other direction? That way you could open it up so far when greeting someone and it would not necessarily have the flow through to the back door? Also that would leave the wall on the left hand side to put a nice side board?? Thanks - we have thought about it in terms of door to door sales people , but not sure if it makes the place uninviting when you see the balustrade directly and have to walk around the door to the passage way. We'll have to tape this out and see what its like in our current place. Re: Front door and stair/back door alignment 10Apr 19, 2011 8:36 pm jklow888 Unfortunately it will have to be run past the certifier as we extended an upper bedroom and the entry by 1 brick to accomodate the reversed staircase with a turn at the bottom. The deflection wall was moved over and resized as best as it could be. We like this layout now. This looks better. If you have mullions in your french doors-even better! This will work better than plain glass. The deflection wall may be decorative. You could do a half void with a decorative pattern inserted like the ones on this site. http://www.cutout.com.au/whatsnew.htm This will still slow down the chi and let some light through. Its looking good and I hope it all works well for you __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All new built homes look like display homes... until the furniture goes in. Re: Front door and stair/back door alignment 11Apr 23, 2011 4:49 pm In terms of the stairs, remember that you would need solid balustrade (wood, solid steel) etc to make a difference. Just turning the stairs and having say steel wire wouldn't be any where near as effective as you would like. About the straight through effect of the doors being in line, the distance from the front to the back of the house looks long enough to not have to worry so much about it. Added to that the angle was sufficient even in the first diagram without any of the changes. But since you are happy with the changes it's not an issue. Re: Front door and stair/back door alignment 12Apr 23, 2011 6:47 pm joeygbh In terms of the stairs, remember that you would need solid balustrade (wood, solid steel) etc to make a difference. Just turning the stairs and having say steel wire wouldn't be any where near as effective as you would like. So would a wooden balustrade with gaps be okay ? Re: Front door and stair/back door alignment 13Apr 23, 2011 8:27 pm jklow888 joeygbh In terms of the stairs, remember that you would need solid balustrade (wood, solid steel) etc to make a difference. Just turning the stairs and having say steel wire wouldn't be any where near as effective as you would like. So would a wooden balustrade with gaps be okay ? To answer that question you just have to think of trying to move air and water - Qi moves around your home in the same manner as air and water would. This is why we wanted to slow the movement of it through the house with the alignment of the doors; gentle moving water is always much more harmonious than thundering rapids. Would your balustrade be effective in moving air and water? This is representative of how effective it would be in the situation with Qi. Some gaps is okay, but you will have to be the judge of it. Re: Front door and stair/back door alignment 14Apr 23, 2011 11:46 pm Had another thought for your front door! okay now the hard part - trying to describe what I am thinking! LOL Say you are standing at the front door (looking into the house) - instead of looking at your staircase - you would be looking at the lounge room wall.... If I can find a way to draw it and post it... might be easier? but I hope I made sense! 2 2952 I'm curious, did they provide any reason why they did not like the idea? 1 14746 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 24894 |