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Obscure glass in BR window?

17 years ago

At some point soon, I am going to have to replace the one large aluminun slider in our BR. The houses in the neighborhood are close together. Our BR overlooks our neighbor's entry door - he usually enters via the garage, so it's not much of an issue in terms of day-to-day privacy. Just wondering if it would be odd to use some kind of obscure or patterned glass like reed glass in the window. I have blinds, but it would be nice to be able to leave them open and still get light in. Any opinions?

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green-zeus
17 years ago
Anderson sells "art glass" windows that might fit the bill for you.
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Michael
17 years ago
A decorative glass is expensive. Waterglass, bluechip, etc. are available examples. All companies offer art glass, not just Andersen. In fact, Andersen is one of the last to come aboard.

Think blinds between the glass. Sunrise Windows offers it in a slider.

Most wood window companies do not make or offer slider windows. Kolbe is one that does but be prepared to pay a premium price for a wood slider.

For a few dollars you can install an obscure film to the inside pane. It works just as well and obscure glass.

Michael
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ron6519
17 years ago
You can use contact paper. They make an obscure pattern, when installed properly looks like obscure glass.
Ron
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californian
17 years ago
If you want obscure glass get it, forget these expensive decorator glasses. I have a bedroom window that is ten feet away from my neighbor's kitchen window, and they are higher up so they can look directly into the bedroom. I was thinking about getting obscure glass too, only reason I didn't is that if I ever decided to sell the house it might hurt the resale value as most people would think it kind of strange.
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