Now the floors are in upstairs, it is possible to walk around and get more of a feel for how some of the rooms are going to work. I thought it might be a good idea to mark out the partition walls upstairs on the floor in masking tape. I wasn’t quite sure what this might achieve, but I thought it might further provide an insight into the rooms and what they might feel like.
When I stepped into the family bathroom upstairs, I realised that it has a great window at the far end. The view is great – looking across the fields and Hagg Wood beyond. This part of the building is not overlooked at all. I thought about being able to have a bath and admire the view.
Then it occurred to me! This cannot happen as there is obscured glass being fitted in this window. I had only specified the type of obscured glass earlier in the week. The windows are due to be installed a week on Monday.
Anyway, a quick call to the joinery making the windows and the glass has been changed to clear. If I hadn’t marked out the bathroom walls on the floor, I would never have realised.
Now the floors are in upstairs, we are mark out where the upstairs room are going to be. The masking tape marks out the family bathroom.
With a view this good, why would you put obscure glass into the windows?