Borrowed light for landing

[David J]

With all the bedroom doors closed, my landing has no natural light. A
previous house had 'borrowed' lights fitted over every bedroom door,
which resolved the problem.

A possible solution to my problem would be to use glass bricks set
into the plasterboard wall over each bedroom door.

How could these bricks be mounted into a frame and set into the wall
neatly? I would be pleased if anyone here has any experience of this
task.

David

[Jason]

I did this between the bathroom and the landing because we had the same problem.
Eight glass bricks from Wickes mounted in a simple wooden frame, and it works
nicely.

[jgharston]

Jason wrote:
> I did this between the bathroom and the landing because we had the same problem.
> Eight glass bricks from Wickes mounted in a simple wooden frame, and it works
> nicely.

I did that in my bathroom by fitting a non-opening frosted light
(ie, sheet of frosted glass 1/4-rounded into a frame). It might
look nicer than glass bricks if you make it the same width as
the door with appropriate architraving and trim, etc.

JGH

[Tabby]

There are other options fwiw
1. fit glazed doors with acid etched glass - you can see zero through
them.
2. False window using fluorescent tubes

NT

[Nightjar]

3. Light Pipe

Colin Bignell

[harry]

I have one of these. Expensive. I had problems with condensation
running down the tube & dripping. Had to insulate the metal tube in
the end.
OK since then. Works good, fresnel lens. Had it for abour four years
now.

The main difficulty is in fitting the roofmounting, light gathering
bit.

[Man at B&Q]

On May 19, 10:12 pm, David J <da...@btelecom.invalid> wrote:
> With all the bedroom doors closed, my landing has no natural light. A
> previous house had 'borrowed' lights fitted over every bedroom door,
> which resolved the problem.

I knew someone who fitted curtains to theirs.

MBQ

[John Rumm]

On 20/05/2011 09:06, Huge wrote:

> 4. Drink tea.
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You forgot slippers....

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[Martin Pentreath]

On May 20, 9:06 am, Huge <H...@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
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> 4. Drink tea.
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5. Press small white switch on the wall and marvel at the wonders of
electrickery.

[ARWadsworth]

6.Get a cat. All bedroom doors are then left open.

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Adam