haumana 1,220 Posted March 26, 2008 I'll be moving into a house that has windows that slide horizontally. None of the windows on the house have any type of curtain, shade, or blinds. Would you get vertical or venetian blinds? I want to maximize the amount of cross ventilation, but have the ability to control how much light hits inside the house. For the record, if I got the vertical, then it would be the cloth ones so I wouldn't need to listen to the annoying rattling all day and night long. Just wondering what you guys would do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benr98 40 Posted March 26, 2008 I would go vertical. I think they would look great up there! Does this mean you are leaving your nasty neighbor behind?? Jenny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bk2design 1 Posted March 27, 2008 Is there a storm coming? why are all the windows covered up across the street??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted March 27, 2008 Yes, after considering the fact that my neighbor from hell will never move, sell, or be courteous, we decided to house hunt and miraculously found a perfect place within a month (and over two-dozen open houses later). I'll be giving up the great view of downtown Honolulu for some really far, far away ocean views. hahahaha. I was thinking vertical too. At my current house I have double-hung windows with venetian blinds. I was thinking that since the new house has horizontally sliding windows that I should probably go for cloth verticals. No storm . The new house is across the street from an elementary school. So I'm sure that my days of sleeping in and setting my own work hours will now be, waking up to the sound of screaming and laughing kids 5-days a week ... and unfortunately the public school system here is now on a all-year round schedule, with longer spring and winter breaks. But that's an acceptable trade off considering that when I have friends and family over, they can park in front of the school, rather than fighting for street parking in the rest of the neighborhood. I'll be closer to one of the malls, and about 5 blocks away from my brother and his two screaming and laughing kids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benr98 40 Posted March 27, 2008 Well I'm glad to hear you will finally be away from those neighbors, I remember that they seemed so much like mine! We too will be moving this year and I'm SO looking forward to being away from them. I think the cloth verticals will look great!! Jenny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted March 27, 2008 I would go vertical. Then you can open them as wide as the window is and not have to worry about the wind b;owinf them around. I have both in my house and like the vertical blinds with the horizontal sliding windows and visa versa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firemalt 10 Posted March 27, 2008 Is there a storm coming? why are all the windows covered up across the street??? That's the county jail! j/k Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted March 27, 2008 hahaha. may not be the county jail, but we do have a few sex offenders in the neighborhood (I'm so scared for the kids), and ... I'm pretty sure that the school is most likely educating a few future felons and criminals. hehehehehe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Terry Posted March 27, 2008 Is there a storm coming? why are all the windows covered up across the street??? That's the county jail! j/k LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkdan 3 Posted March 30, 2008 Contact your local friendly neighborhood window tinter. He can show you the proper films to stop up to 80% of heat. Plus there's a wide range of light to dark, reflective to nonreflective, and best of all window tint doesn't get banged around in the wind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted March 31, 2008 Contact your local friendly neighborhood window tinter. He can show you the proper films to stop up to 80% of heat. Plus there's a wide range of light to dark, reflective to nonreflective, and best of all window tint doesn't get banged around in the wind. Great advice! A lot of homes here have their picture windows tinted. I was actually going to contact a local company that also does the security window lamination, since some of windows are a little too accessible for anyone wanting to get it - and it doesn't look we have stuff that people would want to steal by putting bars on the windows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benr98 40 Posted March 31, 2008 I hadn't even thought of the tint. Didn't even know there was such a thing as security window lamination, guess I need to get away from the cutter more often! I did find this link for DIY. http://www.diywindowsecurity.com/ Jenny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted March 31, 2008 Thanks for the link! I know that I've seen that website before, but was racking my brains trying to figure out what words I used to search in Google for it. I wanted to watch the little DIY video to see how easy or difficult if I attempted it myself. Stuff is a little pricey, but it's still cheaper (and a lot nicer) than bars on the window. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
