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Where should I relocate the windows?

9 years ago



Picture #1: As you can see from
the picture above, it looks like a third large window is needed to balance things
out on the left. However, we are having SmartBoard siding and new windows installed so we
have the chance to move the windows where we want them. The room above the
garage is one huge room. It is about 25 x 28 ft. A bathroom, a closet with bi-fold doors, and a huge walk in closet is there but not included in the 25 x 28 ft measurement. This is actually our front porch/door even though it faces the lake. It gets a lot of sun as you can see from the fading on the old vinyl siding.

This is a very weird angled
room. The people that built it angled it toward the lake view for some odd
reason. Our contractor is going to put in a support beam so we can turn the
huge room into 2 or 3 bedrooms, so windows must all meet egress requirements. Where the left picture window currently is, is where an interior wall
will be built so that window will be gone. Now I need help deciding where to
place the new window on the Ieft. The window on the right could be moved as well. Both windows will be lowered for egress. A double window will cost me around
$1200-1400.00 installed. Because the bedrooms will have really weird angles,
I don't want to take up too much interior space with windows. I would rather
have a single window for each bedroom maybe 36" wide. Would it look weird
to only have two windows on that one wall? Where should I place them?


Picture #2: The window above
the carport is too small for egress and too high off the floor. I want to
replace it with at least one 36" wide window instead of a double
window. An interior wall will probably go in the middle to make 2
bedrooms, if possible. The bedroom on the right corner will already have a new
window on the lake side of the house where picture windows currently are. How
many windows do I need on the carport side? I know I will need at least one for
the bedroom on the left. This side of the house gets a lot of afternoon sun in
the summer so this room is hard to cool. Where should I place the windows to
make the exterior look right? Do I need a window on this wall?


Picture #3: This small window
also lets in a lot of heat from the afternoon sun. It can't be used for egress.This part of the house and the carport are the first part of the house that can be seen when you come down the driveway. No curb appeal at all! Plus look at the enormous TV antenna! Unfortunately, I have to keep the carport. We can fit 3 vehicles under it for shade in the summer. The carport side gets the most heat in the summer.

On the left side of the upstairs (by the antenna) is where the bathroom is located. The stairs are there too. We are putting a wide belly band of siding on this side and the
picture window side to break up that large expanse of siding.

Should I get rid of the small window altogether? Will it look okay with no windows on that wall?

Or should I get rid of the window over the garage that lets in more heat and put a larger window where the small window is on the back of the house that faces the road? I either need an egress window on the back or the carport side. At least one.

I will post the interior
questions in the remodeling forum to see if someone can help me figure out the
dimensions for the bedrooms.

Obviously, no designer or architect was involved in building the house that previous owners built. Help me figure this out, please. Thank you.

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