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Tasmania and facing west

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lorri
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Hi all, could anyone tell me if I build facing west with it be too hot for a family room with big windows for the view? Will a kitchen on South East corner of the house get any sun?
Cheers
Lorri

Posted Friday 8 May 2015 @ 3:22:11 pm from IP #
Morbo
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guess you could do a shading analysis in google sketchup.

Posted Friday 8 May 2015 @ 10:14:02 pm from IP #
Bushwalker
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It's a trade-off. View or comfort...

One solution is to install retractable shade blinds outside the west facing windows.

Kitchen in the SE corner of the house will get morning sun if there is no shading and the windows face east.

Posted Friday 8 May 2015 @ 11:26:29 pm from IP #
Whitrock
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We had the same problem in Victoria years ago.
Our compromise was to plant deciduous trees giving us shade in summer and view in winter when the view was better with occasional snow on the hills.

Posted Saturday 9 May 2015 @ 1:15:42 am from IP #