home and yard show last night

customer came up to the booth and said he has a window in his home.....84 x 84 and it's a full circular window. i've been doing this a while but i've never come across a 7ft. circular window. he even had a picture of it for me to look at with a christmas tree in front of it.


so..........how would you do it?

he wants no obstruction of view. but wants privacy from the outside. a development is being built up hill from the window. they want light and heat transmission but want privacy. there's no perfect place to position a seam either.

oh and he said the window cost him over $1700.

How would you do it? The question should be, "Would you do it?" or "Would anyone warranty it?"

I say

pretty much what i thought immediately too. i told 'em there would be no warranty. it's not a done deal. just something i was thinking about. i've never come across a circle window that huge.

i would charge him alot...if he accepts the price......just let him know about the seam and let him decide where he wants it.

So where would you put the seam if you did it?

if i did do it...seal it down the middle..and make frosted strips to go over the seam..and make some sort of grips pattern in the window..

Vert or horizontal?

interesting.

interesting

I would vote for horizontal. I think it would be less noticeable then vert. IMO



-R


ETA: I'm a noob... I didn't read the ? properly... so scratch my comment. lol

yes

Both? Like a cross?

what ?..no shading question?

sure...why the hell not

No, this is hypothetical. I probably wouldn't do it but if so then it is interesting to hear everyone's approach.

why...so you can tell them they are wrong

So 4 pieces seamed vertically and horizontal with frost stripes... that would be a lot of work but it might look good. I'd probably opt for striping tape rather than frost...

yea i acutually couldnt imagine any of my customers wanting that... but good ideas. something a tinter may do in his house.

Have I?

i was thinking of doing a seam 12" down from the top. with homes being built on the hill above them looking down, maybe one of the homes would eventually help hide the seam.

Yeah, sometimes you can hide it up top because of the eve <sp?> if there is one?

that was the first thing i asked...if there was an eve. no go.

That would be a problem. I'd probably go low horizontal because I'd imagine that window drops down real low to the floor. Feet don't have eyes...

I'd say seem it up high.....overlap bottom to top...that way no light from down below....nobody would ever see it, unless they were hangin from the rain gutter.





Sounds like a fun job.

the window started approx. 2.5 ft. off the ground. that's why i didn't consider seaming low.

Not good, I'd go high then as well... If there was a tree outside, maybe consider going vertical if it could be lost in the tree trunk but otherwise definitely horizontal.

Interesting, I like getting a consensus on this kind of stuff. Everyone has a different take.

yep no trees, no nothing. and there's a large window in the front of the house. they said you can look from the front yard clear through the house and out the back side.

before you dig yourself a hole, go look at it first man. i'd do it. fock it.

i told them i didn't wanna touch it without going out to check it out first and decide a game plan from there.

hell yea, a pic is a pic, cant go off of that, if you someone that can warranty it go for it, but if not, gotta have a notarized waiver stating why its not warrantied for glass breakage. It be cool if you did it though.

it be a nice big hole to do

notarized? i've never gone that far.

oooooo.....look, this is my 22,000th post kids.

fock yea, i've never, and i've considered it but i've never had to actually do it unless i get a motherfocker customer which most ofmine are not!

If you can use 72 " material, place a 6" seam at the top and 6" at the bottom......with the circumference they will be small pieces....Charge a appropriately.....Hey looky there kids. My 11th post.

yeah the top and bottom sounds like a good idea to me.....they would be very small with circumference....

why not make a slight design out of the seems something like this

Besides the big circle, How did you make out and the show?

dont forget to post pics when done dude

i'd pass on it.....sounds like to much for a few hundred bucks....maybe if your slow(not mentally) do it but if your at the home show your gonna be getting your spring work load.....unless this guy wants more than just the pain in the ass one done....

noob

great...the show always brings in many jobs.

I'd do it. No warranty of course. A window that big would shorely be pre-manufactured with polished edges I think I'd definitely go for the four piece option with taped seams outside. I'd use some pinstripe tape the same colour as the frames. I'd put all four pieces up overlapping and then splice them horizontally and vertically like a rear window. Call me sick, but I think it'd be fun. Oh yeah, I'd charge good money for it though. I think this is one of those times when you say "It's better you than me"! Sorry Blade

With your UV index down under I'd tint 1st then worry about glass breakage later. At least this way you'll still be alive to worry about it.

As long as it was toughened I'd do it