and he notes -
No Peter, painting a skylight white or any other color makes it
opaque. This was mostly done after florescent lights were installed
making the skylight a nuisance. I know this for a fact as I sent a
crew up to the roof to paint over the skylight. It admitted no light afterward.
Raleigh
At 08:09 PM 9/8/2008, Trains wrote:
>Bob, anything goes generally...all you mentioned are done on real bldings.
>
>As far as skylights, paintig with a white translucent type paint
>served to ditribute light more evenly and cut down on the "burn" and
>color fading properties of full sunlight. Most of the time this
>glass was also wire safety glass, with a criss-cross pattern. Some
>of the things like size location and type of openings in buildings
>are determined by: building structure (Columns/piers/floors etc.),
>local building codes/areas where built and the "architectural"
>design (if any).Fier escapes can take on many forms and be
>stacked,staggered,random...etc.
>
>Peter Loeb, Archtect -retired, registerd previously in Texas and Colorado
>
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