trying to get more daylight into my basement

[Nvidiaguy07]

so this is the video i saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMAWztZ6TI

i only have 1 standard small window in the basement that doesn't let in much light (30"x12" and about 10" deep).

I was thinking of just stacking 2 liter bottles on top of each other to fill the window but they might stick out too much and im not even sure if it will still work like it would in the video in that setup.

Is there anyway you can think of that i can increase the amount of light that comes through? (with or without the water idea)

 

[wedi42]

add some light fixtures. you don't live in a third world country do you?

 

[Kadarin]

Get Aziz to sit near the entrance with a big assed mirror.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
Get Aziz to sit near the entrance with a big assed mirror.

:laugh:

 

[Newbian]

Are you sure the light won't burn your skin?

 

[newb111]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
Get Aziz to sit near the entrance with a big assed mirror.

MORE LIGHT!

 

[lupi]

i'd like to have a basement 🙁

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Nvidiaguy07
so this is the video i saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMAWztZ6TI

i only have 1 standard small window in the basement that doesn't let in much light (30"x12" and about 10" deep).

I was thinking of just stacking 2 liter bottles on top of each other to fill the window but they might stick out too much and im not even sure if it will still work like it would in the video in that setup.

Is there anyway you can think of that i can increase the amount of light that comes through? (with or without the water idea)

It works in the video because they are letting light in from the ceiling that had no openings before. It is a cheap, clever skylight solution.

Where exactly did you get the idea that stacking soda bottles into an existing window would somehow increase light?

 

[DrPizza]

Heh, just yesterday, my son found a solution to get more light into our basement. He put a hole through the wall, about 2 1/2 feet wide by 4 or 5 feet high. Lots of light gets in now. 🙂

 

[thescreensavers]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Heh, just yesterday, my son found a solution to get more light into our basement. He put a hole through the wall, about 2 1/2 feet wide by 4 or 5 feet high. Lots of light gets in now. 🙂

uh oh! what happened you got to tell us!

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Heh, just yesterday, my son found a solution to get more light into our basement. He put a hole through the wall, about 2 1/2 feet wide by 4 or 5 feet high. Lots of light gets in now. 🙂

uh oh! what happened you got to tell us!

He made daddy angry so Drpizza tossed him through the wall.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
Get Aziz to sit near the entrance with a big assed mirror.

wow 10 points for the reference!

Aziz light!

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Nvidiaguy07
so this is the video i saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMAWztZ6TI

i only have 1 standard small window in the basement that doesn't let in much light (30"x12" and about 10" deep).

I was thinking of just stacking 2 liter bottles on top of each other to fill the window but they might stick out too much and im not even sure if it will still work like it would in the video in that setup.

Is there anyway you can think of that i can increase the amount of light that comes through? (with or without the water idea)

It works in the video because they are letting light in from the ceiling that had no openings before. It is a cheap, clever skylight solution.

Where exactly did you get the idea that stacking soda bottles into an existing window would somehow increase light?

doesnt the soda bottle somehow amplify the light? yea they cut holes in the ceiling but there is much more light being refracted out of the bottles than if they just cut holes in the ceiling.

Im going to line the inside of the window with mirrors to get a little more but i thought the soda bottles could add even more than that.

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: Nvidiaguy07

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Nvidiaguy07
so this is the video i saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMAWztZ6TI

i only have 1 standard small window in the basement that doesn't let in much light (30"x12" and about 10" deep).

I was thinking of just stacking 2 liter bottles on top of each other to fill the window but they might stick out too much and im not even sure if it will still work like it would in the video in that setup.

Is there anyway you can think of that i can increase the amount of light that comes through? (with or without the water idea)

It works in the video because they are letting light in from the ceiling that had no openings before. It is a cheap, clever skylight solution.

Where exactly did you get the idea that stacking soda bottles into an existing window would somehow increase light?

doesnt the soda bottle somehow amplify the light? yea they cut holes in the ceiling but there is much more light being refracted out of the bottles than if they just cut holes in the ceiling.

Im going to line the inside of the window with mirrors to get a little more but i thought the soda bottles could add even more than that.

You probably missed it, but he added two caps full of bleach in the bottle. I don't know what that does but apparently it's the solution.

Mirrors would also work. I remember being told a story about Thomas Edison, when his mother was sick and needed an emergency operation at night, and the only lights available was candle lights. The output wasn't enough, what Thomas did was gathered all the mirrors he could find and refract them so that he would get amplified the amount of candle light available. His mother was saved.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: SSSnail


You probably missed it, but he added two caps full of bleach in the bottle. I don't know what that does but apparently it's the solution.

That keeps mold, and funk from growing in the bottles. That's a clever application in the video, but I'm not sure how that transfers to a basement window.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

im gonna try the mirrors first and see what happens. Theres gotta be a way to amplify the small amount of light though

 

[deftron]

Did you ask Mom if you're allowed to make modifications to the basement ?

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

Originally posted by: deftron
Did you ask Mom if you're allowed to make modifications to the basement ?

na im grounded and she took my nintendo away so were not speaking

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: Nvidiaguy07

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Nvidiaguy07
so this is the video i saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMAWztZ6TI

i only have 1 standard small window in the basement that doesn't let in much light (30"x12" and about 10" deep).

I was thinking of just stacking 2 liter bottles on top of each other to fill the window but they might stick out too much and im not even sure if it will still work like it would in the video in that setup.

Is there anyway you can think of that i can increase the amount of light that comes through? (with or without the water idea)

It works in the video because they are letting light in from the ceiling that had no openings before. It is a cheap, clever skylight solution.

Where exactly did you get the idea that stacking soda bottles into an existing window would somehow increase light?

doesnt the soda bottle somehow amplify the light? yea they cut holes in the ceiling but there is much more light being refracted out of the bottles than if they just cut holes in the ceiling.

Im going to line the inside of the window with mirrors to get a little more but i thought the soda bottles could add even more than that.

You probably missed it, but he added two caps full of bleach in the bottle. I don't know what that does but apparently it's the solution.

Mirrors would also work. I remember being told a story about Thomas Edison, when his mother was sick and needed an emergency operation at night, and the only lights available was candle lights. The output wasn't enough, what Thomas did was gathered all the mirrors he could find and refract them so that he would get amplified the amount of candle light available. His mother was saved.

are you really that dumb? the bleach keeps the water from growing organisms that would impact the light transmitting of the water.

this should be obvious. you stick a bottle of water in direct sunlight. of course it's gonna grow shit unless you take steps to prevent that.

 

[Sea Moose]

what do you plan on growing in your basement? 😉

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: Nvidiaguy07

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: Nvidiaguy07
so this is the video i saw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMAWztZ6TI

i only have 1 standard small window in the basement that doesn't let in much light (30"x12" and about 10" deep).

I was thinking of just stacking 2 liter bottles on top of each other to fill the window but they might stick out too much and im not even sure if it will still work like it would in the video in that setup.

Is there anyway you can think of that i can increase the amount of light that comes through? (with or without the water idea)

It works in the video because they are letting light in from the ceiling that had no openings before. It is a cheap, clever skylight solution.

Where exactly did you get the idea that stacking soda bottles into an existing window would somehow increase light?

doesnt the soda bottle somehow amplify the light? yea they cut holes in the ceiling but there is much more light being refracted out of the bottles than if they just cut holes in the ceiling.

Im going to line the inside of the window with mirrors to get a little more but i thought the soda bottles could add even more than that.

You probably missed it, but he added two caps full of bleach in the bottle. I don't know what that does but apparently it's the solution.

Mirrors would also work. I remember being told a story about Thomas Edison, when his mother was sick and needed an emergency operation at night, and the only lights available was candle lights. The output wasn't enough, what Thomas did was gathered all the mirrors he could find and refract them so that he would get amplified the amount of candle light available. His mother was saved.

are you really that dumb? the bleach keeps the water from growing organisms that would impact the light transmitting of the water.

this should be obvious. you stick a bottle of water in direct sunlight. of course it's gonna grow shit unless you take steps to prevent that.

Yup, I've never before stick a water bottle in direct sunlight and studied its effects, nor do I care. Do feel smart and superior though.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: Fayd

are you really that dumb? the bleach keeps the water from growing organisms that would impact the light transmitting of the water.

this should be obvious. you stick a bottle of water in direct sunlight. of course it's gonna grow shit unless you take steps to prevent that.

Yup, I've never before stick a water bottle in direct sunlight and studied its effects, nor do I care. Do feel smart and superior though.

it should be fucking obvious what would happen.

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: Fayd

are you really that dumb? the bleach keeps the water from growing organisms that would impact the light transmitting of the water.

this should be obvious. you stick a bottle of water in direct sunlight. of course it's gonna grow shit unless you take steps to prevent that.

Yup, I've never before stick a water bottle in direct sunlight and studied its effects, nor do I care. Do feel smart and superior though.

it should be fucking obvious what would happen.

Well, some of us wasn't born with superior intellect like yours, or intimate knowledge of everything around us. Allow me to bow to your greatness.

 

[silverpig]

There's a commercial version of this type of thing. It's called 3M lightpipe.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Heh, just yesterday, my son found a solution to get more light into our basement. He put a hole through the wall, about 2 1/2 feet wide by 4 or 5 feet high. Lots of light gets in now. 🙂

uh oh! what happened you got to tell us!

I had a small kitchen. We eliminated the basement stairway inside the house and gained a little over 4 feet in the kitchen. It makes a world of difference. But, that left us unable to access the basement (which is kinda important to be able to do.) So... dig a hole, knock out some cinder blocks, and we're back in the basement. 🙂 Plenty of cement work to do now, to put in a new stairway outside.