See through loft latch

warwick2001

I think the OP has the current set-up (correct me if I'm wrong...)

House has a usable loft space, separated from the rest of the house by a wooden loft hatch-door. Loft has a window in it, so it quite light up there during the day. The upstairs landing under the loft hatch is quite dark. If OP could have a clear, see through loft hatch-door instead of the wooden one, more light would get into the landing, thus making the whole upstairs landing area brighter.
This is essentially the same situation I have, where it can be quite dark on the landing if all the bedroom doors leading onto the landing are closed. However, I'm a sensible lad, so I keep the doors open during the day, and the light is fine.

I'm not sure if you could replace the wooden loft hatch-door with a 7mm clear perspex sheet cut to the same size? I would have thought doing this would reduce the insulation of the hatch-door, as on my wooden hatch-door I have insulation on the 'loft side'. But it would let light into the landing area from the loft. 

hazyjo

Imagine all those spiders you'd see run across it!

*shudders*

Falafels

Couldn't you get someone to make up a double-glazed window to fit into the hatch space? Just explain it doesn't need to be fitted like a standard window would, because you need to be able to move it when you want to get up there!

Norman_Castle

Frosted glass might be better than clear. It'd allow light through without the dusty view of the loft interior. Looking up at night into a dark loft might be a bit creepy.

oldbikebloke

take a look at his posting history then reconsider this comment....

Splatfoot said:

It's late. It's half term...

babyblade41

good idea... I'm off to google them... I want to get up close and personal with the spiders up there