Privacy on bathroom window?

blackstar

Hello

Can anyone recommend a type.of window or window film that will prevent even silhouettes from being seen from the outside bathroom window, even on a dark night with bathroom light on?

I did email a manufacturer and they said 

"you can have a glass called reflective float that you can see out but not in it looks like a mirror from outside."

But I don't know if that includes when it's dark outside and light inside.

Any help appreciated

Exodi

You'll be able to see through the one way film at night, it would not be suitable.

A frosted film is typically used but you mention not being able to even see silhouettes.

The only way to achieve that would be to use a blind that covers the window or an extremely dark tinted film. A blind is probably more practical, unless you want to turn the bathroom into a cave.

My personal preference would be a shutter.

grumpy_codger

blackstar said:

I did email a manufacturer and they said 

"you can have a glass called reflective float that you can see out but not in it looks like a mirror from outside."

But I don't know if that includes when it's dark outside and light inside.

It certainly doesn't. Liars.

Can anyone recommend a type.of window or window film that will prevent even silhouettes from being seen from the outside bathroom window, even on a dark night with bathroom light on?

Any good opaque film, but this depends on the lighting. E.g. shadows falling directly on the film will always be visible.

Albermarle

A blackout blind would be the easiest option.

Emmia

I'd use a frosted film to allow light in and privacy for when you're just in the bathroom in the day with a blind or shutter for when you're bathing / showering.

Exodi

grumpy_codger said:

blackstar said:

I did email a manufacturer and they said 

"you can have a glass called reflective float that you can see out but not in it looks like a mirror from outside."

But I don't know if that includes when it's dark outside and light inside.

It certainly doesn't. Liars.

I don't think that's fair - it works pretty well during the day, it just doesn't work at all at night.

Nonetheless I wouldn't recommend it at all - birds see the clouds/sky/trees reflected in it and and will catastrophically fly into it at full speed. Source: neighbor had them on their patio doors and was quite horrified by it. They've since covered them in stickers which has reduced this by quite a lot.

QrizB

Louvres might work, too.

We have a venetian blind in the bathroom and you can angle the slats to let light in but still prevent line-of-sight viewing.

grumpy_codger

Exodi said:

grumpy_codger said:

blackstar said:

I did email a manufacturer and they said 

"you can have a glass called reflective float that you can see out but not in it looks like a mirror from outside."

But I don't know if that includes when it's dark outside and light inside.

It certainly doesn't. Liars.

I don't think that's fair - it works pretty well during the day, it just doesn't work at all at night.

Well, let's call it selective/partial truth.
"Is selective honesty lying?

Leaving out details and giving selective honesty is also a form of lying. "

ButterCheese

I'd opt for a roller blind, in black.  I had one in my last property and even the light brown ones are very good at blocking out light.  They are easy to fit if you know how to use a drill and screwdriver, or a handyman would put one up in half an hour.  They can easily be cut to width and length, as IIRC they have a telescopic pole which can be slid in or out to fit the width, if you order to approximately the size you need

casper_gutman

I used frosted privacy film on a window after moving into a refurb where the developers had inexplicably installed plain glass in the bathroom. This stuff: Frosted Bathroom Window Film | Bathroom Privacy Frosting Film. 

It worked well. You couldn't see so much as the outline of a person through it. You would have seen silhouettes if you'd stood between a spotlight and the window, but that's easily avoidable: don't set up spotlights pointing at the window!

It gave a professional-looking result, and you wouldn't have known it wasn't part of the window, but getting that finish did need careful measuring, trimming and following the installation instructions to the letter.

ic

Opal frosted glass paired with a wooden or aluminium venetian blind, or a blackout roller or roman blind.  Or go the whole hog and install an external shutter on the window which you close at night.