Creating A Foyer At Main Entrance

[Kobelala 8]

Hi Forumers,

Can you share your valuable advice with me on whether is it critical to create a foyer for my main entrance ?

The main door to my flat opens directly into the living room and living room window (once I open main door - the view is straight right in).

I understand that this is very bad for Feng Shui, am thinking of creating a false wall to block the view...

Thanks in advance for your valuable advices and knowledge

[esparto 0]

Hi Forumers,

Can you share your valuable advice with me on whether is it critical to create a foyer for my main entrance ?

The main door to my flat opens directly into the living room and living room window (once I open main door - the view is straight right in).

I understand that this is very bad for Feng Shui, am thinking of creating a false wall to block the view...

Thanks in advance for your valuable advices and knowledge

most of the new flats open directly to living room window. I did up a full height shoe rack at the door way to block it

[bepgof 20]

Need to consider natural light/wind pressure flow issue.

- Full height pillars with roller blind for controlling light/wind.

- Translucent glass blocks as divider, put in steps.

- Simply a drop-down blind from ceiling to floor, roll up when not in use.

Hi Forumers,

Can you share your valuable advice with me on whether is it critical to create a foyer for my main entrance ?

The main door to my flat opens directly into the living room and living room window (once I open main door - the view is straight right in).

I understand that this is very bad for Feng Shui, am thinking of creating a false wall to block the view...

Thanks in advance for your valuable advices and knowledge

Edited March 15, 2011 by bepgof

[bluerosie 0]

I done a feature wall/partition to block the living room windows from main door..

[Errandz 0]

Hi everyone,

I am curious to know what it means in fengshui to have the flat opening into the living room.. and what are the rectifications for it?

[bepgof 20]

FS deals with mother natural, nothing more & nothing less.

Mankind used to live in open space subject to rain, sun, wind + harmful beings' attacks. They found no good. Clever ones built residence on tree top to avoid harmfl beings' attack but still subjected to rain, sun, wind.

Later, they moved to caves to prevent the above, but one thing shortage - air flow!

So, they built house with windows & doors. Now everything have, including the stomach-issue. Creative theories & ideas started to develop. The "qi" concept is thus developed. However, what is "qi".人气，生气，怒气，闷气....etc are also "qi"

Where does "qi" comes, retain and goes? Some say come from door, some say come from windows, some suggest it come from lefts! How to "retain" it? By Z physical blockage loh, as what all these fsms suggest. To retain this "qi" for what? Health? Harmony? I personally and certainly doubt so.

However, personally, I would prefer to have a "foyer" at door as a "cushion" effect to outside world to maintain some privacy, same apply for the windows.

Anyway, I am certain that when one's stomach is full, he will feel bore and try to find something to do.

Hi everyone,

I am curious to know what it means in fengshui to have the flat opening into the living room.. and what are the rectifications for it?

[bepgof 20]

Expect someones to continue on this but none after 16 days, so I continue, enjoy reading:

Earth self rotate ccw(look from top of north pt)and at same time advances along the fixed orbit in pane with the sun. Therefore, it appears that sun "rises" in the east & "set" in west. This creates momentum "wind" - movement of air particles. Earth self rotate along an axis and this axis is tilted 23.5 deg with repsect to the orbit.

As earth advance along the orbit, the amount of heat radiation received from the sun varies. At north hemisphere, around Jan, the axis tiles "away" from the sun, therefore receive the most "less" heat from sun, whereas in around early July, the axis tilts "toward" the sun, so maximum radiation heat received. This causes 4 seasons on earth. Thought in July, earth is most further away from the sun in term of physical distance. Heat rises and cold sinks, due to difference in density of a give volume and gravitional force.

Ancient ppls on northern hemisphere observed & realised this fact. Therefore, prefer to build houses with main doors facing South, windows at east/west/south/north, while "back door" facing north. WHY???

-Windows have 2 basic functions: facilitate pressure/wind flows and for "observation".

-Backdoor is the emergency exit. As well as "protection" aginst harmful beings attack from back.

-Front door for normal in/out and visitors receiving. Therefore, the "front yard" prefer to be looked big and "grand".

-When sun rise/set, heat & light ray effect only at sides of house. No front or back.

- From Oct to Feb, most of the time wind blow in N or NE directions, and the air is "cold" in nature. With "backdoor" closed and E windows closed, no N or NE blowing winds would enter the house.

When there is a pressure difference, there will be a wind flow. The flow will always find its "shortest path" to complete the "neutralisation". This is the same as the electrons flow.

Having written so much, are these too much( I already "summarised" in shortest & most simple to understand language)?

In main door vs windows situation, once main door is open, if there is any pressure difference, wind will flow between door & windows. So, come ppls prefer to build petitions here & there to form a zig zap "path". If the "path" is short and direct, the wind come & go, without "chance" to blow to other parts of the house, that's all.

Privacy & protestion are another issue, should not discuss here, got it?

[edenstrauss 3]

A foyer might narrow down the size of a living room visually.

Some flat owners would purposely tear down the foyer to enlarge the living room so that the flat looks larger & brighter becox light could penetrate into the living room freely as there are no blockages.

It really depends on the flat owner's comfort level.

[bepgof 20]

A foyer might narrow down the size of a living room visually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microclimate

Some flat owners would purposely tear down the foyer to enlarge the living room so that the flat looks larger & brighter becox light could penetrate into the living room freely as there are no blockages.

It really depends on the flat owner's comfort level.

Foyer of a residential unit is only part of "microclimate" subject as a whole.

It seems, nowaday's fs little is mentioned about the heat & wind effects of residential (esp HDB flats)area, building, unit. Instead, those "crappy" ideas of stars (1-9), "directions" based on DOB, "energies", tiolet, stove.....all are very "imaginary".

The "microclimate" constitutes to part of "qi" where fs is concerned.

Singapore is located at latitude 1 degree N, quite close to Equator. Can't tell much difference between the length of days and nights throughout 1 whole year, however, the variation of radiated heat from sun is obviously observed throughout a year.

South-facing slopes(say houses built on slope) in the Northern Hemisphere is exposed to more direct sunlight than opposite slopes and are therefore warmer for longer(earth tilts 23.5 degree and self-rotate ccw, revolve around the sun). This explains why ancient china (located 23 deg N and above) prefer to built houses on south-facing slope (The Vermillion Bird of the South) to gain more radiated heat from the sun because the areas are cold.

Ok, back to Singapore. Since so hot all year long, best to install fans and aircon at home. "Tap water" is just "a hand" away, so no need to find a place with U-shaped-river. However, with so densed population and residential units just build side by side or opposite, windows/balcony can been looked through, door open, everything can be seen, "privacy" is at stake. So build partitions?

[adidaem 6]

- From Oct to Feb, most of the time wind blow in N or NE directions, and the air is "cold" in nature. With "backdoor" closed and E windows closed, no N or NE blowing winds would enter the house.

Just curious what does "cold" in nature mean?

I've always enjoyed the year-end breeze cos it's like having natural air-conditioning...

[bepgof 20]

Just curious what does "cold" in nature mean?

I've always enjoyed the year-end breeze cos it's like having natural air-conditioning...

When human body's 37 deg C starts loosing heat to ambience, it is considered "cold".

Heat loss amount of body to ambience is directly proportionally to the amount of "breeze" pass cross over the skin. Heat loss rate associates with ambient humidity or relative humidity. The higher the RH, the lesser the rate.

RH associates with ambient temperature. The higher the temperature, the higher the RH. In KSA, RH can reach 95%. Higher the RH make human body feels uncomfortable/stuffy/sticky skin.....So, basically LKY is right the +/- 20 deg(north & south) away from equator is not so suitable for human beings to stay. Likewise the +/- 20 deg from nort & south poles.

Now in June-July, Northern hemisphere is subjected to maximum radiated heat from the sun, thought in these months, earth is furthest away from it. Now North pole is 24 hr day. Generally, the whole northern hemisphere is hotter than the counter part of southerm hemisphere. Hot air rise and become less dense, pressure difference created such that souther air blow toward the northern part.

The same applies to residential premises. Wise to choose premises which are not expose directly to evening sun. NESW air flow characteristic during the whole year should be taken into consideration while selecting premises' door/windoor opening, height of premises and its surrounding. These "fs techniques" apply across the board, not to a particular "bazi".

I've not, so far, read from paper or internet on writeups on such by local fsms.

[adidaem 6]

Hi bepgof, I thought you meant another form of 'cold', not literally 'cold' as in temperature.

When human body's 37 deg C starts loosing heat to ambience, it is considered "cold".

Heat loss amount of body to ambience is directly proportionally to the amount of "breeze" pass cross over the skin. Heat loss rate associates with ambient humidity or relative humidity. The higher the RH, the lesser the rate.

RH associates with ambient temperature. The higher the temperature, the higher the RH. In KSA, RH can reach 95%. Higher the RH make human body feels uncomfortable/stuffy/sticky skin.....So, basically LKY is right the +/- 20 deg(north & south) away from equator is not so suitable for human beings to stay. Likewise the +/- 20 deg from nort & south poles.

Now in June-July, Northern hemisphere is subjected to maximum radiated heat from the sun, thought in these months, earth is furthest away from it. Now North pole is 24 hr day. Generally, the whole northern hemisphere is hotter than the counter part of southerm hemisphere. Hot air rise and become less dense, pressure difference created such that souther air blow toward the northern part.

The same applies to residential premises. Wise to choose premises which are not expose directly to evening sun. NESW air flow characteristic during the whole year should be taken into consideration while selecting premises' door/windoor opening, height of premises and its surrounding. These "fs techniques" apply across the board, not to a particular "bazi".

I've not, so far, read from paper or internet on writeups on such by local fsms.

[godloveyou 0]

Look at HK's recent fire tragedy. "Narrow" foyer, narrow corridor....