Were all old, columned, round faced poticos built with a completely flat roof or were they sometimes slighted sloped away from the house to secure drainage?
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Rez
By completely flat do you really mean completely flat!
I'm sure they all had some pitch to them to shed water, hell those guys were pretty smart ya know.
Seriously though, I don't think I have ever seen a columned portico's such as what I think you are talking about that had a sloped roof.
Doug
Edited 6/19/2006 8:51 pm ET by DougU
While running around up here in NewEngland, center of old homes express, been seeing so many slanting out from what must be sinking footers or nonexistant footers that it got me wondering. ROAR!
be a slanted step
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That describes the condition on my 1900 house. No foundation at all, joist right on dirt (only sorta works because I'm in the arid Southwest), portico roof now sloping toward the wall. I haven't yet torn into it to see how it was originally detailed, but some owner past put a low-pitch metal roof over it, and caulked the flashing to the window glass! Maybe next year I'll get a chance to open it up, straighten it up, and do a torch-down roof. I'd sure love to do a foundation under the old place, but My Dear Wife will only go for the superficial.
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caulked the flashing to the window glass! heh heh That's making me want to get the camera Doug mentioned out and do a snapshot cruise around the area.
be a good idea dougger
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