To all of you who helped me think through my initial architect/design issues (message 41486.1) a few months back, here’s an update:
To make long story short, our frustration with the design work of the orginal architect turned out to be a symptom of deeper issues. The guy finally told us he was too busy to have a follow-up conversation for 5-6 weeks (despite having our $), so we said farewell. He was very cheap, and we got our money’s worth.
We were fortunate to find another archy who has been great. Creative, accommodating, and mindful of our budget. He’s now moving to construction drawings so we can get moving again.
We chose to go the full width of the garage with a gambrel roof and dormers. The elevation sketches are attached.
Thanks to all of you for the help and for challenging our thinking. It really helped us think through our options and steeled us in concluding that our first archy hire was a mistake…. bygones.
Will let you know when the nails start flying. Â
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I would become self-employed except I'm too cheap to pay myself anything.
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I WOULD NEVER !!!!!! MIX 2 ROOF DESIGNS LIIKE THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!
find the caps lock..use the key...
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No imagination or courage eh?
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mebbe you wouldn't but i see that all the time on real colonials right around here... i think it's superior to the original..
and i like it
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and here's the latest.. whadda ya think... superior ... and interesting
View ImageMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Our original archy felt similar to crosscutter. Then we drove around our town (Farmington, CT) and took digital photos of dozens of 200 year old houses with similar mixed roof styles.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Piffin and Mike, I've seen lots of your work posted here. Your votes of confidence hold some weight in my household. Thanks for the sounding board.
-RG
I like the gambrel and dormers a lot better.
Given that you're in CT and you're using historical references, how about swapping out that octagonal window over the door for one that matches the rest of the windows (giving you the classic 5 over 4)? I always think those little center windows scream 1980s. You'd probably have to change the entryway too though, maybe a doorway with lites?
Just my 2 cents,
Pete
Edited 8/10/2004 9:59 am ET by BRADLEPC
Pete-
Thanks. I don't love the octo window either. I'm thinking of at least swapping it for a small square window to minimize the scope creep of this project...
It's not uncommon to have something 'different' over the entry area, but I would favor an eliptical rather than the octogon.
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absolutely right on that window, make it identical to the others, it's a small change that would look great
Edited 8/10/2004 9:44 am ET by RickD
very nice evolution of design
maybe look into some lites for those garage doors
best to you in your moving forward John
I like your post #6 picture a lot better than #7.
-- J.S.
john... ain't life grand ?... you like one and someone else likes the other... i see the same thing every day... some like this one , some like that one..
you just can't take anything for granted, can you ?Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
You bet! I think you will be really happy with that design. My first reaction to the mixed dormer styles on the gambrel was skeptical but the drawings make them stand apart far more than they will when it is built.
One more atta boy for the all knowing, all seeing piffin for steering you in the right direction. <G>
Kevin Halliburton
"The Greek comic poets, also, divided their plays into parts by introducing a choral song, ... they relived the actor's speeches by such intermissions." Vitruvious, (Book V)
I'm never too keen on mixed dormers. But here he has a different dormer over the garage than the 'residence' part of the house, so I think it may work OK to set it apart.