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- Posted by Renovator8 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 8:16
| I would use the original drawings to help find a solution. It is very difficult to see how different roof elements would align from a photo. You might use the slope of the porch roof or the main roof and let the bay have it's own lower roof (like a traditional bay). It all hinges on how these slopes align with the porch and how the chamfered corner of the house looks. Did the original design have this odd corner? When the porch was extended the drawings should have been revised so everyone could know if it worked with the existing design. You need to retrace your steps and do that now. Nothing could be less helpful than a group of people with different vested interests standing in from of a half finished house trying to describe what they think should be changed. An architect would solve it with a 3D computer sketch in far less time. |
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- Posted by virgilcarter (My Page) on Tue, Oct 9, 12 at 18:30
| The challenge here is that there are so many different wall planes and so many different roof pitches that nothing seems to aligh and be consistent with anything else. I don't know if this was the original design or the result of field changes during construction. At this point, it would probably benefit everyone to take a deep breath, pause for a day or two, and figure out what it will take to make a satisfactory solution. This looks like one of those "measure twice and cut once" situations. Said differently, this should have been resolved with the approval of the construction drawings before the outset of construction. Good luck! |
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| We did make several changes to the rear elevation the most drastic of which was bumping out the covered porch by 8'. It was supposed to line up along the back making the hip roof over the bay window work. We're working on a solution.... |
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