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Why I hate Norm Abrams
On Aug 31, 8:03*pm, krw wrote:
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:41:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Aug 30, 6:30*pm, aemeijers wrote: Chuckle. That is one lesson my father the house designer always tries to impart to his customers- they get the most bang for the buck when they design the house around standard material sizes. He likes to design houses where the floor decking and roof decking use full and half sheets, the joists never need trimming, the foundation only uses full blocks, etc. Wasted materials annoy him. My husband has a friend who's having some space bumped out of her 2nd floor--the standard giant shed dormer kind of thing. *The original plan was to have the side wall come out to the existing wall, which would have carried the load nicely. *She has some other friend who's an architect, who said that the dormer would look better smaller, so now the builder has to transfer the load a couple feet out to the existing wall. *The net addition is about 15% smaller than the original plan, and she was surprised that the quote didn't come in at 15% less. *She's lucky it isn't more. IMO, the architect is right. *Shed dormers that go all the way to the outside wall look dumb. *My last house was designed like that, but at least it was in the back. *Whether the "wasted" space is worth the looks is a matter of opinion. *If appearances didn't matter houses would be windowless cubes.- It was the back of the house in a yard where you couldn't get far enough from the house to really see it. I'd have done what the builder first proposed. The architect has also made it more difficult/expensive to insulate. Luckily, the builder seems like a stand-up guy, so he'll probably do it right. Relating back to the original topic, while I can see why one could dislike NYW and TOH, one of my favorite TV renovation shows is Holmes on Homes. The guy is capable of a mighty, righteous anger. Cindy Hamilton |
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Why I hate Norm Abrams
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 07:41:16 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
wrote: On Aug 31, 8:03*pm, krw wrote: On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:41:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote: On Aug 30, 6:30*pm, aemeijers wrote: Chuckle. That is one lesson my father the house designer always tries to impart to his customers- they get the most bang for the buck when they design the house around standard material sizes. He likes to design houses where the floor decking and roof decking use full and half sheets, the joists never need trimming, the foundation only uses full blocks, etc. Wasted materials annoy him. My husband has a friend who's having some space bumped out of her 2nd floor--the standard giant shed dormer kind of thing. *The original plan was to have the side wall come out to the existing wall, which would have carried the load nicely. *She has some other friend who's an architect, who said that the dormer would look better smaller, so now the builder has to transfer the load a couple feet out to the existing wall. *The net addition is about 15% smaller than the original plan, and she was surprised that the quote didn't come in at 15% less. *She's lucky it isn't more. IMO, the architect is right. *Shed dormers that go all the way to the outside wall look dumb. *My last house was designed like that, but at least it was in the back. *Whether the "wasted" space is worth the looks is a matter of opinion. *If appearances didn't matter houses would be windowless cubes.- It was the back of the house in a yard where you couldn't get far enough from the house to really see it. As was mine. It still looked dumb. I'd have done what the builder first proposed. That's you. As I said, to each his own. But, there is *good* reason to do what the architect suggested. Full shed dormers over the main wall look *dumb*. The architect has also made it more difficult/expensive to insulate. Luckily, the builder seems like a stand-up guy, so he'll probably do it right. The architect did his job so now it's up to the builder to do his. If he didn't think he could do it (and right) he had no business taking the job. Relating back to the original topic, while I can see why one could dislike NYW and TOH, one of my favorite TV renovation shows is Holmes on Homes. The guy is capable of a mighty, righteous anger. |
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