Issue with windows off-center under ridge on garage/studio
lesliekatzman
5 years ago
I just found this issue in our drawings and we are starting to frame upstairs. The architect drew our windows centered on the front facade of our garage. However, when I was dimensioning the plan, I noticed the windows weren't centered because the garage is actually wider in the front than the back. Obviously the windows need to be centered on the front facade- but when I center them on the outside- they are off center inside and are not longer centered under the proposed vault/ridge. In addition, there is an identical set of windows opposite these on the other wall- which are were also centered under the ridge. The window are about 1' foot off center- it is ridiculously bad. Any thoughts?? The front elevation has to be centered so how do I deal with the inside not being aligned.
Here is a photo of the front elevation (which was drawn incorrectly by the architect)
Here is a photo of the plan and the dimensions show the issue (note the opposite window and the ridgeline.
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5 years agoNothing was updated for a long time- but I am sure this happened somewhere along the way. We've had many issues and I'm not going to continually ask my architect to fix them because I am charged and they made these mistakes to begin with. It is in our building permit and the main problem is - the foundation has already been poured below. I know they were trying to resolve the funny angle between the garage and the laundry/breezeway. But by doing this (adding that perpendicular wall) to return to the breezeway - they made the front of the garage wider on 'that' side. You can see the red line was probably the original rectangular shape of the garage. I have to mock this up in 3D but the only solution I see is to have the 'return wall' in that closet, return earlier - along the red line. Then the garage is equal in the front and the back. But again, the foundation has been poured below and this extra funny shape is already set in stone on the 1st floor. Very hard to explain.
lesliekatzman
5 years agolesliekatzman
5 years agoThis shows the architects exterior wall returning to the breezeway and eliminating the angle. The wall to the right side of the window is wider than the wall to the left.
Here is a different scenario, if the architect had not returned the wall to the breezeway and kept the angle- the garage would have been symmetrical.
I'm not saying it was wrong to return the garage to the breezeway and eliminate that angle but I don't think anyone thought about this issue until now- so the different widths were a bit surprising.lesliekatzman
5 years ago
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5 years agoI think the roofs will also be a problem.
You could offset the corner of the upper floor making the widths the same, but then you need to roof the small space on the right.
I'm still a bit confused about what has been built and what was drawn.
lyfia
5 years agoA Fox
5 years agolesliekatzman
5 years agolesliekatzman
5 years agoThat is a much better design- but this is what we have now. Very unfortunate that the crew worked in the garage right as I was discovering this issue. I can feel the asymmetry just standing in front of the garage. So frustrating!
lesliekatzman
5 years agolesliekatzman
5 years agoThese are terrible graphics but creating an offset on the return to the laundry/breezeway (see photo one) makes the garage symmetrical with the exception of the lower roof return to the breezeway (roof added in photo two). Any comments on this? I really not very visual when it comes to roofing odd areas. Maybe this looks worse.....
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