Roof lines... Stuck in limbo... please help :)
Designing a home and we've been stuck for a month on this one part. Can you help?
The problem is that there is a flat portion on the roof that we don't want. We want everything to have pitch. You can see the flat section above the ensuite in the second picture.
My husband doesn't want any flat sections as his family owned a roofing business for 40 years and he is worried about problems with it. We live in a snowy, northern climate. Even though, yes, times and products have probably changed since they owned the business, and it may no longer be as problematic as it once was to have a flat portion, he doesn't want it. He has asked for very little through out this process, so I'm trying to make this request work.
The problem is that changing the pitch of the roof is turning out to be challenging. We've been back and forth with the architect a number of times. The roof cannot simply be pitched higher because it creates a funny looking situation where there would be one part of the roof that was higher than the others. The other part of the roof (where the bedrooms are) can't be pitched up more bc it also looks funny.
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We've spent a lot of time on the layout and think it is mostly what we need. The only changes from here will be that we plan on making the kitchen a bit larger (not pictured here) and the layout of the kitchen is different. We may add a powder room off the garage entrance and a window in the mudroom.
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Laura
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4 years ago
PROMark Bischak, Architect
4 years agoI don't know . . . providing large expanse of blank wall to help defray the cost of construction may not work well here. The upper level's blank wall is not the right proportions and the lower level blank wall has poor visibility. Maybe you should install a few awning windows to provide more natural light, better ventilation opportunity, and introduce interest to that facade.
cpartist
4 years ago
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4 years agoHemlock
4 years ago
PRO- PRO
PPF.
4 years agoThe space over the garage seem inaccessible.
This looks like 2 different houses front vs back.
Did you consider having hips in front instead of the gables?
I modeled a previous version of the house about 20 months ago showing an all hip roof at a lower pitch.
cpartist
4 years agoCaroline Hamilton
4 years agoLaura
4 years ago
Virgil Carter Fine Art