Help with exterior remodel
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Help With Exterior Remodel? Removal of Balcony?
Comments (2)I agree with your wife - window. But let me take that a step farther. Since you are going to have to do some re-framing and molding and sheet rock on the inside, why not consider a bay or bow window for the replacement. Granted it will cost more in time and labor than just a window, but it would add some interest to the look of your house. Enjoy the journey. eal51 in western CT...See MoreHelp With Exterior Remodeling
Comments (6)Not sure what you mean...I meant keeping the dark brick as is (not painting or changing the color) and putting a lighter colored siding on top (realizing that we would still have to change all of the trim around the doors and around the windows). Thanks!...See MoreHelp with house's exterior remodeling
Comments (4)after the chimney is gone, widen the porch in that direction. replace narrow windows with a picture window or other large window centered on that side. if you could afford it bring that recessed area out with an addition so its even with the rest....See MoreNeed help Exterior Remodel Ideas
Comments (18)I recommend that you check out what you can do to reveal the brickwork and stonework around your windows and setbacks. I don't know what can be scraped off, but I don't think ornamental shutters will look good on top of them. A fiberglass fabricator could probably embellish the columns in several ways, including providing squared off caps and footings Actually moving them needs to be checked out carefully for structure support, which I presume you know. I still don't favor moving the columns to create a wide opening. In the part of the world where I live (New England) a wide columned portico is almost an iconic logo for a senior living facility, as directional as the MacDonald's arch If it isn't so where you live, don't worry about it. I quite like the idea of creating a balcony, and for that money, I'd make it so I could use it, with double doors leading out to it and safe support underneath. (I think I'd skip the ground level railings and maybe increase the size of the oval window.) But it would be a good investment I think....See MoreLisa Caudill Designs
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