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Comments (7)I second Yardvaark's comment on the plants on the side of the house near the AC. They are absolutely too close to the wall. Whenever you buy plants pay attention to the mature heights and widths. If a plant will be 5 ft wide at maturity, plant it at least 2 1/2 ft from a wall or fence, otherwise it will lean. Fill in with annuals and perennials while it's still small. And while I agree with screening the AC, be sure to leave room for air flow around the unit. Crowding it with greenery will interfere with its efficiency. Adding trellis to the open space beneath the porch is the quickest way to cover that void. See the picture below. You could paint it to blend with the brick or match the house color to make it stand out.The terraced area off the back deck was an attempt to add level space for a sitting area. If it seems rocky it is likely because they put down gravel. Consider putting down pavers so the area can be used more often. The end of this terrace where the path goes down the hill looks like a good place for a fire pit if that interests you. The few shrubs along that terrace edge are a good idea to keep people from falling over the edge. Add more evergreen shrubs to make it safer....See Moreconversion of carport to garage-sloping cement slab
Comments (0)is there an easy or less expensive way to level my sloping concrete slab to convert my carport to a enclosed garage. my slab is in great condition but if we put in a garage door on it there will be a 5 inch gap n one side. it was built like this in the 50's to allow water to drain out. Our contractor wants to charge us $15K just to dig up the old concrete, re-pour and level. That's before we even start enclosing the structure. This seems exorbitant to me just because our garage door will have large gap. I'm not sure why we need to did up the bulk of the carport floor. we know we will have o ut in a trench drain outside the entrance to the carport to keep water form getting and regrade. Help!!!!!...See MoreLeave garage at ground level or slope driveway?
Comments (12)Thanks for all the comments. Below is the side and front elevation. We are early 50's so age is a consideration. So we are either going to have a sloping driveway which could create it's own issues, or we are going to have 3 steps (if 2' rise) or 5 steps (if 3' rise) in garage. So we are very torn. Neighborhood is out of 100 year flood plan, but we want the raised porch. My biggest concerned about the sloped driveway is that we are going to have a flat yard and this raised up driveway. In doing this whole project I never would have imagined this would be our biggest issue....See MoreDesign ideas needed for garage conversion / home addition
Comments (6)The door by the laundry in the first one would lead to a small courtyard in our side yard. We don’t need access to it but it’s kind of unused side yard space otherwise, so we could link to it and turn it into a nicer area. We do have a powder room in the other part of the house but it would be nice if this one could also be accessed by the main area (doesn’t need to be in the nursery). We have a king size bed, and ideally the nursery could eventually hold at least a full size bed if needed. The French doors lead to our backyard and we want them to be accessible without being in the master. The connection to the house is on the side of the kitchen by the pantry. It could potentially move east (up in the picture) but we’d have to reconfigure the pantry and a closet in the existing house. I’ll draw up another picture that shows what’s inside when I get back from vacation next weekend. Thank you for your help!...See More- 2 years ago
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