External Appearance
Want a Flat Roof ?
When thinking about a flat roof for your new home my advice is…..a roof can be: Flat. Inexpensive. Have a long leak free life. PICK ANY TWO! Sounds harsh but my experience, and others I have talked to, confirms this…
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What’s The Side View Of Your House?
When most people look at a house they look at two things: The Floor Plan. The Front Elevation. (the Facade) Sometimes that works fine when all the houses are in a line, and the same size…….but what about when the…
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Garage Doors
Originally garages doors were hinged doors, then tilt and lift doors came in. More recently the main choice for garage doors is between roller doors or sectional panels. Roller Doors Fairly common as its the most used door in commercial…
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Eaves
If you go back 20 years most houses had proper eaves but now they are less common. As I travel around I sometimes see new houses with eaves on the front facade but non elsewhere which I think looks weird….
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Render or Brick?
Rendering is becoming fairly popular at the moment……………… However I think “Why pay more for a something that is only going to require painting in the future?” As my old woodworking teacher once told me “There’s nothing wrong with being…
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What’s On The Roof?
A METAL ROOF This covers zincalume, galvanised steel and colorbond. Following are a few thoughts: In general a metal roof is noisier as you can hear the rain, which I like. They are fairly light so they don’t put as…
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House Style or Fashion Victim
Appearance is very much a matter of taste with different people liking different styles, there no right solution. If I put up a picture of something as the way to go than more people would think I was wrong, than…
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