Advice please!!!
Kate
6 years ago
Summary:
Had our second storey addition craned on yesterday and it's sitting up 600+mm higher than the elevation drawings show.
No one is sure where the mess up happened, but that's irrelevant now.
We changed the design specifically so that the addition would sit lower 'in' the roof rather than perched on top of it.
I also asked how much render would be visible between the left hand (as you're looking at it) window and the roof line - the answer? None. Flashing right up to the window will.
Anyway....long story short - the pod is sitting up higher and there is a whole lot of prominent wall render on the front between the roof line and the windows now.
What, if anything, can anyone suggest as a recourse now?
Re-pitch the entire roof line to bring it up the pod further?
Change the highline windows to larger ones like the ones on the left? So they're uniform all the way along?
Clad the pod in a different material to try and detract from the prominence of it?
Attached are the elevation drawings - which we signed off on - showing the roofline at the window base.
And also the artistic render which we said we didn't like the look of, but we were told to ignore it and only look at the elevations - ironically the render is almost identical to what we ended up with!
So so grateful for any other ideas or input as I have slept on it, but still hugely disappointed and not sure where to go from here.
Had our second storey addition craned on yesterday and it's sitting up 600+mm higher than the elevation drawings show.
No one is sure where the mess up happened, but that's irrelevant now.
We changed the design specifically so that the addition would sit lower 'in' the roof rather than perched on top of it.
I also asked how much render would be visible between the left hand (as you're looking at it) window and the roof line - the answer? None. Flashing right up to the window will.
Anyway....long story short - the pod is sitting up higher and there is a whole lot of prominent wall render on the front between the roof line and the windows now.
What, if anything, can anyone suggest as a recourse now?
Re-pitch the entire roof line to bring it up the pod further?
Change the highline windows to larger ones like the ones on the left? So they're uniform all the way along?
Clad the pod in a different material to try and detract from the prominence of it?
Attached are the elevation drawings - which we signed off on - showing the roofline at the window base.
And also the artistic render which we said we didn't like the look of, but we were told to ignore it and only look at the elevations - ironically the render is almost identical to what we ended up with!
So so grateful for any other ideas or input as I have slept on it, but still hugely disappointed and not sure where to go from here.
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bigreader
6 years agoKate
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6 years ago Kate
6 years agoThanks so much MB Design.
I'm sure something has been drawn or specified incorrectly.
They checked the roof pitch and the draftsman is adamant that it's all right.
The builder suspects that the under pod steels weren't taken into account in the drawings.
Anyway - regardless....it's done now.
All I can think of is some kind of cladding in the same tones as the new decking downstairs to try and make a feature out of it? Help!
Kate
6 years agojuliahocking
6 years agoKate
6 years agoThanks for your detailed response Julia!!! I love this forum.
I've got a massive sago palm in a white pot already which I was hoping to resuse.
I'll attach a pic.
I love the idea of using the wood as a feature if you don't think it would be too much? I know it'll weather and silver over time, but I think that's a nice look too....
Kate
6 years agoKate
6 years agoFYI - the draftsman did the drawings for the elevation incorrectly.
The building has been built to the right size and specs - was only the elevations that weren't right.
We're discussing solutions now still.
Keep the ideas coming - thank you!!!
Kate
6 years ago
LesleyH
6 years agoKate
6 years agoKate
6 years agoAfter consulting with a building designer....the horizontal cladding is going to help HEAPS to disguise the height of that wall.
I went from not wanting to ever look at the front of the house again (okay, I'm being slightly melodramatic...) to actually being excited again to see the finished product.
Will update once it's done!
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