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Re: My house is too big! : (
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Date: 
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:33:30 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Bryan Wong writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Woah talk about inexperienced.  I've never built a house from my own
> imagination before.  I never knew it would be this difficult.
> 
> I have the exterior of a house built; It's roughly the shape of a rectangle,
> 44x30 studs, and 11 bricks high.  I was starting to build the roof with 45
> degree roof bricks (don't have enough 33 degree ones) until I made a
> startling discovery.  I just realized that by the time I reach the peak, the
> roof will be much taller than the house itself!
> 
> So could someone with experience in this kinda thing give me/us some simple
> guidelines as to how big of a building to build before the roof gets out of
> hand?


Well, looking at the houses across the street from mine, most of them seem
to have roofs about as tall as a story.  But then if it's a Tudor style,
sometimes the roofs are much much steeper.  I agree with Amy's comment to
add dormers or gables to try and break up the expanse of roof a bit.

Adrian
--
www.brickfrenzy.com



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  My house is too big! : (
 
Hi, Woah talk about inexperienced. I've never built a house from my own imagination before. I never knew it would be this difficult. I have the exterior of a house built; It's roughly the shape of a rectangle, 44x30 studs, and 11 bricks high. I was (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.build)

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