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Re: Colonial NE style: Widow Walk
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Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:26:34 GMT
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Shiri
I looked for an actual photo of a widow walk but couldn't find one. Excuse my
poor literary explanation. You have the basic idea but most certainly need at
least some kind of railing (so the widow doesn't die as well). A lot of the
widow walks I have seen, the walk is incorporated into the roof about halfway
up the slope. Sometimes it is even with the lowest point of the roof slope and
accessed by a door into the attic. Also, a note of history- these were
originally lookouts for sailing ships, and also found on taverns, homes next to
the lighthouse, etc. I'll keep looking for photos, you put some gothic railings
on that roof before the lady kills herself. great thinking though, they do make
good roof slopes. (and you called them useless)
Aaron Sneary
In lugnet.build.arch, Shiri Dori writes:
> Hi y'all,
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> You know those obnoxious, useless brown slope/arch pieces from the Slave 1?
> (8x2x2s, two in each set; almost fit a 45 deg. slope) If you bought a few
> copies, you probably ended with many more of those than you wanted.
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> Well, I found a use for them!
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> A widow walk on a colonial, New-England setting house. Basically, many of
> these sea-facing houses had a flat-topped roof so that the fishermen's wives
> could walk the roof while waiting for their husbands and scanning the ocean.
> Why "widow walk" then, you ask? Well... if the husband never returned - well
> - you get the picture. Sad... :-(
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> Anyhow, though, these 8x2x2s pieces can be used to make an excellent widow
> walk. Just line up a few of them, then leave a gap of four (more or less)
> studs, and some more of those. In the gap, place 45-degree slopes top get to
> that level... attach them on the bottom... and there you have it! I also
> added 1x2 slopes on either end and filled in with brown bricks... plus I
> added a trapdoor so rain wouldn't come in. Unfortunately, I have no pics
> because the pieces weren't mine, and I did take pics but they turned out
> corrupt. Hopefully you can figure it out... sorry. :-(
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> Let me know if this idea was of any help to ya!
> -Shiri
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| (...) LOL! Good idea. (...) Hmm, interesting. Since I've never seen one, I have no idea how it looks - I just remember reading about one, long ago. I also wasn't intending to build the whole house, but maybe sometime I might. (...) Cool! Thanks for (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Colonial NE style: Widow Walk
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| Hi y'all, You know those obnoxious, useless brown slope/arch pieces from the Slave 1? (8x2x2s, two in each set; almost fit a 45 deg. slope) If you bought a few copies, you probably ended with many more of those than you wanted. Well, I found a use (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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