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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81
Yep. "Transitional" means these houses -- with all their faux this and faux that -- will fall apart in 30 years.  |
It is interesting to read some of the comments. They say damn the details, I concentrate on what is pretty.
Does anyone really understand the incredilble amount of flashing that would be required in some of those houses. Every one of them lil peaks require flashing at their joining surfaces to the main roof. All those valleys must be flashed. Yards and yards of joints to be properly protected and from an industry that uses the cheapest junk going. That cheap aluminum flashing will corrode right thru in a few years at just the right point to give you a leak, Murphy's Laws are always at work, and you want miles and miles of flashing. Not me, I want zero. In fact, I got to face that particular problem today. Repairs on an old garage where they bumped out the back. That over hang roof went south, replaced it yesterday, must figure out how to make a seal with the wall today. Naw, I hate flashing in all its forms. Even a good dormer design can drive you to drink.
All those pretty peaks require more skill from the probably illegal labor force. Plus did you realize the biggest nail in the shack came out a nail gun, that puts it at around 3.5" max. Lots of those strange angles want bigger nails or fancy connectors, will you get it, don't bet on it.
Same with the drainage paths. Lots of those roof configurations in past designs have been very troublesome over the life of the house. They have problems collecting drainage and routing it well. More than one house wound up with water damage in the walls. How is that Transistional stuff going to age, sure ain't going to be all that cheap to repair or maintain over the years.
They call that attic thing a loft. When in marketing choose the words nice. Hey, we ain't got no light up here. Dummy, you ain't got no windows up there either. How did they get a good under roof vent system in there. Do you mean there is one? Where is the insulation, wonder why it is hot as blazes up here. An attic by any other name is an attic.
It always is wise to look beyond Pretty and understand a lot more about any house, especially the construction methods and techniques used to build it. My dear, that stone is not stone, fake stone or fiberglass. Real stone is about like hen's teeth any more. If you get real lucky it is real stucco made to look fake. Ooops, sorry that should have been faux or one of those other Indian words.
One of these dazes I want to build a house. I doubt a Transistional anything will be high on my list. No fake anything need also apply. I do not want any design that will build in a bunch of defects.
Yeah, it should be Pretty but that will not come first. Madison Avenue has gone nuts and it is selling. It sure is Pretty, that and the smell of baking bread, those flowers on the porch, the wiff on vanilla in the air, where do I sign?
They have sort of done the same thing with cars and that works a bit better. Take a bit off a Mini-Cooper, big box of a van, SUV pieces, mangled chaff off some racing car and smash / roll it all together. Sort of can work, my Yaris is a bit like that, well done actually. But I don't think it is that easy to do with houses. Their exhaust pipes are probably not in the right location.
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Well it might be worse than that.......
