Howdy folks,
I've been casually lurking for a week or so after searching for carpentry
newsgroups but finding only spam holes.
I'm looking for opinions about mansard roofs; design considerations both
aesthetic and practical, experiences framing or repairing them, reasons for
or against their use in design (2 1/2 story small footprint in my dreams),
choices for roofing materials, etc...
I have a couple nice photos of local (CT) antique mansards that inspire me.
Not sure where we might post binaries for this group. Not here, I assume.
Also, one of two projects is near the shore where a basement isn't
practical. We hit groundwater at about 42". Crawlspace vs. slab on grade.
Do's and don'ts welcome on that subject also.
TIA,
Dean
Dean,
You may want to try alt.home.repair. Lots of knowledgable folks there (here
too....)
jc
"Dean H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Howdy folks,
>
> I've been casually lurking for a week or so after searching for carpentry
> newsgroups but finding only spam holes.
>
> I'm looking for opinions about mansard roofs; design considerations both
> aesthetic and practical, experiences framing or repairing them, reasons
> for or against their use in design (2 1/2 story small footprint in my
> dreams), choices for roofing materials, etc...
>
> I have a couple nice photos of local (CT) antique mansards that inspire
> me. Not sure where we might post binaries for this group. Not here, I
> assume.
>
> Also, one of two projects is near the shore where a basement isn't
> practical. We hit groundwater at about 42". Crawlspace vs. slab on grade.
> Do's and don'ts welcome on that subject also.
>
> TIA,
> Dean
>
>
>
Dean H. wrote:
> Howdy folks,
>
> I've been casually lurking for a week or so after searching for carpentry
> newsgroups but finding only spam holes.
>
> I'm looking for opinions about mansard roofs; design considerations both
> aesthetic and practical, experiences framing or repairing them, reasons for
> or against their use in design (2 1/2 story small footprint in my dreams),
> choices for roofing materials, etc...
>
> I have a couple nice photos of local (CT) antique mansards that inspire me.
> Not sure where we might post binaries for this group. Not here, I assume.
>
> Also, one of two projects is near the shore where a basement isn't
> practical. We hit groundwater at about 42". Crawlspace vs. slab on grade.
> Do's and don'ts welcome on that subject also.
>
> TIA,
> Dean
>
>
>
Dean, you can post photos over at alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
There are a lot of very knowledgeable folks around here, and never a
shortage of opinions on most any subject. So even though that is not the
main focus of this newsgroup, give it a shot.
Fine Home Building will have a forum for these type
questions:
Try those guys at: http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/
The forums are located at "Breaktime" and there are some
excellent builders that hang around that forum. You need
to sign up but it's free.
Dean H. wrote:
> Howdy folks,
>
> I've been casually lurking for a week or so after searching for carpentry
> newsgroups but finding only spam holes.
"Dean H." wrote in message
> I have a couple nice photos of local (CT) antique mansards that inspire
me.
> Not sure where we might post binaries for this group. Not here, I assume.
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
> Also, one of two projects is near the shore where a basement isn't
> practical. We hit groundwater at about 42". Crawlspace vs. slab on grade.
> Do's and don'ts welcome on that subject also.
Do a geotech/soil report and hire an engineer to design a foundation based
on same. Don't fail to do so.
There are more types of foundations than most would want to know, many
specific to locale, and even the architects and engineers don't use the same
terminology. Most areas have a university or engineering department that
have published locale specific recommendations on foundations ... the
insurance industry that serves the area may also be able to point you toward
some recommendations.
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"Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Fine Home Building will have a forum for these type
> questions:
>
> Try those guys at: http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/
>
> The forums are located at "Breaktime" and there are some
> excellent builders that hang around that forum. You need
> to sign up but it's free.
Thanks to everybody for the replies.
Dang, almost had a job at Taunton Press selling ads, maybe a decade or so
ago. I lived about ten miles from their offices back then.
I ended up selling for motorcycle magazines instead.
I do some woodworking too; working on a cherry display case right now but
it's nothing too special.
The pinnacle of my woodworking experiences was Mike Dunbar's Sack-Back
Windsor Chair building class which I did with my dad back in July 1999. It
was a great week with no sawdust and lots of curly wood waste. Cool old
school edge tools. I came home ready to become a chair maker until my wife
did her naysayer act and then didn't even want a chair for her end of the
table. I still haven't built my second chair. And she's now my ex-wife. It's
a very good chair.
I spent the last two days emptying out a closet and storage shop; leftover
stuff after the auction. I now have about a kazillion Blum and Hafele drawer
slides. I only need about a quarter kazillion so I'll probably give my
buddy's shop the first crack at the whole bunch before I go all ebay on the
stuff.
Jeez, two posts in and I'm already rambling. You folks probably don't need
any extra rambling. This place seems pretty busy.
Thanks again. I hope I don't cause too much trouble here.
-Dean
jack of all, master of none.
>
>
> Dean H. wrote:
>
>> Howdy folks,
>>
>> I've been casually lurking for a week or so after searching for carpentry
>> newsgroups but finding only spam holes.
"Dean H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Howdy folks,
>
> I've been casually lurking for a week or so after searching for carpentry
> newsgroups but finding only spam holes.
>
> I'm looking for opinions about mansard roofs; design considerations both
> aesthetic and practical, experiences framing or repairing them, reasons
> for or against their use in design (2 1/2 story small footprint in my
> dreams), choices for roofing materials, etc...
>
> I have a couple nice photos of local (CT) antique mansards that inspire
> me. Not sure where we might post binaries for this group. Not here, I
> assume.
>
> Also, one of two projects is near the shore where a basement isn't
> practical. We hit groundwater at about 42". Crawlspace vs. slab on grade.
> Do's and don'ts welcome on that subject also.
>
> TIA,
> Dean
>
>
>
You might also check out alt.building.construction. It's not as busy a
group but mostly, or so it seems, contractor's hang out there.
Cheers,
cc
"Swingman" wrote in message
> There are more types of foundations than most would want to know, many
> specific to locale, and even the architects and engineers don't use the
same
> terminology. Most areas have a university or engineering department that
> have published locale specific recommendations on foundations ... the
> insurance industry that serves the area may also be able to point you
toward
> some recommendations.
An example of the above, which is applicable to the Texas Gulf Coast, but
something similiar may be available for your area.
http://www.foundationperformance.org/technical_papers.cfm
Once again, anyone, when talking foundations with architects, engineers and
foundation contractors, should make damn sure that they define their terms
beforehand.
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