I will add a couple more photos below of the process, but then I'll come back later and add more time lapse videos when my neighbor has a chance to provide them. I think that won't be long. Thanks again, Errol!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
130 years facing north, 130 minutes facing east
Gotta lead with the photo:
Here is my darling house, looking the way it is meant to look from the street. Well ... except for the complete lack of a foundation, and no stairs or porch lattice. But you know what I mean.
I will add a couple more photos below of the process, but then I'll come back later and add more time lapse videos when my neighbor has a chance to provide them. I think that won't be long. Thanks again, Errol!
I will add a couple more photos below of the process, but then I'll come back later and add more time lapse videos when my neighbor has a chance to provide them. I think that won't be long. Thanks again, Errol!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
What an amazing thing to finally have achieved after all these years. Can't wait for the time lapse video of it turning. Really enjoyed the ones of it being lifted.
ReplyDeleteSo what technique was used to make sure it is square on the property, or in the position you wanted?
ReplyDeleteJust eyeballed it?
I don't know! I do know that they consulted the architectural plans multiple times while getting it into the final position, but I'm not sure how they determined it. Looks pretty straight, though.
DeleteAnother question.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the architectural drawings of the front porch it appears you can keep the current railing height if you choose to enlarge the porch? Is that correct? I would expect current code would have you raising that to 5-6 feet or so which would impact the proportions.
Was that discussed? Or since this is a historical home it is exempt from that kind of foolishness.
Interesting question. The architect actually didn't realize that the middle set of windows open as double doors. So he drew it in as an extension of the existing railing at existing height. However, they are not typical doors because they don't go down to the floor; rather, you have to step over about 6 or 8 inches of house to get onto the porch. So I'm not 100% sure they will be considered true doors. And then there is also the chance of applying for, and receiving, a variance, due to the historical nature of the project (restoring what was already there before). We will cross that bridge when we come to it, I guess, probably Spring or Summer 2014.
Delete