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Timberjack

February 02, 2011, 08:56:49 PM
Hello, new to the forum and really enjoy it here.  I found this picture while surfing the net and wondered what the little shed over the window is called.  I want to call it a dormer but I know its not.  I'm just wondering if there is an architectural term for it or if its just a "shed over the window"?  ;D

bayview

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February 02, 2011, 10:11:54 PM

   Open Pediment . . .

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    . . . said the focus was safety, not filling town coffers with permit money . . .

MountainDon

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February 02, 2011, 10:21:05 PM
Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.

Timberjack

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February 03, 2011, 07:31:04 AM
Thanks!  I just knew somebody here could identify it.  I thought it looked nice over the window and am considering designing one for a window on our cabin (although much simpler).  Thanks again! 

OkieJohn2

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February 03, 2011, 09:56:22 AM
Oh darn, I thought that here that was called a "doohickey roof"
The problem with foolproof devices is that they fail to take into account the ingenuity of fools

Don_P

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February 03, 2011, 09:59:48 PM
Cool  [cool], it's late but I learned something new today!

I had been calling both of these pent roofs, but only the lower existing one is that. Now I've got to go tell them what I really built  :D

Timberjack

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February 04, 2011, 06:59:49 AM
I like the looks of those little roofs.  My wife says she thinks it would cut down on the natural light coming in through the window but I dont think so.  Does anyone have more pictures of these? Would love to see, thanks.

MountainDon

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February 04, 2011, 11:07:06 AM
It might cut down the light a bit. I summer that could be a blessing.  We used large side wall overhangs because I wanted to keep the summer sun, high in the sky off the glass. In winter with the lower angle the sun strikes the glass directly.
Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.

Erin

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February 04, 2011, 07:49:58 PM
This is a REALLY useful tool for figuring overhangs in relation to window sizing, time of year, sun angle etc.

http://www.susdesign.com/overhang/   [cool]
The wise woman builds her own house... Proverbs 14:1

Timberjack

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February 09, 2011, 06:52:31 PM
We got ourselves an open pediment! :)



astidham

#10
February 09, 2011, 08:54:59 PM
WOW! looks great!
Love your siding, what is it?
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nathan.principe

#11
February 09, 2011, 08:59:44 PM
great touch! the place is coming together nicely!

Timberjack

#12
February 09, 2011, 10:00:45 PM
Thanks for the compliment, the siding is cypress.

bayview

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February 09, 2011, 10:10:50 PM
Quote from: Timberjack on February 09, 2011, 06:52:31 PM
We got ourselves an open pediment! :)


      Yes you do!   An open pediment is triangular like a gable end. . .    And you have a window with an awning within the tympanum!   Very nice . . .

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    . . . said the focus was safety, not filling town coffers with permit money . . .

considerations

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February 10, 2011, 10:00:35 AM
"Oh darn, I thought that here that was called a "doohickey roof".."

I think it should be called a "headiment"..pediments, belong down by one's feet, right?

Anywayyyyy....I also have a question about the siding.  It is zackly what I want to do as well.  I want to know about how it was sawn. 

Trees taper, so, if one splits a log right down the middle, and then slices "siding slabs" from each half, those slabs will taper as well, so one end of the siding will be wider than the other...or so it would seem. 

So do the slabs have to be turned and sawn again, to make them uniform in width?  Important, as I may have to discuss this with the saw mill owning victim I target to do the work for me. 

Timberjack

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February 10, 2011, 10:40:25 AM
The sawing was kind of tricky...and the installation was even trickier!  I picked logs that didn't have much taper, mostly butt cuts with good grade and form.  That was half the battle.  The sawyer (using a woodmizer band mill) placed the logs on the carriage and slabbed one side deep enough to make a flat side.  He then turned the log a 1/4 turn so the flat side was facing outward from the mill and then he started sawing his boards.  The boards came out with one squared edge and one bark edge.  The trick is to pick logs with substantial size and good form.  If you are planning to do lap siding like I did then you will need to lap the board over the previous board more than you would on normal uniform siding.  In some areas the lap may be 1.5" and in others it might be 4" or more on the same board.  I have an average of about 12" showing on each board so the lap varies. 

My friend Chet who is helping me said we had to "work with it and not try to force it to do what we want it to do".  First we snapped a chalk line across the top edge of the board to help level each piece as the woodmizer isnt exact when it comes to squaring the top edge.  The we found the narrowest place in each board and dropped it 1.5" below on the previous siding board.  This way if the siding shrinks it wouldn't expose the previous edge.  Then it was just a matter of leveling and putting in the fasteners.     
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