Looking for suggestions regarding cladding

9 months ago

last modified: 9 months ago

EDIT our home is in an historic miningtown and in rolling foothills for context. So far, by the comments, it is clear that you hate it. That is a starting point, but I was actually hoping you might provide ideas and suggestion.

Our future home, to be built in February, will be 1500 sq. feet. The front and halfway down each side will have a snap tie cement wainscoting. Charcoal painted batten board above the cement and a corrugated galvanized roof. I am wondering if we should use horizontal siding on the entryway, which is inset 2 feet, along with horizontal siding on the back half of each side of the house which is also set in. Or is that too busy for a small house? Or just vertical siding without the batten board in those places? Or batten board only? Any suggestions appreciated.

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PPF.

9 months ago

it is clear that you hate it

Try not read between the lines. No one said they hated it.

I was actually hoping you might provide ideas and suggestion

I asked 3 questions that you choose not to answer.

Think of this as a conversation. To benefit, you need to participate.

The house you show is just not at all attractive, and I suspect you sense this and your suggested solution is to add more -- maybe if we change up the siding somehow?

If you can provide more information, inspiration images, pictures of the building site, the floor plan and so on, we can make some real suggestions.

Commenting on a single line drawing is difficult. Is the person doing the design able to add color and materials so everyone sees what the house might look like?

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PPF.
9 months ago
The front and halfway down each side will have a snap tie cement wainscoting

Why? And it's probably concrete, not cement, which is a component of concrete.

painted batten board above

Is that the same as board and batten?

and a corrugated galvanized roof

The same material typically found on barns?

I'll suggest you reconsider the entire design.
chispa
9 months ago
Not loving the cantilevered roof over front door, transom over door, or the tiny windows in the front. The house isn't that tall/large and you are cutting it in half visually with that "cement" band.
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Seabornman
9 months ago
If the siding will be well protected in those insets, use some natural wood to relieve the somewhat utilitarian look. And some wood or wood clad columns for the front overhang.
dan1888
9 months ago
If the roofing installation uses exposed screws with EPDM washers like these

The building movement over a 10 year period will enlarge the holes in the roof material. To reduce leaks you'll replace the screws with the next size up until the next times comes to move up a size. That's a time commitment to budget for. Thicker gauge roofing material helps.

Standing seam avoids this.
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Mark Bischak, Architect
9 months ago
What are the ramifications of the house being built in a "historic mining town and in rolling foothills" ? Is there certain aesthetics that must be followed?

I do not think anyone hates the design but I am sure everyone thinks you can do better. If I hate a house design I usually camouflage my comment(s) with flowery language.
WestCoast Hopeful
9 months ago
I’m a big fan of one type of siding and keeping things simple. Is there a reason the front windows are small? Can you share more about your design process and how you ended up here?
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BeverlyFLADeziner
9 months ago
last modified: 9 months ago
I like the corrugated metal roof for the house. It seems appropriate.

Vertical siding for the whole home seems right. Why expose the concrete foundation in the front? Just go over it.

I don't like the short windows in the front. I would select something more standard. You won't know how to select window treatments for the slit windows if those stay.

I would add sidelights to the door or some type of glass to the door.

This siding you see below is not wood but metal.

The factory finish on the metal really looks like wood.
WestCoast Hopeful
9 months ago
Great ideas Beverly.
just_janni
9 months ago
That's a cool metal product!
Robin Lewis Kane
Original Author
9 months ago
Thank you Beverly