Home buying thread

Kobayashi said:

Am I just misinterpreting what you're saying? 2'6" and 30" are the exact same measurement.

I feel like the really long soffits are on a lot of the really modern construction lake houses by me (albeit with a pretty low pitched roof as well). I like the look, but I have no clue about the pros/cons of such a design. One thing that does end up looking a little goofy are the downspouts.

This is a Google street view I grabbed of a place I used to live by. I'd guess these were closer to 2', but it illustrates the downspout goofiness and how the gutters factor in.

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No, I just mixed my measurements display when typing it out instead of saying 30" twice. And his detail does literally say 2' - 6" but that is not what I'd say in real life bc 30" is faster. Hah, my bad for swapping in paragraph.

I see what you're saying about the downspout. That's interesting and I bet there's a way to handle that with gutter design and the overall roof design.

lurkingdirk pointed out a couple benefits. You get better rain and protection from the overhang, solar shielding bc there's more shade, etc. It isn't really a roof pitch thing as you can have larger overhang regardless. One downside the builder keeps referring to is header height of the windows and how a deeper soffit requires him to drop the windows a bit more. I'm guessing this is just because with a larger overhang you occlude the window if it ends up buried underneath the eave?

I'm almost to the point of just saying screw it and go for it. Most builder grade spec home stuff around here is 16".

He said this one is 16" with 6" gutter so 22" total. But my house is two story and larger overall and it wouldn't look the same. I don't know.

*re-sized since I'm not on mobile anymore

May as well keep up the spam.

Footings were trenched and poured last week.



I did an overlay with the foundation drawing just to goof around and see what lined up. Obviously, it isn't going to align perfectly. It is just a stationary drone aerial pic not a georeferenced orthomosaic. I would like to find out from builder tomorrow why some of the interior footings weren't poured. I'm guessing there's something on the original plans that I'm just overlooking that differentiates between a footing and a foundation or whatever the terms are. Basically, all the connecting interior ones aren't there.



Block work may begin this week, but it may also be a downpour all week long, so who knows.