How window size can change the look and feel of a traditional home.
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2024
- Brent works on a house in Tennessee where all the windows were the same size. By mixing the sizes and tweaking the placement of windows this house comes alive. Come check it out.
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Love how much education you pack into these videos rather than just showing the changes. Explaining the why is so powerful and helps the lessons stick better, it's amazing how much difference the smallest of changes in proportion and size make, brilliant! Keep it coming, thanks!
Glad you enjoy it!
Excellent example of how carefully and thoughtfully fixing details makes a huge difference. Thanks again Brent!
Thanks!
You did it again, Bret. Those dormers were horrible, the windows were ugly and the garage was awful.
The client should be thrilled. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the feedback.
You have a gift for design.
Very kind. Thx.
Great changes, Brent! Your explanations back up everything you propose.
Thanks for watching.
Again, your vision is spot on. It’s absolutely beautiful. It looked like two houses collided at first and your drawing makes it all work together. Bravo!
Thank you so much!
So much better!
Thanks!
You took this house from looking curiously rustic or just plain odd to classic and so much more attractive to the eye.
Nice. Thanks so much.
I think that relocating the front door and raising the window sills created a more welcoming space on the front porch. I might remove the peak over the garage entirely to reduce its visual weight. Thanks for sharing!
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
The graduated fenestration is a 1000% improvement. Nicely done Brent!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thanks!!
Great details, Brent! Always helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent modifications Brent. Well done. Now if only there were a stately brick chimney cresting the main portion of the home. (wink)
Good thought. Thx.
This house turned out beautiful with the changes that were made to the windows and especially the dormers . I would love to see this house with a beautiful landscape , maybe the next video ?
Thanks, work hasn't started yet. Maybe an update later.
Nice changes. Explanations are so clear - what and why. Love it.
Thanks for watching.
I am a remodeler and I am imagining getting the jobs you’re drawing…yes it is possible but wow that is an impressive amount of work to do. Almost every trade gets involved. I don’t think most of us are working with as big budgets as your clients.
Changes can be made in stages. Perhaps. And there is always the total vision or dream versus what the pocketbook dictates… at least for now. 😉
Understood. Things you can work towards. This work can be phased out. Thx.
I love these videos and everything about traditional design.
Glad you like them!
Love the changes you made! Don’t love that the homeowner wanted the door moved though. Symmetry on the exterior of my house would be more important to me than making the inside work better.
Thx. There is precedent for this kind of arrangement. FYI.
Great work Brent, home run!
Thanks!
Very nice! I think the best way to address the proportions of that garage would be to put a whole bunch of landscaping in front of it. Nothing a row of hornbeams couldn't fix.
haha. Thx.
Lots to learn there, thank you for sharing. I like how bringing the front face of the dormers back a little also gives an additional plane on the front face of the building adding to the texture of it.
Agreed. Thanks.
Beauty really is in the details and the correct proportions, and your videos prove it! Wondering if another way of diminishing the presence of the garage might be accomplished with the addition of foundation plantings?
Yes, I think landscaping could help. Thx.
Great job as always Brent. The original dormer proportions were pretty terrible. My gosh
Thanks for watching.
Really great explanatory video. Much easier to learn on such examples as one can really see the difference. Love your work and what you are doing here!
Thank you!
Felt like I was watching a veteran surgeon explain an orthopedic procedure. . . Wow. The detail, wealth of knowledge, and application of aesthetic principles truly showcase mastery. Tremendous
Thanks so much.
Absolutely brilliant. Brent, will you supervise to the build of these changes? I would love to see more of your work implemented start to finish, and it's hard to imagine handing this off to a builder w/out your careful eye.
Thanks, it depends, some jobs yes, most are handed off. .
Love all the changes. I prefer continuous return on garage and dormers rather than the partial returns, looks more traditional. I would also change to Hardie Shingles above the garage continuous return with brick below to make the garage distinct from the house. I am not a fan of the semi-circle window transom on the front door. I would do a rectangular transom with side lights and moldings door surround as you have demonstrated in your videos on punctuating a door (e,g casing and header), will look very classy. Agree with all the window size changes - aligning window height with chair rail height, garage windows smaller, 2:1 height to width window sizes and dormer windows about ⅔ to ¾ of width and height of first floor windows.
Thanks!
I hope she made the changes!
Thanks.
I hope the owner is committed enough to actually spend the money to make the appropriate changes.
Appears to be. Thx.
Mr. Hull. Are you aware of Sir Roger Scruton? You would be a HUGE fan!
I am and I am a big fan. Thx.
Is there a ratio you look for in window sizing. For example, should windows be a no more than a 1/3 of the total elevation or are there other considerations?
There is a proportional relationship in width and height, I don't know of one on the size compared to the overall elevation. Its an interesting question. Thx.
Hi Brent, great video! I have three questions:
1. If you do change the material on the gable end of the garage wall, what would you choose instead and how would you transition it to the brick below (ie stucco above, a piece of horizontal trim and brick below)?
2. The porch floor seems to be quite high off the ground. Will you have to add a railing?
3. When you correctly size the neck of a column to the width of the beam that’s above it the front edge of the capital now extends 2 to 3 inches past the front face of the beam. How do you keep water from pooling on top of that narrow horizontal surface and eventually rotting out the top of the capital and possibly the beam?
Good questions.
1. You need to fir out the studs above the brick so that the siding laps over the front edge of the brick.
2. I would not using the grandfather clause.
3. Simple flashing is the answer. Houses have been built this way for 100s if not thousands of years. I think we can figure it out.
Hi Brent,
Love the videos please very helpful and learn a lot about historic houses. I guestion about the columns hanging over the beam. I have always tried to set them back b/c rain water will just on top and rot the columns. How do you compensate for that issue?
Understood. A small piece of metal flashing is all that is required. Further, if the column is allowed to breath with a small area of air flow from top to bottom it will dry out. Also, on this house the overhanging eave will block 90% of the water. If 10% of the remaining water rots your column you are using cheap columns. I would encourage you to change this practice. We've been building it this way for centuries.
Well done! I’ve seen lots of houses like that in old small towns around Wisconsin. Does that come from a non skilled architect’s trying to copy good architects back then?
Unclear. I think so. Thx.
Curious to hear your thoughts on the importance of interior "Feel" of divided light windows vs. exterior aesthetic. We've had this experience in two different homes now where we felt something was "Off" while inside. Once we changed from 6-over-6 divided light to single-light casement windows (same size), suddenly we felt like we could breath inside the homes. Took it from "Dungeon" feel to open and airy feeling with a connection to the outside landscape. These two experiences changed our view to: Exterior aesthetic comes second to interior feel--exterior aesthetic matters more to passersby while interior feel matters to owners/inhabitants. Any thoughts on this?
Hmm, I have never thought that, but my brain is wired around the preservation and historical precedent. Thx for sharing.
Brent, what’s your opinion on using a false window to better work with the negative space on an elevation? False because a real window couldn’t be installed due to it interfering with interior partitions. Consider it something like 24”x 24”, so not terribly large.
I'm a fan!! Thx.
Amazing.
Honest question here…who is designing this home? Is it some designers that work for the builder? Does the builder hire an architect?
I just can’t see a legitimate architect designing this. But maybe that’s what you get with a basic architect?!
Good question. I suspect a builder's architect but I'm not sure. Most architects are not taught traditional and classical design principles in school. FYI
I like the changes to the main house. I would like to suggest what seems disturbing about the garage is the expanse of brick. Would it diminish the problem with 3 windows closely placed together and centered in the same place below the other window ?
Thanks I looked at that, it is an option.
@@BrentHull A gardener's cheaper solution would be 2 or 3 wall trellises with clematis vines :)
Hi Brent! Wonderful transformation...Again! Would you discuss why windows are now so often pushed forward to the exterior elevation instead of the slightly inset way they used to be installed? I have noticed the traditional way created a better look and of course a great shadow line. Why are windows done incorrectly now ? Is it the lower quality ones or why? I can't figure it out? Thank you!!!
Yes, its a problem. Thx.
It's because of the way modern windows are made and installed. Most new residential windows are built with a fin or a flange that sticks out from the frame all the way around. The fin is nailed to the face of the sheathing and then the flashing can be taped right over it. It makes for an easy installation and a good weather seal, but it brings the window right out to the surface of the wall. With thinner siding materials the window frame sometimes even protrudes past the siding. I agree that it looks terrible, but it's such a common and accepted approach that it's difficult to convince people to pay more or take more time to recess the window.
@@benjaminledford6111 That was what I wanted to know. Very good explanation of why the windows are installed in that manner. Do you know of any manufacturers that make more "old fashioned" windows that would be installed in the traditional, set-in method? How would someone who has these new windows go about changing them and repairing the opening to house the older style window? Thank you!!!!
Where I live the code requires you have 5.7 sq ft net opening for egress, which on a double hung equates to about a 3'x5'. How do you situate a window that big in a doghouse dormer without it being overbearing? Can you use a 9/9 lite on top, where the rest of the house are 6/6? A casement window that mimic's a double hung would allow for a smaller size, but I really dislike casement windows, unfortunately it's hard to get around these egress requirements.
Is that egress from a bedroom? Or all rooms? In my area it is only bedrooms.
Understood. I don't think it is that big. 5.7 net opening is a little less than 2x3. I would make the smaller window act like a casement. Thx.
Those dormers are so narrow, do they add any space to the attic, or are they just to let in light?
Switching to two larger dormers could keep their relative proportions but make extra space up there.
Good thought, though a larger dormer might dwarf the size of the windows below.
What kind of windows do you recommend for a craftsman? 3 over 1? 6 over 6?
3 over 1. Thx.
Do you accept photo submissions or only for paying clients?
Random submissions are rare but possible. As long as they are good teaching tools. Thx.
Is it difficult to convince clients to invest in costly renovations that don't result in more living space? You make these houses so much better, but it must be hard to quantify the value of an ugly house vs a beautiful one.
Just doing what the client is asking for, so I'm assuming it is value in their eyes. Thx