Hi,
I’ve designed an addition for my home, see photo below. The bumpout on the right is the addition. The first level of the addition is a Mudroom at grade, about 3′ below the main level of the house. I’m concerned That the roof section with the “X” will put water too close to the house and the exterior Basement stairs, even with a gutter.
Only other way to design the roof would be to slope it towards the back. Problem with this option is it puts a sloped ceiling on the inside, not ideal.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Mike K
Additional Info: 100+ year old house, brick and stone foundation. Directly behind house is a very large maple tree that constantly drops seeds, twigs, leaves. Gutters difficult to keep clean.
Amateur Home Remodeler in Aurora, Illinois
Edited 7/4/2005 2:58 am ET by Mike
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Doesn't look terribly bad, with a bit of grading between bulkhead and addition. Ask Mike Smith about that. ( Sorry Mike - LOL)
I would be more concerned with water from the uppr roof splashing the near window area when it falls. A gutter on that upper copuld handle that.
There is another roof solution possible but you'd have to draw it up to see how it would look. You would lower the pitch of that mudroom roof to start. remove the cute little corbeled roof over the doorway. Then turn the shed roof that concerns us into a hip roof and wrap it around to pass above the tripled set of windows, maybe around the next corner too, depending on how it would tie into the ganbrel beyond there. Which way does the sun shine in? Will this wraparound awning help with shadowing the windows there?
now we have created another drainage problem, so tack a dormer gable on again where the corbeled one was, but on the hip face, so the valleys from this gable face divert water to either side of the stoop.
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Just browsing, Huck, and saw your admirable work. You spent a lot of time there! One more suggestion for you (as if u need it), extend the lower shed roof out over that entry door an the r/h windows too as a kind of porch.
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I like Pifin's idea, something like this. Kinda make a suedo covered porch.
Mike K
Amateur Home Remodeler in Aurora, Illinois