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   MikeCallahan | May 28, 2004 07:41am | #1

   Dormers look better if you maximise the window opening, For a six foot wide (gable) dormer a 3-0 5-0 window would look good. Think about the golden rectangle for sizing. Also frame the window as high as you can. Too much area above the window doesn't look right either in my opinion. Here is a photo of the gable dormers on my own house. Notice the overhang is continuous under the dormer. A dormer should appear to grow out of the roof, even if the wall stacks on the building line. It is ####little more work but much more curb appeal.

   Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.
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   JerseyJedi | May 28, 2004 02:18pm | #2

   Help me out here Mike and tell me what's the Golden rectangle. Thanks for the advise...

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   UncleDunc | May 28, 2004 04:38pm | #4

   Golden Rectangle has a short side to long side ratio of 1:1.618. A 36x60 window is actually a little bit tall at 1:1.667.

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   Sphere | May 28, 2004 05:31pm | #5

   Gee, that keeps popping up lately..spooky. 

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   Edgar76b | May 28, 2004 10:36pm | #6

   LOL poping up since the Eqyptians and Pythagoras and before. In fact it is right up there with the chicken and the egg. lol Which came first the formula or the proportion? Have we been brainwashed because everything in the world is laid out acording to this rule? Artists , sculptures architects photographers , all use it.  Or is it a natual inclination that humans have, The inclination to choose it, when given the choice? Who Knows? Sorry to get so philosophical on ya, try to have a good holiday anyway. lol  Where there's A wheel there's a way, got any wheels?

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   EricS | May 31, 2004 01:51pm | #7

   All of the credit cards in your wallet have the proportions of the "golden rectangle."  Now THAT is spooky.

   Eric S.

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   CapnMac | May 31, 2004 06:01pm | #8

   the proportions of the "golden rectangle." 

   A gazzillion (gotta love those precision measurments) years ago in architecting school, they taught us that the golden mean also matched up with the frequency shift in chords.  That was why the cahtedrals built to that proportion had (have) excellent accoustics.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

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   tkh | May 31, 2004 09:26pm | #9

   How about the rules of "Thirds"? It works in paintings and in photography. Can you imagine George Washington or Mona Lisa totally "centered" in their portraits? The same rule works in construction and design. For that matter, look at your pick up trucks. Here's a hint, actual grill size in relationship to the entire front.

   Doesn't work 100% of the time but darn good rule... if you like rules and let's face it. We all have them.

   "A contented man enjoys the scenery of a detour"

   Edited 5/31/2004 2:27 pm ET by TKH

   Edited 5/31/2004 4:40 pm ET by TKH

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   Sphere | May 31, 2004 10:00pm | #10

   That too correlates well in music theory..parallel thirds is a bascic harmony voicing, as are fifths. 

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   EricPaulson | May 28, 2004 03:13pm | #3

   Hey Mike,

   Cool looking house........how 'bout some more pics?

   Eric