Project Description
Priorities
• Fix construction flaws in a 26-year-old
carriage house including rotting on the lower perimeter caused by lack
of overhangs, and flush trim
• Upgrade the garage bays for the homeowner’s antique Corvettes
• Add a home office
Solutions
This 1980s carriage house had “modern styling with no overhangs,” says remodeler Halsey Platt, president of Platt Builders,
in Groton, Mass. “For 25 years, all this water poured off the roof and
splashed back against the building,” and that watery deluge caused the
siding on the lower section of the building to rot.
Platt’s crew
stripped the 1,723-square-foot building down to the studs and,
maintaining the original rafters, extended the roof overhangs from 6
inches to more than 3 feet. The client also wanted a copper gutter to
run the length of the fascia. Not an outlandish request, but the
building was out of level, so the crew had to do some calculation to get
the gutter pitch right.
The crew replaced the original cedar
siding with new vertical cedar boards, which have Benjamin Obdyke Cedar
Breather housewrap underneath that allows the wood to breath. To prevent
the lower segment of the carriage house from rotting again, the crew
also installed a band of composite material and flashing.
The
design extends the original single-story bump-out up to the roofline.
The lower section of the bump-out contains a workshop, while the upper
section — combined with a loft area — was renovated to create a new
office.
Judges’ Comments
Impressed by the restrained
design, which they thought was a nice nod to the original barn-like
structure, the judges also liked the elegant side elevation with its
clerestory windows that admit light into the garage area and office.
Products
Concrete colorant: Scofield
Garage doors: Clopay
Radiant heat: Nuheat
Roofing: GAF Timberline
Trim: Azek
Underlayment: Benjamin Obdyke Cedar Breather
Windows: Marvin Ultimate