A Welcome Addition
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Adding on to your house gives you more storage and living space while improving the value of your home. Anyone who has undertaken this kind of project knows that making the addition’s exterior blend with the rest of the house is super important. Otherwise you’ll end up with a patchwork monstrosity that will have your friends calling Ty Pennington and his crew for an Extreme Makeover rescue. Don’t be a DIY disaster!
Things to consider before you begin your addition:
- • The materials on your current home’s exterior may no longer be available or prove too costly, especially on older homes. You may need to get creative on finding a similar-looking alternative.
• Your home’s current siding has most likely taken a beating over the years from various types of weather and climate. Keep this in mind when you’re selecting a color for the addition. Nice and bright probably won’t mesh well.
• There may be sections of the addition that are trickier to side than others. Be certain when choosing your materials that it can be relatively easy to install in ALL areas.
A good example of this conundrum is our customer’s addition to his existing brick building. According to Paul Reeves from Bethel, OH, installing real brick or rock in the space above the roof of the addition would have been logistically difficult. I would agree that schlepping heavy bricks or rock up a ladder and installing them above that sloped roof top would be precarious at best, not to mention costly.
Before
Luckily Paul was able to find a solution with forty-two of our Random Rock Potomac faux panels. Take a look at the final result photos below. We think they look great!
After - Close Up View
After - Full View
Tags: faux brick, faux panels, faux stone panels, home addition, home exterior, home improvement, home remodeling, home renovation
May 12th, 2010 at 8:29 PM
It awesome to stumble on a little additional instruction when renovating and designing (or dreaming about it). If you are looking for a few expert tips, I suggest looking at Masterrenovator.com, the site is full of good tips on things that can help a lot.
June 21st, 2010 at 9:46 PM
Home renovation is sometimes very expensive but it is worth the expense to beautify your home.”‘:
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:46 PM
this year we had a home renovation. sometimes home renovation is quite costly.~”`