Garage Doors

Whenever possible, two single, nine foot wide garage doors should be used in place of one sixteen or eighteen foot wide garage door. Narrow doors have more pleasing proportions and result in more car door opening space for the homeowner once inside the garage. Muellner Construction was the builder for this Historic District renovation in Naperville, Illinois.

More information on garage doors to come in future posts...

Columns

Columns come in many different shapes and sizes. Their proportion and scale should relate to the style of the house and should not be spaced too widely apart resulting in unnatural looking beam spans. The cap should always project past the face of the porch beam while the base of the column shaft should line up with the pier face below. Due to the taper of most columns, the outside face of the porch beam will not line up vertically with the edge of the deck below...don't worry, it will make sense when you see it on paper.

More information on columns to come in future posts...