BEFORE THE ARCHITECT – BLUEPRINT HOME DESIGN CONSULTANTS

TUSCANY HOME DESIGNS
 

TUSCANY PORCH
 

First – the Tuscany porch as shed roofed in, say, portico or other shelter

·        From the roof deck bottom of face on down

o       Wood is the material

o       It’s exposed – all of it at least within the porch 

o       Preferably, keep the members rough-sawed, adzed, or bark-skinned in part or whole, stained as you like it to for age and otherwise not closed  

·        The Tuscany porch roof deck is of planks oriented axially; though, nowadays, it might be plywood sheathed atop 

·        The Tuscany porch roof planks are supported

o       By the Tuscany equivalent of rafters usually in the form of rough-sawed timber or more primitive

o       As close as 12LI on center 

·        The Tuscany porch rafters are, in turn, supported by an axial beam of greater size than the rafters

o       Either flush to the rafters when the bigger beam can run into wall at its extents

o       Or posted in the interim twixt attachment to ‘rim’ beams and rafters 

                Comment:  Of interest, please note that designer guides that the sides of the Tuscany porch should remain open and not enclosed when not otherwise captured by perimeter walls as a matter of style and a facility to daylight.  While this openness appears Tuscany, it may not suit some local climes.   

Second, the Tuscany porch as veranda, pergola, sun screen, loggia and the like 

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