Colonial Style Garage Plans Now Available At Behm Design

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Jan. 9, 2014 - PRLog -- The Colonial Style Garage Plans by Behm Design are true to form. We visited, inspected, measured and photographed many of the houses and dependencies which were restored beginning in 1937. However, instead of using the historical construction methods and materials these new plans are designed for contemporary materials, conventional consteuction and current building code compliance.


Style elements include:

- Building form scale and proportions

- Roof slopes of the era

- Fenestration - solid-to-void ratios

- Window types with similar to vintage appearance

- Roof edge details may be made to resemble authentic drip soffit end caps

Siding & trim materials, doors & windows may look authentic but are made to contemporary  standards using vinyl, cement-fiber, PVC, prefinished metals, osb, etc. Garage doors are currently available in many styles to appear as swing-out, carriage house or barn doors - and yet, they are sectional, upward acting garage doors.

Structural Elements:

- Roof Trusses (manufactured & engineered)

- Conventional, code compliant, framed construction

- I-joists may be used for long floor spans

- Braced wall construction (per code, prescriptive)

- Code required egress dimensions as applicable

- Fully sheathed roof and stud framed exterior walls

For Colonial Style Garage Plans visit:  http://www.behmdesign.com/colonial_garage_plans.aspx

All Behm Design garage plans may be viewed at:

http://www.behmdesign.com/