Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Eaves - The Final Verdict - You Decide! 81Nov 22, 2008 3:48 pm Everyone who has read my other posts on this matter, mainly pertaining to the fact that eaves act as a big umbrella around the house, providing shelter, leave one in no doubt that I am pro-eaves. See here:
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So the following will totally confuse, or amuse. Ready? . . . Right. . . . DAMN BLOODY EAVES! They're stopping me from growing grass! They act like a big umbrella around the house, keeping the ground dry, so even with 15mm of rain in the past 18 hours, I have to water! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ GRRRR! Who was the designer who kept these throwbacks to the black-and-white era alive as a pseudo-environmental accessory? BAHHHHH! What a waste of materials! HRRRRUMFFFF!!! Like noddy dogs, we all believed that eaves are good! Four eaves good, no eaves b-a-a-a-a-d, my foot! They told us ******, comrades! Some idiots were so brainwashed that they have even been known to show logos like this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Eaves are evil! EVIL, I TELL YA!!! I'm gonna join Matt on the Dark side (which is really the Light Side because you get extra sun)!!!!! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go feed the dog again. In the rain. Re: Eaves - The Final Verdict - You Decide! 82Nov 22, 2008 4:23 pm Oh No: Eager traded to the opposition team!!!
I still think eaves make a house look and function better. We have a metre wide cement path around all of the house (most houses here do) so we wouldn't be trying to grow plants that close to the house anyway. Your roses should be in full sun, shouldn't they? Re: Eaves - The Final Verdict - You Decide! 83Nov 22, 2008 9:11 pm Ahhh welcome my little padawan...
I have a new avatar with which to celebrate! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We grow strong... Re: Eaves - The Final Verdict - You Decide! 84Nov 22, 2008 9:55 pm My 2c on the topic is in my signature "Now, supposing a house to have a southern aspect, sunshine during winter will steal in under the verandah, but in summer, when the sun traverses a path right over our heads, the roof will afford an agreeable shade, will it not?" -- Socrates, ca. 400 BC Re: Eaves - The Final Verdict - You Decide! 86Nov 23, 2008 3:43 pm mrs_smith Eaves existed in Socrates time??? ROFL!!!! They made them out of Adam's ribs... "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Eaves - The Final Verdict - You Decide! 87Nov 23, 2008 3:46 pm russell "Now, supposing a house to have a southern aspect, sunshine during winter will steal in under the verandah, but in summer, when the sun traverses a path right over our heads, the roof will afford an agreeable shade, will it not?" -- Socrates, ca. 400 BC Except if you live near the equator (it will just oscillate overhead) or the poles (where it either remains low in the sky or disappears completely)! Re: Eaves - The Final Verdict - You Decide! 88Nov 23, 2008 3:48 pm Eager DAMN BLOODY EAVES! They're stopping me from growing grass! They act like a big umbrella around the house, keeping the ground dry, so even with 15mm of rain in the past 18 hours, I have to water! Aren't you supposed to keep your slab edge exposed as a visible termite barrier? Re: Eaves - The Final Verdict - You Decide! 89Nov 23, 2008 3:59 pm dymonite69 Eager DAMN BLOODY EAVES! They're stopping me from growing grass! They act like a big umbrella around the house, keeping the ground dry, so even with 15mm of rain in the past 18 hours, I have to water! Aren't you supposed to keep your slab edge exposed as a visible termite barrier? Termites didn't exist in Socrates' time I thought this would be a popular question but I haven't been able to find any similar posts. Perhaps I'm wording my searches wrong? When you have car insurance and the… 0 6605 Update from me! Couldn't find the trimmer - not sure if there isn't one simply because the eave is so narrow. Went ahead with the spring toggles and it all worked out… 7 5837 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 7822 |