The fascia is the outside corner board on a cornice. The cornice found at the end of the eaves and is made up of the fascia and soffits. Besides being decorative, the fascia, along with the soffit encloses the overhang. It can also act as surface to fasten rain gutters to and protects the ends…
Well, there are actually three words to go with the word of the week: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. According to the Builder’s Comprehensive Dictionary (Robert Putnam, Reston Pub. Co., c1984), “order” refers to the three types of Greek columns. See figure one (courtesy of thinkquest.org). Doric is the least frilly column. Notice how it is…
This is probably a familiar place to commuters on the Mid Coast. We completed this project in the 90s and it still looks great.