Proposed Changes From 3/30/99 Design

Recent Changes

The following are recent changes to the house design (primarily to the requirements).

Date Reviewed Description

3/30/99 Lane Living Room: Alternate arrangement of TV, fireplace, and furniture, to allow larger (5' to 6') TV, and to sit farther from TV (reduces glare). See floor plan.

3/30/99 Lane Master Bedroom: Alternate arrangement of bed, to open up space a bit. See floor plan. (Lane has since suggested a separate bed headboard + closet unit that is constructed like furniture and which can be placed anywhere in the room.)

3/30/99 Lane Master Bathroom: Glass blocks changed to be a two-foot-wide horizontal strip along the top of the outside shower wall, instead of a vertical strip.

8/26/99 Lane Garage: Large "laundry tub" style sink beside workbench.

8/26/99 Lane Clarification: hose outlet inside garage, with a place to roll up and store hose. Same for deck, and outside lake entrance.

8/26/99 Lane Clarification: furnace needs to go in storage room, not garage.

9/5/99 Office: Although the office will have either flush-mount or surface-mount speaker (in walls and/or ceiling), office should also have speaker jacks for external speakers, in case it turns out to be preferable to have small speakers placed on the desk.

9/5/99 Laundry Room: Include some fast way of accessing ironing board (e.g. in-wall fold-down board).

9/10/99 Boat House: Can it be made large enough to hold a Bayliner Capri 1750? (See Boat House Requirements.)

9/12/99 Master Bedroom: Alternate design for headboard/closet unit.

9/21/99 Dock: See Information added to requirements page.

9/21/99 Kitchen: Two-part sink: one for washing dishes, the other for a air-drying dishes.

10/10/99 Run long-distance KVM (e.g. www.raritan.com) from office to mechanical room, so Phast PC can be accessed from the office.

11/7/99 Low-Voltage Plan: Removed Intercom. Clarified that Cat5 is for 100baseT, not 10baseT. Added:

Doorbell button wire should be home-run to the mechanical room, so it can be connected to the automation system. Same for the intercom at the door.

Run long-distance KVM cable from the office to mechanical room, so Phast PC can be accessed from the office. (This is required since Phast doesn't allow for remote control over the network.)

11/7/99 Additions/changes from reviewing project specification & plans:

Laundry room: Need swivel towel bar (or equivalent) for hanging damp clothes on hangers (an ironing avoidance technique), at 6.5' height, at least 12" from perpendicular wall when swung out.

Gas barbeque outlets: one on roof deck, one on patio.

Guest bath: use jetted tub.

Office: Needs at least 40 AC outlets, wide enough for "wall wart" adapters; many need to be connected to UPS (e.g. APC Smart-UPS 3000).

Central Vacuum: Include automatic dustpans (e.g. Beam "VacPan") wherever there is a hardwood floor.

Date	Reviewed	Description
3/30/99	Lane	Living Room: Alternate arrangement of TV, fireplace, and furniture, to allow larger (5' to 6') TV, and to sit farther from TV (reduces glare). See floor plan.
3/30/99	Lane	Master Bedroom: Alternate arrangement of bed, to open up space a bit. See floor plan. (Lane has since suggested a separate bed headboard + closet unit that is constructed like furniture and which can be placed anywhere in the room.)
3/30/99	Lane	Master Bathroom: Glass blocks changed to be a two-foot-wide horizontal strip along the top of the outside shower wall, instead of a vertical strip.
8/26/99	Lane	Garage: Large "laundry tub" style sink beside workbench.
8/26/99	Lane	Clarification: hose outlet inside garage, with a place to roll up and store hose. Same for deck, and outside lake entrance.
8/26/99	Lane	Clarification: furnace needs to go in storage room, not garage.
9/5/99		Office: Although the office will have either flush-mount or surface-mount speaker (in walls and/or ceiling), office should also have speaker jacks for external speakers, in case it turns out to be preferable to have small speakers placed on the desk.
9/5/99		Laundry Room: Include some fast way of accessing ironing board (e.g. in-wall fold-down board).
9/10/99		Boat House: Can it be made large enough to hold a Bayliner Capri 1750? (See Boat House Requirements.)
9/12/99		Master Bedroom: Alternate design for headboard/closet unit.
9/21/99		Dock: See Information added to requirements page.
9/21/99		Kitchen: Two-part sink: one for washing dishes, the other for a air-drying dishes.
10/10/99		Run long-distance KVM (e.g. www.raritan.com) from office to mechanical room, so Phast PC can be accessed from the office.
11/7/99		Low-Voltage Plan: Removed Intercom. Clarified that Cat5 is for 100baseT, not 10baseT. Added: Doorbell button wire should be home-run to the mechanical room, so it can be connected to the automation system. Same for the intercom at the door. Run long-distance KVM cable from the office to mechanical room, so Phast PC can be accessed from the office. (This is required since Phast doesn't allow for remote control over the network.)
11/7/99		Additions/changes from reviewing project specification & plans: Laundry room: Need swivel towel bar (or equivalent) for hanging damp clothes on hangers (an ironing avoidance technique), at 6.5' height, at least 12" from perpendicular wall when swung out. Gas barbeque outlets: one on roof deck, one on patio. Guest bath: use jetted tub. Office: Needs at least 40 AC outlets, wide enough for "wall wart" adapters; many need to be connected to UPS (e.g. APC Smart-UPS 3000). Central Vacuum: Include automatic dustpans (e.g. Beam "VacPan") wherever there is a hardwood floor.