Custom Home Deserves Custom DaVinci Roof
Noel Etzel had a “do it once, do it right” philosophy he followed when making product selections for his family’s custom home last year in Topeka, Kansas. That theory led him to select Bellaforté Shake roofing to top off his 6,400-square-foot contemporary mountain style home.
“We wanted a roofing product that would look like real shake without the issues associated with shake roofs,” says Etzel. “To that end, we wanted to make a roofing selection only one time, so the DaVinci product was ideal. After seeing some local installations of the synthetic shake product, we were sold on it.
“For us, the fact that there is color variation between the individual polymer shake shingles adds to the ‘realism’ of the roof and makes it look very natural.”
Designed by NSPJ Architects, the Etzel home boasts real stone pillars and wood planking on the exterior. The custom home was designed by Timothy Homburg, AIA, NCARB, Principal Architect and Co-President at NSPJ Architects, to include a four-season room with a fireplace, steam room, theatre, dumbwaiter from the main floor kitchen to a walk-out summer kitchen and outdoor pool.
“My favorite part of the exterior design of the home is the screened porch that opens up the entire back of the house to the lake view,” says Homburg. “Our custom residential designs are well thought out and evoke our client’s personality and lifestyle. As in the case of the Etzel family, we listen and are attentive to our client’s needs. So, when the Etzels said they wanted an easy-care, authentic-looking faux cedar shake roof, we thought of the DaVinci product. We’ve used this synthetic roofing product successfully on other projects for our firm and believed it would be a good match for this home design.”
To gain a “top down” flow of cohesive color on the home exterior, the Etzels worked with Appelhanz Roofing to select the Mountain-VariBlend color combination of varying tones of browns for their Bellaforté Shake roof. “After comparing several DaVinci color samples to our stone work, cedar siding and trim, the Mountain-VariBlend was the best fit for our home,” says Etzel. “Overall we’re extremely happy with the exterior of the house and we can’t think of anything we would change.
“While some might think it’s hard to get excited about something as simple and necessary as a roof, we feel otherwise. We routinely receive positive feedback on the roof and are extremely pleased with our decision to invest in the DaVinci product.”
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