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Title: Roof top access door
Post by: detail_stymied on September 19, 2016, 04:35:54 AM
is there a specific name for the enclosure which covers the end of the stairs & door that exits onto a roof? (on a mill or factory building circa 1900)

thanks

Title: Re: Roof top access door
Post by: 5thwheel on September 19, 2016, 11:15:20 AM
Not quite sure what you are talking about but are you maybe talking about a "hatch?"
Title: Re: Roof top access door
Post by: Design-HSB on September 19, 2016, 12:16:59 PM
I think an image would explain here more like 1000 words.
Title: Re: Roof top access door
Post by: NORCALLOGGER on September 19, 2016, 05:23:50 PM
I think this is what you are talking about.
Check out this thread by Ken Hamilton
starting at about page 22-23
http://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=1229.0
Title: Re: Roof top access door
Post by: detail_stymied on September 19, 2016, 07:18:34 PM
yes; thank you. page #22, fourth post down, where the stairs exit the building through the little doghouse looking structure. is there a specific architectural name for that? it's in all the film noir movies when the bad guy runs through the building and onto the roof. it's everywhere - except in my google searches!
Title: Re: Roof top access door
Post by: NORCALLOGGER on September 19, 2016, 08:43:12 PM
Speaking of which,
Where is Ken Hamilton????  Master modeler extra-ordinary!!
Has anyone heard anything from him in the last few years???
Title: Re: Roof top access door
Post by: finescalerr on September 19, 2016, 11:50:15 PM
He is still building models and people buy them as art. Some of our guys seem to have wandered off to post on Facebook and among them is Ken. -- Russ
Title: Re: Roof top access door
Post by: kudrdima on September 20, 2016, 07:54:55 AM
Quote from: finescalerr on September 19, 2016, 11:50:15 PM
... Some of our guys seem to have wandered off to post on Facebook and among them is Ken. -- Russ
Ken Hamilton - Miniature Construction (https://www.facebook.com/Ken-Hamilton-Miniature-Construction-555970261172079/) and http://www.kenhamilton-miniatureconstruction.com/
Title: Re: Roof top access door
Post by: mabloodhound on September 20, 2016, 08:42:56 AM
Back to the question...I always called it and heard it referred to as a doghouse. :-\