roofover/addition questions/thoughts
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:44 pm
hi all,
man am i glad i found this place!
ok here is my deal i have a 1985 24x48 dw on block foundation, i have done extensive remodeling now and want to add on to my home we love the property and are happy with the house except for space for our suddenly larger family (we recently adopted 6&7 year old sisters)
my current plan i an 18 ft addition across the length of the house using timber frame construction , i have my own sawmill and can produce rough cut lumber at basically zero cost other than sweat, obviously i will have to change roof pitch and am thinking a pole barn type roofover is the way to go but want to set 6x6 timbers into the existing wall on top of the foundation on the opposite side from the addition to support the roofover is this feasable? we are in a rural area in the southeast and am planning on a corrugated metal roof so the roof will be light but i am a notorious overbuilder , also had considered removing roughly half of the existing roof sytem to vault the ceilings to the new pitch effectively cutting out half of the joining beam along the center of the home what are the structural concerns here?
man am i glad i found this place!
ok here is my deal i have a 1985 24x48 dw on block foundation, i have done extensive remodeling now and want to add on to my home we love the property and are happy with the house except for space for our suddenly larger family (we recently adopted 6&7 year old sisters)
my current plan i an 18 ft addition across the length of the house using timber frame construction , i have my own sawmill and can produce rough cut lumber at basically zero cost other than sweat, obviously i will have to change roof pitch and am thinking a pole barn type roofover is the way to go but want to set 6x6 timbers into the existing wall on top of the foundation on the opposite side from the addition to support the roofover is this feasable? we are in a rural area in the southeast and am planning on a corrugated metal roof so the roof will be light but i am a notorious overbuilder , also had considered removing roughly half of the existing roof sytem to vault the ceilings to the new pitch effectively cutting out half of the joining beam along the center of the home what are the structural concerns here?