I feel like Spencer junior!

[Anonymous Poster]

To maximize headroom in the loft, I am using joist hangers for the 2x8 floor joists at the outside end.

On the inside end, these floor joists will sit on top of that 2x12 that runs across the middle of the old wall.

This picture shows one floor joist sitting in place [not nailed yet] and the remaining joist hangers waiting for thier joists...

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Quit early this evening, about 6 PM. Instead of using that old plywood, I used a poly tarp...faster and easier to take back down in the morning.

I hope it does not get blown off if we get a thunderstorm this eveninng!

 

[Anonymous Poster]

This is a terrilble drawing...not to scale...but I hope it conveys the evolution of this project.

That raised portion of the roof over the loft has walls about 12x12 in size [I mean the floor area is 12x12] and they will extend about 3 feet above the present new roof. The roof of this raised section will have about a 2 foot overhang all around. At some point I will add windows to the wall sections...perhaps the loft will become a "home away from home...in the future." Actually, last night the wife asked why I don't put screens in there and make it a place where we could sleep sometimes in the summer...Sewers are coming in soon...who knows where this might lead... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

It just makes sense to me to raise the roof and make the loft space more usable.

My worries are that I did not check to see if I needed a permit to do what I am doing. It started out as simply adding a roof to an existing shed and a retaining wall.

Now it is becoming a two story structure! And easier to see from the road...hope the building inspector has better things to do than look right and left as he drives by !!!

Anyway..."It's just a garden shed..."

I can't imagine any further developments than this last change, if I do it.

 

[pajoube]

Bill,
Had to go and take a nap after seeing all the work you just did. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
PJ

 

[Spencer]

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Henro, thanks for the update, I was having withdrawals. You could probably still go down and get a permit. Just don't tell them that you have already started the project. When the inspector comes out to see that you got your holes for your poles deep enough just explain that you did not know you had to wait for him to inspect that phase before you moved on.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Spencer and all,

The other "small" detail I forgot to mention is that I needed to align the new with the old foundation, which is too close to the property line...I think we have a 25' building line...the old spring house foundation is 20' at most from the line.

I spoke with my neighbor and told him what I wanted to do and that I would not come any closer than the existing foundation but wanted to be sure he did not have a problem with what I wanted to do, before I started doing anything. He said no problem. Had he had a problem with it, I would have done something differently.

Anyway, if I go ask for a permit, I will then have to ask for a variance, and it gets complicated. So I think I will just let things go as is and see what happens. I know I did right by asking the neighbor beforehand. To me that [along with building things strong/well] is the most important thing.

Maybe I should give more thought to raising that loft roof up...although it seems like the right thing to do and would be a waste of time and energy, as well as money to do it later. Now or never... Still have a day or so before I need to make the final decision on that...

 

[Spencer]

Go for it! I liked the way it looked on your plans. You've come this far, you may as well do it the way you really want it.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I second the motion. Go for it!

You can call it the.......... 'Hen-ro house'

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[Anonymous Poster]

Get it done from Friday afternoon to Monday morning, and get some paint on it quick - if it looks like it's been there for a while, they'll never notice. But raw limber sticks out like a sore thumb. Don't ask me how I know...

 

[Anonymous Poster]

The tarp came off easy and surprisingly, I don't think we had any rain overnight...

I cut the floor joists to the right length and started putting them up. The first is in place in this photo.