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cost of third floor room
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| Jerry Frye 2006-04-20, 8:21 pm |
| Hi,
I am getting a new house built starting in the next month or so. I want to
add a small room (10'x10' or so) to our plans on top of the second floor.
It would have windows all around it. The builder who is working with the
guy drawing up our plans wasn't sure exactly what it would take to build
without talking to an engineer. Without doing that yet he gave me an
estimate of what it could cost. Does anyone else out there have an opinion
of how much extra it would cost to do this? I put a picture here of what I
hope it will look like: http://personalpages.tds.net/~jfrye098/house.jpg
Thank you.
Jerry
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| crhras 2006-04-20, 9:21 pm |
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I can't help you with costs because I am not in Wisonsin.
But I would imagine that the cost involved would not be significantly
different from adding a whole floor up there instead of just a 10x10 room.
Hope you don't mind me asking. But, I'm curious why are you building a
small room up there instead of creating a larger third floor or building
over the garage ?
Good luck,
Curt
"Jerry Frye" <jfrye098@tds.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am getting a new house built starting in the next month or so. I want
> to
> add a small room (10'x10' or so) to our plans on top of the second floor.
> It would have windows all around it. The builder who is working with the
> guy drawing up our plans wasn't sure exactly what it would take to build
> without talking to an engineer. Without doing that yet he gave me an
> estimate of what it could cost. Does anyone else out there have an
> opinion
> of how much extra it would cost to do this? I put a picture here of what
> I
> hope it will look like: http://personalpages.tds.net/~jfrye098/house.jpg
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
>
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| Grumman-581 2006-04-20, 9:21 pm |
| "crhras" wrote in message
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> Hope you don't mind me asking. But, I'm curious why are you building a
> small room up there instead of creating a larger third floor or building
> over the garage ?
Clear field of fire?
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| Bob Morrison 2006-04-20, 9:21 pm |
| In a previous post Jerry Frye wrote...
> I am getting a new house built starting in the next month or so. I want to
> add a small room (10'x10' or so) to our plans on top of the second floor.
> It would have windows all around it.
>
One thing for certain: with 3 stories the house will no longer meet the
prescriptive requirements of IRC2003
--
Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com
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| JerryD\(upstateNY\) 2006-04-21, 7:21 am |
| First, I would check with the town to make sure they will allow a 3rd story.
Many town's won't.
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JerryD(upstateNY)
I am getting a new house built starting in the next month or so. I want to
add a small room (10'x10' or so) to our plans on top of the second floor.
It would have windows all around it. The builder who is working with the
guy drawing up our plans wasn't sure exactly what it would take to build
without talking to an engineer. Without doing that yet he gave me an
estimate of what it could cost. Does anyone else out there have an opinion
of how much extra it would cost to do this? I put a picture here of what I
hope it will look like: http://personalpages.tds.net/~jfrye098/house.jpg
Thank you.
Jerry
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| bitternut 2006-04-21, 7:21 pm |
| Jerry is right about the height limit. In our town the height limit for a
residence is 30 feet. Anything over that you need to apply for a variance
which may or may not be granted. Better check with your town code
enforcement officer first.
"JerryD(upstateNY)" <jerry@righthere.com> wrote in message
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> First, I would check with the town to make sure they will allow a 3rd
> story.
> Many town's won't.
>
> --
> JerryD(upstateNY)
>
> I am getting a new house built starting in the next month or so. I want
> to
> add a small room (10'x10' or so) to our plans on top of the second floor.
> It would have windows all around it. The builder who is working with the
> guy drawing up our plans wasn't sure exactly what it would take to build
> without talking to an engineer. Without doing that yet he gave me an
> estimate of what it could cost. Does anyone else out there have an
> opinion
> of how much extra it would cost to do this? I put a picture here of what
> I
> hope it will look like: http://personalpages.tds.net/~jfrye098/house.jpg
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jerry
>
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| Jerry Frye 2006-04-21, 9:21 pm |
| I live out in the country. Do you still think that would be an issue?
Jerry
"bitternut" <bitternut@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Jerry is right about the height limit. In our town the height limit for a
> residence is 30 feet. Anything over that you need to apply for a variance
> which may or may not be granted. Better check with your town code
> enforcement officer first.
> "JerryD(upstateNY)" <jerry@righthere.com> wrote in message
> news:u422g.313$ZQ3.93@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
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| Bob Morrison 2006-04-21, 10:21 pm |
| In a previous post Jerry Frye wrote...
> I live out in the country. Do you still think that would be an issue?
>
Yes! My county has a height limit of 35 feet for most locations. It is
not set because of view, but because the fire depart only equipment to
reach that high. If you build over the max height limit the building
inspector can and will make you tear it off.
--
Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com
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| Jim Hunter 2006-04-22, 2:21 am |
| He's right. I had to lower my roof 11 inches, AFTER it was completed and
shingled! 12in rafters were cut and gusseted with plywood on each side at
8ft height and the pitch at that point changed from 9/12 to 7/12. Even
though it cost $25k to make the change, it ended up looking OK.
"Bob Morrison" <SpamFighter@junk.com> wrote in message
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> In a previous post Jerry Frye wrote...
>
> Yes! My county has a height limit of 35 feet for most locations. It is
> not set because of view, but because the fire depart only equipment to
> reach that high. If you build over the max height limit the building
> inspector can and will make you tear it off.
>
> --
> Bob Morrison, PE, SE
> R L Morrison Engineering Co
> Structural & Civil Engineering
> Poulsbo WA
> bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com
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| JerryD\(upstateNY\) 2006-04-23, 1:21 pm |
| >>Yes! My county has a height limit of 35 feet for most locations. It is
not set because of view, but because the fire depart only equipment to
reach that high. If you build over the max height limit the building
inspector can and will make you tear it off.<<
I put a full second story on my daughter and son-in-law's house.
Because they don't have a basement, I put a steep pitch on the roof so they
would have some storage space up there.
To pass the town code I had to put collar ties in at 72" off the floor so it
wouldn't be considered living space.
--
JerryD(upstateNY)
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| Did you attach them with screws so they could be shortened and raised easy
after the nosy inspector is gone.? [g]
I have seen some stuff that needed inspectors but silly things like that is
common out there..
"JerryD(upstateNY)" <jerry@righthere.com> wrote in message
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> not set because of view, but because the fire depart only
> equipment to reach that high. If you build over the max
> height limit the building inspector can and will make you
> tear it off.<<
> I put a full second story on my daughter and son-in-law's
> house. Because they don't have a basement, I put a steep pitch
> on the roof so they would have some storage space up
> there. To pass the town code I had to put collar ties in at 72"
> off the floor so it wouldn't be considered living space.
>
> --
> JerryD(upstateNY)
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| Jerry Frye 2006-04-24, 11:21 pm |
| Woo Hoo! I just found out from my town chairman that there aren't ANY
restrictions on height. He said I could go as high as I want. :-)
Thanks for all the advice though.
"bitternut" <bitternut@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Jerry is right about the height limit. In our town the height limit for a
> residence is 30 feet. Anything over that you need to apply for a variance
> which may or may not be granted. Better check with your town code
> enforcement officer first.
> "JerryD(upstateNY)" <jerry@righthere.com> wrote in message
> news:u422g.313$ZQ3.93@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
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