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I have a cape style house with somewhat of a finished space on the second level. I’d like to raise the entire roof about 4 ft thus increasing the useable sqft. Any ideas on how this can be achieved?<!—->
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I have a cape style house with somewhat of a finished space on the second level. I’d like to raise the entire roof about 4 ft thus increasing the useable sqft. Any ideas on how this can be achieved?<!—->
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a good start would be to decide whether you want four feet or six feet.
but this is more complicated than an internet forum is good for. You need a designer, arcjhitect, engineer, or at the very least, a framing carpenter familiar with construction engineering to visit the site and make some plamns. BNe ready to pay them for consulting and know in advance that this project will not be cheap.
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full recomendation of what piffin has stated...
What you are looking to do is rip off the entire roof of your house. add a small exterior "knee wall", and put the roof back on. heck, at that point, why not just add an entire full ht wall upstairs and make it even more useable??
have you considered adding a full "shed dormer" to that back section of the roof as well as a few "dog house" dormers to the front? I know it is rather common to have these additions, having done a few myself.
in any event...find someone that will be able to give you some ideas...and have a clear idea yourself of what you want to use the space for. For example, is it really worth the extra $20,000 (just a random number) to rip the entire roof off for a sleeping area (assuming that is what you are using the space for), or can you settle with some other less expensive, less intrusive ideas...
it all comes down to the size of your wallet...
good luck!
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The reason for adding 4-6 ft knee walls is to maintain the appearance of a cape. Currently the highest point of the ceiling in the existing finished space (see attached drawing) is 8 ft, but this is only at the center leaving much of the other space less than desirable in height due to the roof angle being 30 deg. One of my options is to add dormers and a shed roof just as you said Charlie. I'm at the point in planning and weighing out the costs of either raising the roof or adding dormers.<!---->
Thanks for the comments piffin & Charli (the singing carpenter)<!---->
I`ll agree with the previous posters...you may get an idea of what you`re in for here at BT, but as far as specifics, its time to call an architect.
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