The home owners want a larger closet in the Master Bed Room. The Master Bed Room at Second Floor is next to attic in the Garage. The Garage attic is pretty much at the same level as the Master Bed Room floor. So, we looked at the feasibility of carving out a bonus room in the attic.

The Garage has a finished ceiling with two layers of drywall -- so code compliance wise that will meet the requirement of having a room above . We looked at the structural arrangement of the Garage and the surrounding area.

I looked at couple of alternates, and determined that we could work from within the Garage attic, modify the existing trusses so that the top part in the middle of the roof will be piggy-backed on the flat part of the bonus room. However the cutting of some existing truss members and creating new bonus room trusses and the piggy-back truss out of the existing trusses will all have to be done from within the attic area while maintaining the structual integrity of the existing roof system.

Ted Grammatico of Gemstone Homes is an experienced builder -- he clearly understood the intent and the implications -- and he gave me the green light to go ahead and prepare the needed drawings.

I have presented here some pictures of the existing house that I took during my initial visit. I will keep you posted with progress pictures as we go along.


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