ok so right now I'm in the pipe dreaming stages. Here is what I am thinking / wondering if its makes financial sense. I have a 24x24 garage with a hip roof. The inside is like 8ft or so clearance, which for most wouldn't be bad. I used to wrench so the idea of a hoist in the garage has always been on the back burner, the way the prices have come down so much how can ya complain. So heres what I am thinking would it makes sense to raise the like 3-4ft and put in sub walls once the roof is raised. Or the other idea i was thinking would be take the roof off and either convert the roof to a gable style with clearanced trusses ? So i was just wondering if anyone has done anything like this or is it worth it. I seen 24x24x9 garage kits from like menards for $4800 http://www.menards.com/main/project-...361-c-9891.htm So i was thinking that the roof idea could be done for 2-2.5k ? and the subwall idea for less or am i completely out of line here ?
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Garage Rehab / Carpenter questions?!?!?
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Kevin54
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Kind of between a rock and a hard spot ain'tcha? I've kind of been kicking around basically the same thing to raise my roof. Personally, I think you could do it for what you mentioned, IF you are doing almost all the work yourself. Trusses won't cost much for the 24' trusses and most lumber yards carry a 24' truss with a 4/12 pitch in stock. I don't know right for what the 24' truss cost now, but I'm guessing $50 or a little less, so you'd have approx. $600 in trusses. You'll have roughly 24 sheets of OSB for the roof plus a few for the gable ends, so make it approx. 35 sheets @ $7.00 / sht. for a total of $245. Then you will need your 2x4's for adding the additional wall height, then your roofing cost. You'll have around 8 square of shingle and we'll say $60 / sq. although it will vary depending on the shingles, so there is $480. Then felt paper at maybe $60. That's roughly $1385 which is more than likely a little low. Round it up to $1500 not counting on the 2x4's to raise the wall height. Add another $150, ballpark for those, and now you're at $1650. Then you'll have soffit, vents, siding, any ceilings or wall coverings inside that you will need. Then some additional wiring because of the raised walls and then the misc. materials plus hauling off any scrap. So you will come in close to what you estimated at the $2-2.5k price.
Now if you can dismantle the roof you have now carefully you can shave the price off of that by a few hundred. If you have the standard trusses other than the hip ends, peel the shingles off and you know they will be scrapped, but you may be able to save some of the sheeting, and you will have "X" number of regular trusses so you will only have to add a few in at each end. You can save some $$$.
Depending on how the garage is built now, you may want to consider that instead of raising the roof, cut the garage loose from the foundation and raise the complete garage. If you just have the bare bones stud walls, a couple of skidloaders could more than likely raise it to the height you need. You'll have to do some bracing, but it can be done. Add to the bottom instead of adding to the top. It would be cheaper because you won't have all the truss, sheeting, shingle stuff to mess with.
Now if you can dismantle the roof you have now carefully you can shave the price off of that by a few hundred. If you have the standard trusses other than the hip ends, peel the shingles off and you know they will be scrapped, but you may be able to save some of the sheeting, and you will have "X" number of regular trusses so you will only have to add a few in at each end. You can save some $$$.
Depending on how the garage is built now, you may want to consider that instead of raising the roof, cut the garage loose from the foundation and raise the complete garage. If you just have the bare bones stud walls, a couple of skidloaders could more than likely raise it to the height you need. You'll have to do some bracing, but it can be done. Add to the bottom instead of adding to the top. It would be cheaper because you won't have all the truss, sheeting, shingle stuff to mess with.
Steevo
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I'd do as Kevin mentioned in his last paragraph.
Lift the garage, support it in place, and build a cinder block pony wall under it, then set it down on the wall.
I have done this with a small house before, adding a perimeter foundation where none existed.
Lift the garage, support it in place, and build a cinder block pony wall under it, then set it down on the wall.
I have done this with a small house before, adding a perimeter foundation where none existed.
Toomanytools?
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Old building or newer, 2x4 or 2x6 walls? Raising the building is a better choice, think your overall cost would be lower. Plus you raise the building you get a taller garage door without having to redo headers and such. You will need to match siding but you do that if you add to the top also. Might have some issues with electrical but easy to overcome. If the roof doesn't need replaced I don't think I would replace the top, trusses,ply,paper, roofing ect.
camarotoolman
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Raise the hole thing, put 4-5 rows on concrete blocks up, and lower it down. Search this, think this has been discussed before. f you are careful, yocould dismatle the old roof, build a nee wall and reassemble the roof, reshinge it. done.
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A buddy of mine just did the hole take it up from the foundation and and 3 cinder blocks and cap underneith the wall to get the added height he was able to do it was 4 floor jacks and 2 bottle jacks (a 3 car wide garage witha a 2 car door and entry door) he just added blocks as he lifted it, if i was to do this way i would like to do a subwall to make it look less noticable, but kinda sketchy having a building 2-3 foot in the air with nothing underneith it. so if it was to raise it i would have to rent like someone said a skidsteer or something to raise it then pop the walls in.