Raise the roof...

[farrbar]

I'm entering the home stretch of a home addition/renovation that started 4th of July weekend. My house was built in the 1940s and did not have a second floor above the garage, or the adjacent laundry room or bathroom.

The Plan -> add a master bedroom & master bath, office and second floor laundry. The foot print above the garage and adjacent bath is 20x28, so it took about 30 iterations of the plans to get it all to fit, without seeming like we put 10lbs of stuff in a 5lb bag.

Impact on the garage? For starters, I am going to get to heat the garage. I probably won't heat the garage to more than 50, but it should help keep a more stable temp. in the new space above. Plus, for all of the new space above, I am doing in floor radiant as a separate zone so I should have decent control. Then, if I am not broke when we are done, I get a new floor and some cabinets.

My goal is to try and make it look like (from the outside) that the new space is not an addition.

 

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Here is the 2nd floor layout. The design includes 2 "bump outs" - that is cantilevered sections that stick out the back an extra 2 feet.

Also, did some re-work on the first floor opening a couple of walls.

 

[CoconutPete]

Looking great so far!

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

The addition design looks great; like it will truly blend in with the original to appear as one. I really like the block facing facade on the exterior. Could you take a close-up of that material? How thick is it, what is it made of, and most important, are you going to replace it with some other material, or have you been able to source the same material for the addition?

 

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The existing facade is stone (lannon stone), with the exception of the sides of the second floor, which was siding.

I've tried to match the best I can. The stone is about 5-6 inches thick. The on the sides i will go with stucco instead of siding.

I will post pics later tonight.

 

[farrbar]

During the design phase I didn't know how close of a match we could find on the stone, so the plans called for a small overhang roof above the garage door, the main purpose of this was so that from the front I didn't have new stone sitting right on top of old stone, in case it was a bit different.

In the end, I don't think that was needed as the match is pretty darn good in my opinion.

They guys that did the stone work were true craftsman, modifying every piece by chisel. It was a 3 man crew and they got the stone work done in about 2.5 days.

Also attached a picture of the bumpouts in the back (these will be stucco).

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

That overhang roof looks good on the front facade; it breaks up the mass of the house. You'll also benefit by its' keeping rain and snow (?) off the face of the GD. Interesting bit of history on the quarry origins.

http://www.slahs.org/history/local/lannon/history/stone_quarry.htm

Do the masons recommend that the stone be sealed sometime after the mortar cures?

 

[farrbar]

Do the masons recommend that the stone be sealed sometime after the mortar cures?

Thanks for the link, the stone for my addition came from FonduLac. I will have to ask about sealer, they have not mentioned anything.

I was pleased with the stone, so I actually had them add a little bit of stone work around the front door. I had them add a ~3 foot wall on either side of the door, and the post to my new overhang. The original plan called for the roof, but it had no walls under it or posts (instead a was to have decorative brackets).

Interestingly, it cost more for the concrete work under the stone, then for the stone itself.

Here are a few more pics.

 

[farrbar]

My kid bathroom, before and after. Also, new mudroom cabinets.

 

[farrbar]

Ok, no reason that it needed to take 3+ months for the builder to finally get the heater installed, but it is done.

Partly my fault.... I wanted them out of my house for the Holidays, and then I enjoyed peace and quiet, so aside from an occasional e-mail I never really busted his chops. When March hit I decided to get more agressive as I want to be sure the heater works before the weather warms up. He knew if he didn't finish this by the end of March and my other punch list items his final payment would be at risk, and I would be much less likely to be a positive reference. So far they have about half the punch list done.

This spring I will hopefully do the floor. You can see the crappy paint job from the prior owner is peeling.