Self-extension / Adding floors yourself

  • Erstellt am 2008-07-15 16:28:03

BobDerMeister

2008-07-15 16:28:03
  • #1
Hello,

I plan to add an extra floor to a small outbuilding. It is a building about 13 meters long and about 3-3.5 meters wide. It already has a flat roof, so the beams rest at the front and at the back a wall about 80 cm high has been built up, creating a small attic.

I want to raise this attic over a length of about 4 meters, as a bedroom. I don’t yet know how high, I’m thinking about 1m: Now my question: Can I do something like this myself? I mean, can you raise a roof like this with a bit of DIY skill and also build up such walls?

And which material is best to use? I mean the type of bricks.

I would appreciate tips.

Thank you very much!

Best regards

Bob
 

nicobischof

2008-07-19 19:29:57
  • #2
I think you should be the best judge yourself of how well you can build walls or not. Have you done that before? If not, it could of course go wrong ;-) Just try to build a small wall and see if it works. Otherwise, I would have a professional do it.
 

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