Thanks guys, I really appreciate your input. I think MiketheEngineers' idea is bang on. Everyone around here does everything via platform framing and hence my frame of reference to frame up from the existing walls. But I can see how balloon framing from the first floor up would be a great way to...
Thanks for the opinions guys. fwiw I have an engineer to check things with and always do before I finalize any plans. But what I'm after here are just some opinions or maybe comments from someone who has done something similar with regards to the concept. This is a very low pitched roof (maybe...
I have a rancher style house with cathedral ceilings and I want to add a second floor addition over them (keeping the cathedral ceilings as they are.) Any thoughts? Can I build a small section of framing onto the existing framing of the exterior walls high enough to get level with the top of the...
