I have a drop down floor of about 5 inches into my family room.
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The family room is a 2 car converted garage prior to my purchase of home. The rest of the home has ceramic tiling. I like the ceiling height in the family room. What would be more COST effective to have done.....Lower entire home floors or Raise entire home ceilings but still have the 'drop down floor' which I'm not too fond of? Help....& Thank You.
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Solomon's dilemna. Cost effective, simply raise floor in conversion space. I would say you need to bring in 2-3 contractors for estimates as all alternatives will be costly and much will depend on the current construction.
Johnchip
on Oct 27, 2016
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Raising the home floors or the ceilings involves a lot of structural work. And it does not come cheap. Raising the floor in the converted garage would be the cheapest to do. Many have converted attached garages into living spaces, but never considered raising the floor to match the rest of the home. ***** http://www.diychatroom.com/f15/raise-garage-f... ***** http://www.diychatroom.com/f15/raise-garage-f...
William
on Oct 27, 2016
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Before you start there are things to consider. Some towns/counties require a building permit Means you have to have a plan; a drawing or how large is the area and how high you hope to raise the floor. How many EX 2x4's How many sheets of 4x8 plywood for sub floor at least 1/2 inches thick. Don't forget to check spacing usually 18-24" between the 2x4's. And it all has to be kept level or inspector will not approve the work when finished. Take a look at local lumber store to see basic materials cost. In long run it is often better to either live with what you have or find an experienced installer/contractor. Local lumber company can give you a lead on who to talk to.
Deanna Nassar
on Oct 27, 2016
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Are you doing it yourself? Are you hiring a contractor? A house ( A traditional stick built house) is built so that the the floor joist ( floor framing) is built under the walls and is all wood.....So lowering the floor cannot be done cost effectively at all......you would have to gut the entire floor of the house...mind you the floor holds up interior walls, etc as well....There ia a concrete foundation wall between the house and Garage and the garage has a concrete floor........hence the elevation change, which most likely makes the ceiling in the garage a different elevation than the house ceiling.......The roof structure is usually built with the ceiling framing attached to it as well and is carried as one piece across many rooms...Depending on the type of roof you have.........so basically you would have to tear off the entire roof in order to raise the ceilings ........So there really is NO way to do it COST effectively.....I'm not saying it cant be done but you would spend about half of what you house is worth doing it........Sorry
Kevin Flynn
on Oct 28, 2016
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