
If your idea of a great house involves more than just a place to keep warm and dry, then you need to know about the value of an attic loft. Besides adding more finished floor space for a given size of new home or renovation, a well-appointed loft adds character, romance and an uncommon level of resale appeal. But the price of admission to this world of enhanced residential value involves building techniques that are different and more sophisticated than what’s required for success with regular, above ground construction. And understanding these differences is definitely worth the effort, beginning with the roof structure itself.
The first thing to understand is that typical truss-framed roofs cannot be transformed into any kind of successful attic loft. If this is what your home has now, flip past this article immediately. Continued reading will only make you jealous and depressed. Read more…
July 13th, 2008 by Admin | No Comments »