My original idea was to raise the entire roof, throughout the house. Vicky's contractor friend did a good job of talking me out of it, primarily suggesting that any substantial roof change would trigger a whole slew of addl. code compliance requirements - not to speak of the long wait to get the case through design review, neighbor review and whatever.
So I have been trying to make peace with the flat roof - at least part of it.
I really want to get some headroom into the entryway, and my immediate idea is to remove the current extension of the garage roof that goes over the entryway overhang, and instead get a new roof or overhang that is either the same level as the bedroom section (extra 1'-1.5') or perhaps even the LR (extra 2'-2.5').
When Steve came by, he was very doubtful about the feasibility of changing the overhang - suggesting it might severely compromise the structural integrity where the current garage beam meets the added-on bedroom wall. Hmm, I cannot see how that can be a major problem. The garage beam is of course resting on som post over there, and there may be a beam in the bedroom wall that, again, rests on the post + end-of-garage beam. But what is the big deal? The post just have to be extended with the height of the garage beam - which is carefully removed. The other end of the garage beam rests on a post in the corner of the garage, and everything there is fine. So the only thing left dangling is the ceiling of the overhang - which I would simply remove. Can someone explain to me why this is so impossible?
