No foundations or setbacks to worry about.
Bracing an attic to make a room.
Everything is already in place you just have to transform an empty space into your vision.
There s plenty of room to make a 12 x 12 room with 10 foot ceiling at its peak.
Homeowners cannot take chances with the structural integrity of their roofs.
Converting existing attic space into a bedroom is a popular home improvement project that can return over 93 of the money invested when you sell your house.
Nail them to the rafters and angle nail the center support to the top edge of the horizontal brace.
When deciding whether to convert an attic into living space there are a number of questions to consider including access ceiling height and natural light.
Your attic is now ready for finishing.
The roof is subject to pressure placed on it by natural forces including snow rain.
Cut a 2 by 4 to fit horizontally from rafter to rafter on each truss.
An attic is often the easiest place to add onto your house.
Create an extra bedroom a master suite a media room a play room or anything you can imagine for much less than the cost of an addition.
This completes the reframing process.