decorators3 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Hi I am working on a residential renovation project The current house is a standard one level 40 x 24 with have a full 8' finished basement (not walk out) with L stairs to main floor . Exterior walls are Siding 4 and will follow upwards with the same The client has requested the following revisions redesign main floor layout change main floor from 8' to 9' ceilings add second level with 8' ceilings 12/12 gable roof pitch with storage room and dormers I have done the revisions but how do I note the added one foot to the main floor on my drawings for an engineer to sign of on to get the city building permit Thanks in advance Levina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveNovato Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 How about a cross section or elevation with the adjusted height, along with a plan note? I have been schooled (yelled at) by my engineer for 30+ years. My uneducated guess is that 1 foot of ceiling height will not change much of the engineers calculations... Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Side by side elevations highlighting changes in elevation heights of floors? That’s how I would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_Sweeney Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Sounds like a teardown all the way to the deck and start over from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 7 hours ago, decorators3 said: t how do I note the added one foot to the main floor on my drawings for an engineer to sign of on to get the city building permit i will use the revision cloud and put a label beside it noting the scope of change. in this case I would put on the cross section and probably note it on the elevation. generally here stacking of walls is a no no without an engineer, unless you are taking off the top plates and sistering or replacing with 9' studs ...but I would assume that is the detail the authority is looking for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Assuming the exsiting ceiling joist and roof will need to be torn off: I had a job recently where we just added a 4x12 to the top of the wall around the perimeter and used LPT4's to connect the beam to the top plate. Worked real nice so we didnt have to remove all the stucco and drywall. Just some drywall on the inside for shear wall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javatom Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Your existing footings might not be wide enough for a second story. If you have the original plans, it might show what is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builtright3 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, javatom said: Your existing footings might not be wide enough for a second story. If you have the original plans, it might show what is there. Good point! That was another thing that we were able to use pad footings under existing in verious locations becasue the engineered beams could carry a good span so we didnt have to undermine all the existing footing. In your case you have a partial basement so dont know how the would work. I dont do basements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValleyGuy Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 14 hours ago, decorators3 said: I have done the revisions but how do I note the added one foot to the main floor on my drawings for an engineer to sign of on to get the city building permit A yellow triangle with a number (a note) in the middle of the dimensioned plan view draws a lot of attention. Put in a note schedule titled something like 'Construction Notes' ... mention the additional height and add in 'additional details on page...' within the note and then insert a designated page in the layout with x-sections / elevations / details and anything else you want pertaining to the additional height. That should bring it to their attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 thank you all for your responses .. greatly appreciated Levina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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