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Comments (27)Using the bizarre code amendment in effect for your jurisdiction and assuming the floor to floor height is approximately 108.5" (because the contractor recommended 7.25 risers and he should know the actual total rise), you have a choice of 14 risers @ 7.75" or 15 risers @ 7.23" (but you should ask the contractor for the floor to floor height instead of guessing). The most comfortable tread "run" for these two options would be 9.67" and 10.36" (the tread gets longer as the riser gets shorter). Adding a 1.25" nosing makes the tread surfaces 10.92" and 11.61" both of which meet the 10" oddball code minimum but I would use a shorter nosing. So, compared to the above optimal design, the original contractor recommendation of an 11" tread was 5/8" too short if he was using the applicable code definition of "tread" and it was 5/8" too long if he was using the IRC definition of a "tread". Either way his design was not based on any reasonable rise/run ratio. If you use the 14 riser stair the risers will be between 7.65" and 7.75" which is a bit taller than an ideal stair so you should measure the stairs you are used to climbing and the stairs of your relatives and friends and think about how this riser height would feel. That would give you a tread "run" of 9.67" to 9.77" so with a nosing of 1.25" the tread surface would be 10.92" to 11". Since the applicable code amendment removed the IRC definition of "tread depth", it is clear that the definition was intentionally left up to the building official so there is little or no risk of someone challenging the stair design later. Just make sure the stair riser and tread are drawn to scale and dimensioned in a blow-up detail on the permit drawings not just noted on the plan. This is the oldest and most reliable stair design tool I have found. Tread dimensions are without nosings....See MoreTotally frustrated about incorrect sq. footage
Comments (14)You may be worrying about nothing :-) Its OK to be cold about it. Informed buyers and sellers, will measure it themselves. Pricing by the sq. ft' is common but you can (and should IMO) assign different values for different spaces. Figuring replacement costs and comps to the neighborhood is just one aspect of valuation. Adding and subtracting from the sum of the parts is how I find the value to me. Your mileage may vary. For instance, with heating and cooling costs rising, an overly lrg. house may be viewed negatively as opposed to a house more on the cozy side. Also, if someone is looking based on sq footage and finds your home roomy feeling comparatively ... thats a good thing. The lot matters. Mature trees and easy maintenance or elaborate landscaping. Too big, too small, too steep, too close to a busy street, oddly shaped, fenced or not etc. and all of those things can be found in the same neighborhood. If the basement or other space is finished, floor, ceiling, heat and AC, everything, in an acceptable manor, I count it but not at full price and I know folks that won't count paneling or suspended ceilings at all. I think carpet and drywall have no place below grade or under plumbing and a walk out basement is much more valuable but those are my own personal quirks. I don't count the upper floor of a 1.5 or 2 story the same as the main main level since I prefer ranches and_to me_ an unfinished basement is preferred since I can see any deficits the foundation may have, its much easier to make any plumbing or electrical changes and the space can be developed to my preference. Partially finished, in this case, meaning walls but no ceiling or flooring or finished spaces much different than IÂd configure would actually be a negative to me. Hard things to put numbers to, making your strict sq ft number less meaningful. Have fun!...See MoreAnother wedding question(s)
Comments (54)Ah, weddings. My son is getting married in June and they've planned it as a late afternoon ceremony on the beach next to a lighthouse on the Eastern Shore, followed by a reception in a maritime museum on the same property. It's very appropriate for the couple; she is a Coast Guard academy grad who recently left the military for a job at a major cruise line and he is a federal law enforcement agent at a maritime national park. Her family is local to the MD area although the couple lives here in SoFla. Hopefully the weather will cooperate but if not she's going to move everyone into the assembly space. Very fond of my future DIL but it's an interesting experience being the grooms' parents; we've not been consulted or informed much about plans other than told if we ask. No wedding attendants, and evidently no desire for any variant of rehearsal dinner--I offered to host extended family for a nice private dinner or even do a cocktail reception the night before the wedding for all the guests but the kids haven't taken me up on it so I"m following the MIL 3-S mantra: show up, sit down and shut up :). I keep telling my (only) daughter that she better let me organize a big fat wedding someday LOL. And ardent feminist that she is, she keeps telling me not to count on it!...See MoreI am finally building my house. Attic question.
Comments (58)The "bring the attic inside" picture does not accurately depict an attic room over a GARAGE. I do not know how many of you have Swiss bank accounts, but where I come from, an additional 330 sq ft of R30 in the ceiling + another 300sq ft to make up the difference in the amount of wall insulation vs floor insulation is costly. Not to mention the continual cost to condition the extra space. Nor does it take care of eliminating the lateral bracing required by the engineer on that wall. It WILL be a significant up charge. All I am saying is that there is a lot more to building in cabinets in an energy efficient home than just cutting some holes in the drywall and slapping in some boxes. I doubt a contractor that boasts energy efficiency is going to allow that to be ignored in the attic room, which is notoriously hard to keep air conditioned properly anyway. They are not going to want to argue about WHICH weak link is making the electric meter spin out of control down the road. You need to weigh the cost differences with the benefit....See Morejerzeegirl
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