{"id":1166,"date":"2016-09-24T05:24:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T10:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/?page_id=1166"},"modified":"2018-08-08T05:48:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T10:48:05","slug":"building-second-floor-addition-versus-room-addition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/building-second-floor-addition-versus-room-addition\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Second Floor Addition versus a Room Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Deciding on Whether to Build Up or Out on a Home Addition Project<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>By Mark J. Donovan<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!-- google_ad_client = \"pub-3988490936633155\"; \/* Homepage_Home_Improvement_468x15_ATF, created 8\/13\/10 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"6539705898\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 15; \/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- New_300x250_051317 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 300px; height: 250px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3988490936633155\" data-ad-slot=\"4202793463\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"1%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"49%\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you have a growing family and are in need of more finished living space, you have two choices; increase the size of your existing home or move to a larger one. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Selling your existing home and buying a larger one is typically a very expensive endeavor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Not only will the larger home cost more, but then there are all the costs associated with selling your own home and paying all of the related state property transfer taxes.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Then there are the moving costs and utility cancellation and new hook up fees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As a result of all of these costs, many homeowners choose to expand their existing home by either adding a room addition onto their home or building a second floor addition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Deciding on what makes the most sense for your particular needs, in regards to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/adding-a-second-story-addition\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">building a second floor addition<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> or building an attached room addition, really depends upon what type of additional living space you\u2019re looking for and what your home and lot can physically support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For example, if you have a small lot, then you may not have the space to add on a room addition to the side or back of your house. As a result, your only solution may be to build a second floor addition onto your home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In general, if you have the land, it is more cost effective to build a room addition onto the side of your home than to build a second story addition on top of it. With any home addition, it is a major construction project. As a matter of fact, it really is like building a small new home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Building a second floor addition only adds to the complexity, risks, inconveniences and cost. For example, the existing home needs to have its roof removed and effectively a new home built on top of the original one.\u00a0Moreover, a second floor addition pretty much guarantees the family has to move out of the home for a period of it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In addition, building a second floor addition is fraught with additional risks and concerns associated with weather and ensuring the main level of the home is not damaged during the second floor construction. For example, ensuring the drywall ceiling on the first floor does not suffer extensive damage and\/or cracks is extremely difficult to do when building a second floor addition above it.<\/span><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 468x60_below_Author_Name --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 60px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3988490936633155\" data-ad-slot=\"5936342260\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Key Factors to Consider when Building a Second Floor Addition<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Make sure to check with your local building inspector before thinking too long on building a second floor addition. There may be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/residential_building_codes\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">building code<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>, zoning, or covenant concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In addition, the building inspector will be able to tell you if your existing home will be able to support a second floor. Or more likely, what additionally you\u2019ll need to do to the first floor to shore up its ability to support the weight of a second floor addition.<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"1%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"49%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_addition_bid_sheets\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-381 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Home_Addition_Bid_Sheets_Ad_250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Home Addition Bid Sheets\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Home_Addition_Bid_Sheets_Ad_250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Home_Addition_Bid_Sheets_Ad_250x250-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There is also the possibility that the home\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/foundation-walls\/foundation-wall-types\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">foundation walls and concrete footings<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> may not be adequate to support the weigh of a second floor addition. For example, if you have a small ranch style home built on a foundation wall, the concrete footings that support the foundation walls may not be sized large enough to support the weight of a second floor. If this was the case, and you went ahead and built a second story addition on top of the ranch, there is the possibility that the house could settle significantly and make the home become structurally unsound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As a result, if you have a similar type home and are contemplating building a second story addition, you may need to work with the building inspector and a foundation contractor. They can help determine how to beef up your home\u2019s foundation walls and concrete footings in order to be able to legally build the second story addition.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Building a second story addition also means having to remove the home\u2019s existing roof. This means your home, and its contents, will be at risk of being damaged by water and weather related issues.\u00a0Great care will need to be given to prevent your home\u2019s lower level from being damaged by the weather elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It\u2019s also important to keep in mind that removing a roof in a careful way, as to not damage the lower level rooms of the house, is an expensive endeavor and thus will add quite a bit of expense to the cost of the construction project.<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"1%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"49%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1167 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/room_addition_cost_estimate_rev1-2-300x269.png\" alt=\"Building a second floor addition vs a room addition\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/room_addition_cost_estimate_rev1-2-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/room_addition_cost_estimate_rev1-2.png 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Building a second story addition also pretty much guarantees having to move the family out of the home for a period of time. This means that you\u2019ll have to find temporary housing which adds cost to the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Key Factors to Consider when Building a Bump-Out Room Addition<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One of the chief benefits of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_articles\/building_a_home_addition\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">building a room addition<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> onto the side or back of your home is that the work is isolated from the main part of the home for much of the construction. Only when the room addition is nearly done, does a doorway or opening have to be punched into the main home. As a result, building a room addition is much less disruptive to the family.<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Although building a room addition requires its own concrete footings and foundation walls, it is a clean effort. There is no disruption to the existing home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The excavation is done, the concrete forms are erected, and the concrete is poured. When complete, the framing can be constructed on top of the new foundation walls.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"background: url('http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/images\/Home_Addition_form_Ad_Small_rev1.jpg') no-repeat top; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; height: 190px; width: 275px;\">\n<form action=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/UHI-info\/Additions.htm#form\" method=\"get\"><input style=\"float: left; width: 80px; margin: 110px -255px 50px 165px;\" name=\"PC\" size=\"20\" type=\"text\" \/><br \/>\n<input style=\"float: right; background: url('http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/images\/homeadditionplus-btn-next.gif'); height: 34px; width: 91px; border: 0px solid #000000; ; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 25px; margin-top: 130px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" type=\"submit\" value=\"\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lastly, because there is little demolition required in building an attached room addition, there are minimal additional costs to tie it in to the existing home. Typically only a little house siding and roofing work has to be done to tie the new attached room addition into the existing home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To conclude, building a second story addition has its benefits. It doesn\u2019t require expanding the footprint of the home, and it can effectively double the finished living space of the existing home. However, building a second story addition, compared to building an attached room addition, is a much more expensive, riskier, and disruptive enterprise. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So, before choosing to build a second floor addition, make sure you know what you are getting yourself into, and if at all possible, consider going the route of the attached room addition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>For more help on building a second floor addition or a room addition<\/b><\/span>, see HomeAdditionPlus.com&#8217;s<b> <a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_addition_bid_sheets\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Home Addition Bid Sheets<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN\">. <\/span><\/b>Our\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/homeadditionplus.com\/dev\/home_addition_bid_sheets\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Home Addition Bid Sheets<\/span><\/a> <\/b>provide you with the knowledge and information on how to plan a home building project, and what to look for when hiring contractors. 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