Reply to Expert views needed: Building an addition on piers in DC on a semi detached house

Forum Index » Home Improvement, Design, and Decorating

Reply to "Expert views needed: Building an addition on piers in DC on a semi detached house - can it be done?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi DCUM! We were planning to build a 12x18 addition on piers on our semi-detached home.  It currently has an 8x18 two level enclosed sleeping porch off the back which we know is not stable and needs to be torn down.

The 12x18 addition on piers would be two floors - one bedroom with simple bath (shower/toilet/sink - no tub) and an ikea kitchen on the first floor.

A family friend who is starting out in an established design build firm told us we would **have** to build the 12x18 addition on a crawl space and could not build it on piers.

We don't need to use the existing piers.  New piers are fine.  We were surprised by his statement.

Is this true?   Is our friend correct or inexperienced?

We are in NW DC.  [b]For various reasons we do not want to do the crawlspace.[/b]  Is there code or a city requirement that stipulates a 12x18 addition had to be over a concrete crawlspace?

[/quote]

Ok, my curiosity had gotten the best of me.  Are bodies buried there?  Something else?  Why are you insisting on piers and not going with the traditional/prescribed crawl space?[/quote]

Not OP but crawl spaces don’t really bring a benefit.  I feel piers give you more flexibility,  I am not a big fan of CMU foundation and solid pour can easily be more than piers. Plus on an addition piers may easier logistically.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics