"HouseDreamer" wrote in message
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A.Can we actually live in the house while a second floor is being
added?

Yes, no, maybe! It really depends on what the remodel entails.


B. For how long are the furniture and goods inside the house exposed
to the elements with the roof off, or incomplete seal to the outdoors
from rain, or opossums (they like roof running here), or tree insects
(we're under a tree canopy).


That also depends, often it may be just a couple of days or a week,
depending on the job involved.


C. I'm terribly allergic to the dust, fumes, molds, whatevers of
construction.


Move out!


D. I cannot have any cigarette smoking on the jobsite. Nor can we
allow the workers to run music boxes outside to amuse themselves.
Does anyone build this way?

Not very realistic. As long as the house is open to the elements, what is
the difference as far as smoking? As the house gets nearer completion then
smoking can be restricted to outdoors only. With all the noise from hammers,
powertools, what the hell is the problem with a radio or two! Construction
sites are very noisy, if you want quiet, move out.



E. Alternatively, we could limit the addition to an extension on the
back of the house and not overhead. Is it realistic to think that I
could live in the house for all but the last few weeks of construction
when they break through the back wall?


That my be a good idea!

Thanks for all your help.
HouseDreamer

I think you sig says it all! Housedreamer!!
Greg