The addition itself will add no separate rooms but instead will extend
kitchen, bathroom and office. 6 ft extension towards backyard is pretty much
what I need.
"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
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Alexander Galkin wrote:
I am planning an addition to my 2 story colonial. The addition is
actually extending first floor along the side facing backyard. The
addition will be 50 ft long by 6 ft wide. I want to do as much as I can
myself leaving to pro only that part of the job that I absolutely cannot
do or make no sense to do myself. I have moderate experience in framing,
plumbing, electrical, insulation, drywalling and have all necessary power
tools to do the job. I do not have any experience in building foundation
or putting joist-beam floor system. I am weighing two options for the
addition foundation: crawl space and full basement. Here I have several
questions:
1. While I realize that every project has it many specifics what the
approximate cost would be to excavate hole for the 50 ft x 6X ft addition
foundation, build the foundation walls and slab, backfill and put the
floor with no subfloor? I line in Central NJ.
2. What's the approximate cost difference of building full basement vs.
crawl space? Frost line in my area is 3 ft so trenches for the footings
must be dug 3 ft at least.
3. What's the approximate cost and benefits difference of concrete
monolithic vs.cinder blocks foundation? My house (55 years old)
foundation is built using cinder block with I believe no rebar
reinforcement.
4. Is it feasible both economically and from time perspective trying to
do some of foundation work myself? Could you advise me if any of the
following foundation tasks I can do myself or I should forget about them
and leave them to pro:
- building footing forms and put rebar in them
- renting gas powered concrete mixer or get ready mixed concrete and
build footings myself
- building foundation walls using cinder blocks
Is above what I can really do myself or it is not worth it? I have
limited experience with concrete (redoing parts of basement slab after
installing underslab plumbing)
I believe having foundation built and floor put I can take over enlisting
my Dad's and friend's help to put frame, siding, roof, plumbing,
electrical and internal finish.
Any comments and advise would be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
6 feet wide? That is really narrow!
Would feel like tunnel.
Tony
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