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Old 03-31-2016, 09:15 AM
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Thanks ZMAN yes it was quite the experience. As far as the foundation we have a 4-1/2 foot frost line so you have to be below that to build. To get the hight I needed to match the house foundation it was close to 8 feet tall so we did the same all the way around.
In the attic I won't have much storage because I went with a truss roof. The way the building inspector explained it, that was my only course to go. Later I found out that I could have gone with storage upstairs as long as it was engineered. ( which they made me get an engineer)That was 2 strike for that Pr--k. He was the one that told me I needed a variance to build. The night we went before the board the chairman asked about the project and why I didn't move it over 1' so it would meet the requirements and not need a variance. That was after I asked the inspector if there was anything I could do to avoid going before the board. It cost me over $2500 extra that I didn't have for something I didn't need.
So glad that's over!
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