Residential Deck Infill - Estimate
Residential Deck Infill - Estimate
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Hello All,
Thank you in advance for taking time out of your day to read and answer my post. A lady wants to build a deck so that she can add two bedrooms over the living room (living room ceiling currently extends to second floor ceiling). HVAC and electric are close and can be routed to new bedrooms. House is wood framed.
Any idea what something like this would take from an hourly basis to draw up and submit for permits?

Thank you in advance for taking time out of your day to read and answer my post. A lady wants to build a deck so that she can add two bedrooms over the living room (living room ceiling currently extends to second floor ceiling). HVAC and electric are close and can be routed to new bedrooms. House is wood framed.
Any idea what something like this would take from an hourly basis to draw up and submit for permits?


RE: Residential Deck Infill - Estimate
RE: Residential Deck Infill - Estimate
3-4 sheets (general notes, plan, elevations, details). Does that help?
RE: Residential Deck Infill - Estimate
Just for fun, though, based on the very limited information that you've given, I would ballpark this at about $3,000. I'm not sure why you care about the number of hours, but for me this would be about 20.
Adding additional load from the new floor to the exterior walls is probably not a big deal, although I would want fire blocking added between the existing studs at the new floor location. I would also check that the existing door headers can support the additional floor load. Where new floor joists would be supported by what I'll assume is an existing beam located below the railing, that beam will now likely be overloaded and will either need to be strengthened or replaced. From there, everything supporting that beam down to the foundation will need to be checked and perhaps also strengthened/replaced.
Assuming that the new bedrooms will have windows, modifications to the exterior wall will need to be made. In particular, new window headers and support studs will be needed. The concentrated loads from the supports will need to be checked on the door headers below, etc.
That's roughly how I'd approach this. Beware of anyone willing to do this for $500. If you find somebody like that and the long-term quality of the project is a concern (hopefully), be sure to mention a few of the things noted here. In particular, it's important that they check the load path all the way down to the dirt.
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engineerED930, how long does it normally take you to finish a job like this?
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