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<p>[quote user="bogp40"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">dknelson</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>Wow I had entirely forgotten about that article where the guy basically created a trough for himself.</p> <p>The 2015 issue of Model Railroad Planning has an article by Dennis Daniels with the same problem but different solution.  Roof had a 45 degree angle, so a 12/12 pitch.  Every foot in from the outside wall the celing went up a foot.  6 feet of headroom meant being 6 feet in from the outside wall, leaving of course 6 unused feet on either side AND just a long narrow layout.</p> <p>His solution -- raise the roof!  Due to building codes he could not add a floor but could have a taller attic.  He raised it four feet so only lost 2 feet on either side, and could use that for storge or, he said, staging yards.</p> <p>What he did NOT say in his exceptionally interesting article was ... what it cost.</p> <p>Dave Nelson</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>I would like to know the cost as well. Wasn't cheap for shure, could probably have added a large shed or out building for the same. Have done this to a few garages for customers that needed the height to install automotive lifts. One big problem is extending the side (roof supporting) walls that 3 to4 ft adding the knee wall. Code required every othe wall stud to continue up the the new top plate. Roof load can bow out the wall at a continuous seam. I even added a ridge beam and the studs were still required. Ends up very $$$</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>While costing more, taxes would be the same since they are calculated based on square footage vice volumetric footage.   The same size outbuilding might cause an increase in property taxes, or the owner may not have standoff from the property lines (I don't think I have read MRP 2015, or its been too long to remember) to fit an additional building, or his local building codes might not allow it.</p> <p> </p>
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