Kip Carpenter Design & Consulting
Master Suite
Inside Addition
Sometimes an addition is entirely inside an existing home. The client wanted a larger master bathroom, but current one couldn’t be enlarged.
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Across the hall from the master was a hall closet, hall bathroom
and two bedrooms. The hall leading back to the two bedrooms didn’t lend itself to an entry into a new master suite. So, we added this hall area to the existing hall bathroom, to create master bathroom space and converted the existing hall closet into the master suite entry.
Removing a wall between two bedrooms is usually easy. However, the design was the only easy part because we soon discovered this wall wa load bearing. The ceiling joists for each bedroom began on the outside walls and ended on the wall between the two.
We would need a beam to hold up the roof when we removed the wall. They didn’t want a beam below the ceiling level because the ceilings are only 8’. We put temporary walls on both sides of the existing wall and removed it.
After cutting each ceiling joists back a precise amount, we removed some siding on the exterior, cut a hole through the sheathing and inserted a beam, with a crane. Did I mention all this is on the second floor? Once the beam fit was placed onto the new stud pack, we added joist hangers to support the joists, and removed the temporary walls.