2nd Remodel project question about attic WOOD

Gary in WA

The main thing stopping you is lack of headroom. You could double the floor joists and furr down the rafters for insulation (making the headroom problem worse), adding the required egress window, change the headroom over the stairs, and you would still have a room uninhabitable for safety reasons.Check with your local Building Department first.

Gary

ps. Anyone with a scrolling mouse, go the the 5th picture down from the diagram to the flowered wallpaper and slowly scroll one notch up- one down, trippy!

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Ron6519

From the pictures, it doesn't seem like you could actually get a C of O for the renovation. You would need to find out from the building dept how this would need to be built to satisfy the local codes.
Ron

KevRU

The heighest point of the room is about 7'... the walking area without ducking at all is about 3' 6'' wide, so for 3'6'' the height of the room is between 6-7 feet high, and im 6' so its good enough for me to walk one place to another.

Ron6519

What's relevant for legality has nothing to do with your ability to walk in the space.
This is just a heads up you might want to look into. Or not, as the case might be. The point is that when you go to sell the property, you might have issues. Such as the new buyers bank refusing a mortgage because the house has illegal renovations.
Ron