So we are under contract on a fixer upper and it is currently a one bedroom one bath house...(they expanded kitchen into the former bedroom). They also enclosed the garage into a second living space, but it is a two step down into it. The ceiling is the same height as the rest of the house so we were thinking that if there was as way to raise the height of the floor to the height of the rest of the house, It would seem less like an enclosed garage, making a great bedroom. I have some familiarity with deck building. Could you use the same concept and just build a raised floor using joists tied to the studs, or, a ledger board attached to the studs then joist hangers...? Never heard of this being done so thought I'd ask. Also, what would you do with the space below? Add a vent to the outside to match the crawlspace in the rest of the house? Seems like it would work to me, but y'all may be able to explain why it is a dumb idea. Home is in southern Oklahoma if that matters. Thanks in advance!
-Huggins90
-Huggins90