quote" I have made some calls and am getting prices of 15K and up for adding a roof that is tied into our tiled roof. Can anyone help me with some other ideas on how we can add the roof for less? "quote Your home is at best a 4 pitch, your tile roofing is very heavy, and if your getting a bid for 15k from a reputable contractor, I'd say "Jump on it right now". The shed valley required for this will have minimum pitch and you would be best served by having a pro do the work. These tiles will take a lesser pitch. quote" My husband is very handy but is not comfortable about adding the roof himself. (He has built 2 boats, gutted and renovated a kitchen, turned a back porch into our 3rd bedroom) "quote I certainly don't want you, or your husband, to take this the wrong way. But, whatever you do, DO NOT attempt this as an owner/builder project. You'll surely regret it. You should have this improvement grafted into the existing framing and roof everything in the same roofing tiles. I just ran a spread on your project based on the picture and size and came up with a sell price of well over 15k turnkey with paint and new aluminum gutters with downspouts. My market, SE Texas is probably comparable with yours in pricing. See ya, Kelly

Aluminum Sulfate is one cause of Alzheimer's. Well nobody is for 100% sure Aluminum causes Alzheimers yet. However, don't overdue it...and add too much + watch your ph. They already floc your drinking water with it unfortunately. Nobody likes algae in their drinking water. The Aluminum Sulphate reacts with the Phosphate to form Aluminum Phosphate which is a white precipitate that goes to the bottom of the pool and the filter. Then you vacuum it up or clean your filter so your taking the Aluminum back out of the water with the phosphates. You are left with Sulphate derivatives in the water instead of Phosphate.

Slight correction to what I mentioned above. Photobucket has a preset resizing feature if you load photos there. If you have the photo selected, hold your mouse over the top of the picture & options will appear above. It's the third one in "resize". If you're looking at a bunch of photos in your the album you'll need to go under the edit feature.

Yes, we plan to have a closet/utilize the space under the stairs leading up to the 2nd floor (this closet accessible via the study). No closet under the stairs that lead down into the basement currently. Can you fit a closet in this one? Only concern is this is the only real wall in the great room. Unfortunately we need all 3 spaces - formal dining (now serving as main eating area), study, and guest bedroom. I don't want books/computers/laptops/electronics in the dining room. I play the cello - need separate music space/area, so I'm combining music area (place store music books, cello, music stand) with a small desk/books located in the study. Both in-laws live out of state (as do most siblings) and for various reasons, we've had family stay with us for extended periods of time (i.e. months), so don't want to go into guest bedroom to access my computer, electronics, pay bills, etc. Live in northeast OH, so mudroom area/place for coats is essential. benjesbride - That floor plan you sent is almost identical to ours! Only difference is the right side of the house continues to come forward, ours doesn't - ours has to recede due to lot restrictions. If it helps, here's the topo (house on the pie shaped lot)