Building A Room Addition On Piers

With the pier locations determined begin at a corner and use the post digger to dig 18x24 inch holes spaced every 36 inches.

Building a room addition on piers.

If your addition is high enough above ground level to stand beneath piers are a great way to get a bonus with your addition. He tells me insulation like icynene would keep the room well insulated we liv. Room addition on piers. It would house a small powder room and breakfast nook.

My contractor used 12 piers to support our addition. Jump to latest follow 1 3 of 3 posts. Discussion starter 1 oct 14 2011. It would be approx.

Contractor used no. I am considering adding a bump out to the first floor of my house. Step 1 locate your piers start by locating where your piers will go along the outside of your building. However in the case of a house on piers the first floor will actually be an open area in which you will place piers to support the structure above.

Joined oct 14 2011 1 posts. To build a house above ground level in most situations it s best to draw the first floor of a house plan on floor 1 in the program. The specs said to use 24x24 pads 6 thick with a 12 pier on the pad.