The Sun Room is Returning!

I am sure, for most, the removal of the Sun Room (room with the big glass windows) set off alarm bells so we will address that issue. Firstly, the Sunroom was dismantled, not demolished. It is our goal to re-use as much of the original wood as possible to include the windows with the old cylinder style glass. Although it s façade looked sturdy, the decision was made to investigate for structural integrity. The beams in the ceiling that supported the weight of the upstairs porch were far from adequate. The outside wall was not engineered as a structural wall and it needed to be as it supported the weight of the upstairs balcony.. We had a soil sample done so the structural engineer could determine the sub-surface structure of the soil to help him determine what footing he needed thrown to support the structure. We also had a concrete breakage test done on all the piers in the buildings to determine that they were code complainant and again structurally strong even if they only had superficial weight on them. The original beams used in the pier and beam foundation were salvaged and will be re-milled and used in trim and finish out work as they were long leaf yellow pine which is no longer harvested.