SpongeBob's New Home

[davidbrady]

Lookin good Gregg, thanks for the pic. You've got me thinking... As you can tell, aesthetics are very important to Suzana and me; the building is prominently featured in my backyard. Since you have me thinking about rafter clearance, here's a take that would put the rafters at 16' and allow me to park the bus anywhere within the addition. The roof slope of the original building is 4 in 12, this version has the addition's roof at 6 in 12 and raised a couple of feet. I'm beginning to see that I have more freedom with roof pitch then I initially thought. Again, I'm looking at a maximum width of 36' for the addition, per the stake laid in the ground by the boss! I may not be able to go any wider than 36' but I can go as deep as I want. Sixty feet is where I'm at now but I can push that to 75'. That'll give me 3500 sq ft including the 750 sq ft taken from the existing building. Anything larger than this and I'm bumping into budget constraints. There will be other door openings. This is a super-simplified get the proportions right drawing.

I'm going to try my hand at some architectural cad software; MyArchiCad looks promising. I need to see this thing in 3D.