SpongeBob's New Home

[davidbrady]

Hi Chuck,

Wow! You're place is looking fantastic; nice going on finding a home for Mr 4Bs!

Yes, the linear extension following the existing roof line is still on the table. It would require that I place the bus close to the center of the building. The scissors trusses have a lower chord with only 12'6" of clearance at the side walls. This slopes upward at a pitch of 1 in 12 to a clearance of 14'8" at the center of the building. SpongeBob is 13'5" tall. I'd have to be sure to that I reserve room in the center third of the building to make this work but it is doable and it is probably one of the cheaper alternatives. The big problem is that Suzana thinks the building will look like a commercial chicken operation - you know those mile long buildings built close to the ground with few windows... LOL!

If I lift the roof to 16' and extend the gable linearly to the existing gable, with the idea of not using any space within the original building and consequently having ceiling clearance to park the bus anywhere in the addition, then I'd be adding another 50' to 55' in length to the building. This won't fly with my architectural committee!

There's no doubt that for aesthetic reasons the building needs to be broken up. Here's some 3D renderings I did with a cross-gable design. Everything in stone is the new addition. It'd measure 40'x75' for 3000 sq ft of new space. Those are 14'x14' garage doors and the roof height is 16':

BTW, the kids came down with walking pneumonia. I issued them all buckets! The plan was to get to my garage on Monday, then Thursday, and now Sunday! I'll pick up the ammeter then.