The magical Floating Room

[Sean Fogarty]

Any thoughts on the room addition above the garage??

I could not find any functional way the right side had sufficent support for the structure.

[James E. Braun, CMI]

Wow!

[Marcel R. Cyr]

I'd like to see the design drawings on that one.

[Sean Fogarty]

Further information advised!

I passed that ball onto someone else.

[Michael Roberson]

Sean, Its hard to see in the picture, but the construction crew must have left their skyhook attached to the building. That must be holding some of the weight. Never seen one permanently attached before. Heck Ive never seen one before.

[Tom Leahy]

That's a classic.

Sean, you seem to be getting some good ones lately.

[Bob Elliott]

I would not put my bed there.
Must be cantilevered from the other half

[Christopher Currins]

Apparently the same "architect" designed the the porch deck and support columns.

[Billy Boerner]

Sean I'm from Oklahoma and I thought I lived around some strange people/things... you, however, I don't even hold a candle to. You come across some crazy business. lol

[Sean Fogarty]

Originally Posted by ccurrins

Apparently the same "architect" designed the the porch deck and support columns.

I think they must have used metal poles that when through the porch and they boxed them in. It was hard to tell. There were so many other things to look at, I actually missed the fact with the garage room to begin with.

I had to step back and them the bulb went off. It's always the stuff you would never expect to see in your lifetime, that take a little while to soak in. You just aren't looking for it.

What really kills me is how they made it stay that way for a good 30 years at least.

[Sean Fogarty]

Originally Posted by belliott

I would not put my bed there.
Must be cantilevered from the other half

That was my conclusion as well.

[Jeffery L. Haynes]

I would bet the last dollar in my wallet (which is all there is) that the builder (loose term) has transferred the load by running the floor system from the left to right.

Being that the upper floor level is the same, he could have bolted or inset a microlam and used I-joists to achieve his span which looks like 16 - 18 ft.

Would love to see the plans and the building permit.

This would be a fine candidate for the 2011 Parade of Homes...........................NOT.

[Wayne B. Wilson]

It is the little Known room known as a hover room . I hope you checked the air jets for operation. this room detaches in flood conditions and can be used for transportation to dryer land .Gosh i wish you fellows would update yourselves lolol

[jvaagen]

but..wouldn't it have made more sense to run the downspout for the front part of that roof on the left side (where there's already grading away) instead of pooling it all into one gutter (that probably overflows in heavy rain)
wtf is all i could say looking at that picture for about a minute..or 3...chuckling...

is there a staircase under there?? wait..no..I'm probably just seeing things.. haha

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

It's probably supported by a combination of cantilever and a mechanical connection to the joists of the right section that would transfer load to the nearest post. It looks scary, but depending on how these things are done, sometimes they're fine. The only way to know is to expose the framing and have it approved by an engineer.

Of course you might pull loose the soffit to look-see and have the whole thing suddenly collapse.