Last May, my company, Four Corners
Construction, added a second
story to a three-bedroom ranchstyle
house. The owner of the house
was about to be married in June.
Both he and his wife-to-be had
children from previous marriages
and they needed the extra space for
their expanding family. This gave
us about six weeks to convert the
house to four bedrooms, which
involved adding a new master bedroom
and bath, plus an office, on
the second floor.
What made this project unusual
was that we used a crane to remove
two-thirds of the existing roof, then
replaced it atop the new second
level a few hours later. The house
was opened to the weather for less
than a day. It