Sometimes it
pays to build
up - and
take the roof
with you.
by Henri de Marne RAISING the ROOF
Raising or moving an existing roof is
often more economical than building a
new one from scratch. In past issues I
described two roof raisings. One was to
create a dormer on a Cape. On that job,
we hinged most of one side of the roof,
then lifted and held it with a crane while
the carpenters raised the wall they had
built in the attic the day before.
The other job involved an unusual
situation where part of a trussed roof
was removed to add a second story to
part of a house.
The piece of roof happened