Hi all, I have a recessed porch that is under the main roof of our home. It has 3 walls currently surrounding it. It is 17 feet long and 8 feet deep. It is currently a patio slab.
I would like to enclose this area to make it part of my dining/living room area. This would require removing 1 load bearing wall, moving 2 small non load bearing walls, bring up the slab to interior height (its 8 inches lower)and creating the new exterior wall that I would like to have a French door and window.
I have posted a diagram of the before and proposed after. The small partition like area on the left is a corridor leading to the bedroom. I would basically like to shift this part back onto the patio area. Ideally I would use what is now the back wall of the corridor as the front wall/doorway.
How tough of a job would this be? Ballpark price? Best way to bring the existing slab up to interior height?
I would like to enclose this area to make it part of my dining/living room area. This would require removing 1 load bearing wall, moving 2 small non load bearing walls, bring up the slab to interior height (its 8 inches lower)and creating the new exterior wall that I would like to have a French door and window.
I have posted a diagram of the before and proposed after. The small partition like area on the left is a corridor leading to the bedroom. I would basically like to shift this part back onto the patio area. Ideally I would use what is now the back wall of the corridor as the front wall/doorway.
How tough of a job would this be? Ballpark price? Best way to bring the existing slab up to interior height?