The Roof

One thing not shown on the plans in my first post is the roof redesign that is required. Back in the dim and distant past the studio was extended and the 'old' outside wall now sits half way into the overall floor plan. This is obviously an issue from a design point of view as with the pillar, the RSJ and the sections of brick wall that are present, the room cannot be broken up as easily and it would certainly spoil both the acoustics and the aesthetics of the room.

To fix this our builder is going to remove the roof on the 'extended' part of the studio and then remove the old external wall (which is now half way into the foot print of the studio). He will then rebuild the roof and take it all the way up to the current apex of the roof. Once that is done we can remove all the internal ceilings, the old 'external' wall and the pillars and the RSJs that were holding it up and then take out all the 'insides' of the studio, which will open up the building and enable the plans detailed earlier to be put into action.

This pic here show the 'extended' section of the building and you can see the old external wall too. The roof on the extension will be removed and remodelled as per the above description.

This will begin when the snow clears.