ESCONDIDO

LOFT & BEDROOM ADDITION

Another Double Up Addition – high ceilings converted into two new rooms.

AMAZING IS THE WORD FOR THIS HIGH CEILING CONVERSION IN ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA.

The open-to-below area of this home (before) was a whopping 405 square feet of non-usable space. This vacant space was large enough to convert into two new rooms. CALOFT added one new bedroom and one open loft space for what we like to refer to as a “double-up inside addition”.

The bedroom space was designed with a small walk-in closet and a new egress (enlarged) window. The loft space has a niche in the wall to accommodate one window to the outside to qualify the room to meet the building code requirements for natural light and ventilation. Incidentally, the city plan checker denied our initial window calcula- tions since he wanted to count the existing hallway space as part of the new loft. This would have scrubbed the whole design plan. Instead of debating the issue we said we would leave the railing up to delineate the loft from the hallway. That got it approved. When the inspector arrived he asked why we were leaving the railing up between the loft and the hallway. After we explained why he gave us the green light to remove the railing.

While designing new rooms within the high ceiling above it is the perfect opportunity to consider the new ceiling design below. Adding the additional space affects both floors. The design feature in the new ceiling over the living room is called a coffer. It is sometimes

Cretive Director: Lorena Reyes referred to as a tray ceiling. This is achieved not by merely lowering the perimeter of the ceiling around the coffer, that would be to soffit down the sides. This coffer is engineered to be 6 inches higher than the regular 9 foot ceiling line surrounding it. In the center of the coffer the ceiling height would measure approximately 9’ 6”. It is structurally engineered so that there is no step up on the second floor and no soffit down on the ceiling below. Coffer ceilings are a great way to add an upgraded custom look to your home. They are used to make the room below slightly more formal and elegant while adding additional height.

This coffer is engineered to be 6 inches higher than the regular 9 foot ceiling line surrounding it.

AFTER: Living room and dining room celing with new recessed lighting and single tray coffer.

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