Engineering Studio Denver (ESD) was contracted by VERTEX to remodel this 1,500 square foot Denver, Colorado home shown in the photo below.
This home was built in 1906 and has a crawl space, a cellar, and a basement. A second floor was added over a portion of the house in the 1950s or 60s.
Before remodelling could be done, the home had a number of structural problems that had to be addressed; all load-bearing interior walls had been removed, the floors were not level, the floor joists were over spanned, and 4x4 beams were used as joist supports. Antiquated methods of construction repair were used in an attempt to remedy these issues.
ESD designed a remodel for this home which included structural repairs. The over-spaned floor joists issue was solved by adding beams or tightening the joist spacing. Extensive repairs were designed to level the floor.
As part of the remodel, the existing second floor addition was demolished. Foundation walls were constructed on the south side of the house to increase the main floor area by approximately 750 square feet to a total of approximately 2,250 square feet.
A second floor was designed to increase the living area by another approximately 2,250 square feet, bringing the total square footage to approximately 4, 500 square feet. This is three times the original square footage of the home.
ESD also designed a 600 square foot, two car garage with living quarters in the second story above the garage for an accessible dwelling unit (ADU).
ESD designed the foundation and structural repairs to the existing home as well as the new foundation for the main floor extension. ESD also designed the structural members for the second floor and walls, and the structural members for the new roof. The remodel is shown during construction in the photo below.
In addition to doing all structural engineering, ESD provided all the drawings and the calculation package necessary to obtain the building permit from the City of Denver.
ESD supported design modifications made during construction of the remodel.
