Few homeowners will ever say that they want less space.
One solution is to build an addition.
But full-size additions can drain your bank account.A house bump-out addition could be the answer.
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House bump-outs offer a tantalizing solution to the space and money problem.
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What Is a Bump-Out Addition?
A bump-out is anextra spacethat is farsmaller than a full addition.
How Can a Bump-Out Add Significant Space?
This would not be considered a major space-maker relative to the entire house.
These 45 extra square feet would only add 3% to a 1,500-square-foot home.
Bump-outs are often installed in rooms that are already very smalloften so tiny that they are barely functional.
A 150-square-foot kitchen, when bumped out another 45 square feet, receives a 30% boost in space.
Increasing the kitchen by one-third can be enough space to make the kitchen easier to work in.
Grade-level (first-floor) bump-out additions can be cantilevered or have simplefoundations.
They can rest on a concrete slab or foundation walls, which can create a crawl space.
Upper-level bump-outs, when short, are small enough that they can be cantilevered from the second-floor framing.
A bump-out addition can be as shallow as 2 feet and as deep as 15 feet.
Even the most experienced DIYers should leave a bump-out project to the professionals.
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