Bought some land to build my retirement cabin on, but dont have enough money to build the whole thing.
Enough has to get built to allow for plumbing and electrical.
So I have decided to just build the basement portion, then save up some money and build up the rest.
Basement is walk out on two sides, and about 5' underground in the back.
I am confused on how to build the "roof".
Considering two options; 1. pitch the floor trusses or 2. pitch the roofing.
1. The initial plan was to put the 28' floor trusses directly on the sill plate on one side, and on a 6x6 on the other. Use roll roofing over plywood for the roof. When money decides I can go vertical, use floor jacks to lift up the trusses to remove the 6x6. Scrape off the roll roofing and start building. Cabin is 28x28 with a 4' wide stairway in the middle. I could install the trusses in (2) 12' wide sections, leaving the 4' stairwell opening in the middle, which would make the jacking a bit easier.
2. The other option is to lay the trusses flat and build up a pitched roof. These are kinda expensive, especially for something that will be scraped off later.
Thoughts?
