Additions
Home additions in Northern Colorado
Structural alterations, extra rooms and covered outdoor space, framed and finished by the same carpenter rather than handed between trades. Elevated Carpentry works across Loveland and Northern Colorado.
The argument
Should you add on or work with what you have?
Often the honest answer is neither a full addition nor nothing. A covered patio, a reworked opening or a properly finished basement will get you most of the room you wanted for a fraction of what building new floor area costs.
We would rather tell you that at the start than sell you the bigger job. If an addition really is the right call, the carpentry, framing and finishing are all in house.
Structural work
Framing, openings and covered space
Work in progress rather than finished rooms, because that is the stage where the decisions get made.
These are framing, structural and covered-patio projects. We have not photographed a completed room addition yet, so none is shown here.
The things people ask first
Should I add on, or work with what I have?
Often neither a full addition nor nothing. A covered patio, a reworked opening or a properly finished basement will get you most of the room you wanted for a fraction of what building new floor area costs.
What does a home addition involve?
Foundations, framing, roof, and then every interior trade in sequence. Max frames and finishes it with the same crew rather than handing it between contractors.
Do you do structural alterations as well as additions?
Yes. Taking out a wall, reworking an opening or adding covered outdoor space are often the cheaper way to get what an addition would have given you.
Do you have photographs of a completed addition?
Not yet. We have framing and structural work, and covered outdoor space, which is what is shown on this page. We would rather say that than show you somebody else’s project.
Before you commit to new floor area, it is worth looking at basement finishing and custom decks, pergolas and covered patios, which are usually the cheaper way to the same room.
Next step
Say what you are short of.
A bedroom, a bigger kitchen, somewhere to put people at Christmas. Start there and we will work backwards to what it takes.
Updated August 2026.