Home Addition & Second-Story Framing
Room additions and second stories — new structure tied into your existing home correctly.
The hardest framing isn't new construction — it's marrying new structure to an existing house: matching floor heights, tying rooflines, carrying new loads down through old walls. GMR frames room additions and second-story additions across the Savannah metro, and as a custom home builder we can also run the entire addition project from permits to paint.
Room additions
Bedrooms, family rooms, and in-law suites — foundations matched, floors flush, rooflines blended.
Second-story additions
Engineered load paths that carry the new story safely into the existing structure and down to the foundation.
Tie-ins done right
Weather protection during construction and clean structural transitions where old meets new.
Full-project option
As a licensed builder, GMR can manage the whole addition — trades, inspections, and finish — not just the framing.
Home Additions — Common Questions
Can my house support a second-story addition?
That’s an engineering question, and the honest answer is: it depends on your foundation and existing wall structure. A structural engineer evaluates it and designs the load path; GMR frames what the engineering calls for and can tell you early — before you spend design money — whether the idea looks feasible.
Will an addition match my existing house?
That’s the craft of addition framing: matched floor heights, aligned rooflines, and clean transitions where new structure meets old. Done right, the framing makes the addition read as original — done wrong, no amount of finish work hides it.
Do you handle the whole addition or just the framing?
Either. Builders and GCs hire us for the structural framing scope; homeowners can have GMR run the complete addition — permits, trades, inspections, and finish — as the licensed builder. Say which you need and the estimate follows that shape.
Home Additions Across the Lowcountry
We provide home additions services in every community we serve:
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