Posted 12/9/2012 16:27 (#2742059 - in reply to #2728456) Subject: Re: Looking Into building a garage and living above.
Central NC
What about a barn type roof? That would probably make the snow load problem mostly go away and you might get more usable floor space because of the steeper pitch of the walls. As you expand you could build something else and turn the 1K sq feet into an office, man cave, etc...