Im looking into buying a home whose 17' by 15' living room is approx 6 inches stepped down from the other floors. There is an unfinished basement beneath this room and more than 10ft of ceiling above this room.
Id like to know if the floor of this room can be raised and brought in line with the other floors on the same level in this house. I was wondering if something simple as removing the carpet & subfloor and adding some lumber on top of the floor joists and reinstalling the removed subfloor and carpet woud be feasible? Would the joists be able to handle the extra lumber (essentially deadweight with no structural help)? Has someone attempted something like this.
Thanks. Bof.