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Originally Posted by Fuzz
My guess is it would be cheaper to rip the roof off, add structure to bring the wall up to 9'10", and put new trusses and new roof on. Adding a pony wall and attempting to raise the whole thing up, and replacing the trusses one by one(was that the idea?), would be more work than just putting a new roof on it.
One thing you need to watch out for is there is also a maximum peak height, I think under 14', so you need to make sure you don't hit that.
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Max height per the link is 15'0", so I'd be safe there.
My idea was about 50% of what you said; remove the roof, add the structure on top (pony wall was probably the wrong term here which made it confusing). Where my idea differed was to then replace the trusses instead of building an entirely new roof.
I have no idea if it's feasible with a semi-detached garage, that's my biggest unknown here.