A vaulted ceiling in one part of your house may create an attic space elsewhere that s isolated from the rest of the attic.
Remove attic raise ceiling.
Except for tearing out a dropped ceiling grid raising ceiling height is not a do it yourself project.
The living room before the remodel.
If you don t have sufficient space above the room then a contractor has to raise the roof in order to elevate the.
Since most of the costs are the same as those in part 1 they re listed without detail.
I have this above my own garage.
Vaulting options you can remove the ceiling to open a room provided attic space will accommodate the upward expansion.
After peering into their attic they wondered if it was possible to raise the height of their standard 8 foot ceilings to turn the family and living room into one lofty great room.
You will need to rework attic rafters with angle iron added to eliminate the need for ceiling cross beams or joists.
If your home has attic space you may be able to elevate the ceiling without touching the roof.
Look at this photo of the space created by attic trusses at my home.
But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place.
You ll pay 18 000 to 25 000.
Depending on how steep your roof pitch is vaulting a 20 by 20 foot room creates a new ceiling that s 11 to 12 feet high at its peak.
If you see a complicated framework of 2x4s held together with perforated metal plates your roof is framed with trusses.
If the roof slope is steeper than 9 inches in 12 inches of run it doesn t take much width to end up with a nice room 12 feet wide with an 8 foot ceiling.
A single story ranch home for example can have a vaulted ceiling for the whole house.
The new supporting beams and rafters must be in place before removing any of the existing.
If the home has gables then they must be extended to fit the new roof line.
First head to the attic.
Raise the ceiling to raise the spirits.
How to identify and remove a load bearing wall.
The price isn t low though.
If your home is a modest size single story tract home with standard 8 foot ceilings it s an ideal candidate for vaulting a ceiling.
The new attic plan needs to provide access to each part of the attic.
How to vault a ceiling.