Remove Attic Raise Ceiling

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.

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. 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. 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.

I have this above my own garage. The living room before the remodel. Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss. First head to the attic.

The new supporting beams and rafters must be in place before removing any of the existing. The new attic plan needs to provide access to each part of the attic. Except for tearing out a dropped ceiling grid raising ceiling height is not a do it yourself project. Look at this photo of the space created by attic trusses at my home.

You ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings. But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place. A single story ranch home for example can have a vaulted ceiling for the whole house. You ll pay 18 000 to 25 000.

If you see a complicated framework of 2x4s held together with perforated metal plates your roof is framed with trusses. How to identify and remove a load bearing wall. 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 price isn t low though.

If you don t have sufficient space above the room then a contractor has to raise the roof in order to elevate the. Raising the roofline to increase the slope and add the visual appeal of a raised or cathedral ceiling solves both issues. Since most of the costs are the same as those in part 1 they re listed without detail. If the home has gables then they must be extended to fit the new roof line.

Raise the ceiling to raise the spirits.