Remove Attic Raise Ceiling

How to vault a ceiling.

Remove attic raise ceiling. 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 supporting beams and rafters must be in place before removing any of the existing. If you see a complicated framework of 2x4s held together with perforated metal plates your roof is framed with trusses. A single story ranch home for example can have a vaulted ceiling for the whole house.

I have this above my own garage. Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss. 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 ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings.

The price isn t low though. Raising the roofline to increase the slope and add the visual appeal of a raised or cathedral ceiling solves both issues. 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. First head to the attic.

Raise the ceiling to raise the spirits. If your home has attic space you may be able to elevate the ceiling without touching the roof. But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place. A vaulted ceiling in one part of your house may create an attic space elsewhere that s isolated from the rest of the attic.

The new attic plan needs to provide access to each part of the attic. If the home has gables then they must be extended to fit the new roof line. Since most of the costs are the same as those in part 1 they re listed without detail. How to identify and remove a load bearing wall.

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. If you don t have sufficient space above the room then a contractor has to raise the roof in order to elevate the. The living room before the remodel. Vaulting options you can remove the ceiling to open a room provided attic space will accommodate the upward expansion.

You ll pay 18 000 to 25 000.