Attic Vaulted Ceiling

The price isn t low though.

Attic vaulted ceiling.

If you see a complicated framework of 2x4s held together with perforated metal plates your roof is framed with trusses. Depending on your house interior and roof framing design cathedral ceiling ventilation can be treated as an independent or attic ventilation related condition. Virtually any house with a sloped roof will support a vaulted ceiling just as long as attic space exists in which to construct the vault. But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place.

First head to the attic. It is more expensive though. A vaulted ceiling in one part of your house may create an attic space elsewhere that s isolated from the rest of the attic. You ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings.

How to vault a 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. The new attic plan needs to provide access to each part of the attic. A vaulted ceiling in new construction is no more complicated than standard framing although it does require special roof trusses which are usually built off site.

You ll pay 18 000 to 25 000. 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.