Attic Vaulted Ceiling

You ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings.

Attic vaulted ceiling.

But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place. Steeper roof pitches are necessary for higher vaults. 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.

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 basic framing construction cost can increase by 5 to 20 percent in a home with a large 20 x 20 foot great room with a vaulted ceiling. Depending on your house interior and roof framing design cathedral ceiling ventilation can be treated as an independent or attic ventilation related condition. 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.

It is more expensive though. As much as regular attic ventilation is an important part of your house maintenance routine and usually easy to perform cathedral ceiling ventilation maintenance might be difficult or even impossible to do. The price isn t low though. The new attic plan needs to provide access to each part of the attic.

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. First head to the attic.