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Remove ceiling/joists in room to have cathedral ceilings ? roger61611 11-11-2007
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Posted by on November 11, 2007, 4:21 pm
(Sorry for the crosspost, I didn't know this group existed.)

I have a room that was added on to the back of my house. It's about
18 x 28 (feet) - a big whopping room. The outside of the room is
brick, with 2x4 framing inside the brick. Across the shorter
dimension of the room are 18' long 2x8's, 26" on center. There's a
normal shingled roof over top, it's sort of a shallow pitch.

What are the odds I can remove all the ceiling joists and open up the
room to have a cathedral ceiling ? Without everything falling down
that is ! The roof ridge runs parallel to the ceiling joists.


Posted by CWatters on November 11, 2007, 6:35 pm

> (Sorry for the crosspost, I didn't know this group existed.)
>
> I have a room that was added on to the back of my house. It's about
> 18 x 28 (feet) - a big whopping room. The outside of the room is
> brick, with 2x4 framing inside the brick. Across the shorter
> dimension of the room are 18' long 2x8's, 26" on center. There's a
> normal shingled roof over top, it's sort of a shallow pitch.
>
> What are the odds I can remove all the ceiling joists and open up the
> room to have a cathedral ceiling ? Without everything falling down
> that is ! The roof ridge runs parallel to the ceiling joists.
>

Normally the roof ridge runs at right angles to the joists (the joists and
rafters forming a triangle). Is that not the case with your place?

The ceiling joists normally stop the roof load pushing the walls out so care
is needed.






Posted by on November 11, 2007, 7:10 pm
That's something that struck me - that the roof ridge is parallel to
the joists. I have a line on a structural engineer in town and will
pay to get an opinion. Thank you.


Posted by tbasc@bellsouth.net on November 12, 2007, 7:21 am
On Nov 11, 4:21 pm, roger61...@yahoo.com wrote:
> (Sorry for the crosspost, I didn't know this group existed.)
>
> I have a room that was added on to the back of my house. It's about
> 18 x 28 (feet) - a big whopping room. The outside of the room is
> brick, with 2x4 framing inside the brick. Across the shorter
> dimension of the room are 18' long 2x8's, 26" on center. There's a
> normal shingled roof over top, it's sort of a shallow pitch.
>
> What are the odds I can remove all the ceiling joists and open up the
> room to have a cathedral ceiling ? Without everything falling down
> that is ! The roof ridge runs parallel to the ceiling joists.

It might be easier and more structurally certain to replace the entire
roof with scissors trusses.
T


Posted by TheBrain on November 21, 2007, 3:49 pm
If you dont have trusses like this drawing:
http://www.spicyhome.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=4

Then you might have something else holding up the beam of the roof.
Are there columns at each end of the beam that runs along the peak of
the roof?




> Anonymouswrote:
(Sorry for the crosspost, I didn't know this group existed.)
>
> I have a room that was added on to the back of my house. It's
about
> 18 x 28 (feet) - a big whopping room. The outside of the room is
> brick, with 2x4 framing inside the brick. Across the shorter
> dimension of the room are 18' long 2x8's, 26" on center.
There's a
> normal shingled roof over top, it's sort of a shallow pitch.
>
> What are the odds I can remove all the ceiling joists and open up
the
> room to have a cathedral ceiling ? Without everything falling down
> that is ! The roof ridge runs parallel to the ceiling joists.
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