Cathedral Ceiling Framing

Without joists the walls can bow outward and the roof ridge line may sag.

Cathedral ceiling framing. Insulated cathedral ceilings are a relatively recent phenomenon. Stick framing a roof with rafters is the old fashioned and still most common method of obtaining a vaulted ceiling. An engineer must determine rafter size placement and pitch based on span and.

Finally when a cathedral or a vaulted ceiling or any gable roof is framed without either an engineered structural ridge ceiling joists or rafter ties or an engineered solution some amount of ridge sag and wall kick out is guaranteed. Cathedral ceiling framing and r values. These horizontal framing members tie a building s outer walls together and resist the outward force exerted by the roof rafters in conventional framing.

The craze for insulated cathedral ceilings and great rooms really took off in the 1970s and 1980s when examples began popping up like mushrooms after a warm rain. A plain flat ceiling gable is actually a procession of light trusses usually spaced 16 in. Start date nov 1 2010.

30 000 near little rock nov 1 2010 1. The cathedral ceiling ideas below offer attractive plank ceiling upgrades to a plain white sloped ceiling and can get your creative juices flowing. Soaring ceilings if you ve ever visited a ski lodge or a resort with plank and beam construction you ve probably found them to be inviting even under their super high cathedral ceilings.

To avoid these problems in a structure with a cathedral ceiling it helps to understand how a typical roof frame works. You can also install smaller horizontal framing members called collar ties that can be exposed as part of your cathedral ceiling. Joined oct 12 2010 messages 851 location central arkansas pop.

In those days most builders stuffed cathedral ceiling rafter bays with fiberglass batts. Contributing editor scott mcbride replies. The trick in framing a vaulted ceiling is figuring out what to do with the ceiling joists.