Opening Up A Ceiling

Here are 14 ceiling coverup ideas to consider.

Opening up a ceiling. The exposed beam ceiling look is one that many owners of conventional flat ceilings desperately want. First head to the attic. But a higher ceiling may mean higher construction and energy costs.

You ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings. If you don t mind the ceiling looking like a commercial building a drop ceiling is an economical coverup. Vaulted ceilings bring a sense of openness to a home.

A lot of the homes that were built before the 90s had 8 foot ceilings and a small rooms giving a kind of a chopped up feel says bill bartlett a broker in newburgh ind. Find out why and if it s worth it. Uppermost cabinets in the wall unit can hold holiday decorations seldom used dishes and camping equipment.

The project involves installing a grid system and placing ceiling. This is a single pitch roof which slopes from party wall to our own external wall. That will create a 10 20 degree sloping ceiling we have that in our 1978 home.

New structural 2 x 10 roof rafters created the vaulted ceiling. Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above. Check out these ways to cover up a hideous ceiling.

Opening a ceiling can add storage space overhead to remove bulk from the room below. We wish to open up the kitchen living space to the rear of our property by expanding the space into the existing roof space. Another option if you have a frame trusses is to open up to the lower end of the truss.