Rib Vault Ceiling
But it isn t necessary for a vaulted ceiling to be so.
Rib vault ceiling. Four common types of vault. This greatly reduced the weight and thus the outward thrust of the vault. Dining rm gallery hall entry 1 groin ceiling.
The rib vault is a take on the groin vault in that it s made up of intersecting barrel vaults. A barrel vault also called a cradle vault tunnel vault or wagon vault has a semicircular cross section. The price isn t low though.
Thin stone panels fill the space between the ribs. Any raised ceiling with the height of no less than 8 feet is considered a vaulted ceiling. Variations were used in roman architecture byzantine architecture islamic architecture romanesque architecture and especially gothic architecture.
The only difference is that the barrels used for the rib vault are not of the same diameter. Choose a rise for your groin ceiling kit to the nearest 1 8. Enter the location place where the groin ceiling will be installed in your project for example.
You ll pay 18 000 to 25 000. A vaulted 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.
A rib vault or ribbed vault is an architectural feature for covering a wide space such as a church nave composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs. A groin or cross vault is formed by the perpendicular intersection of two barrel vaults. A rib or ribbed vault is supported by a series of arched diagonal ribs that divide the vault s surface into panels.