You ll need an hvac contractor to determine whether your heating system can handle the increased volume of a room with a vaulted ceiling.
Vaulted ceiling no attic.
A vaulted roof offers open living space directly below the rafters because there are no horizontal ceiling joists.
Condensation forms on vaulted ceiling under it.
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In an attic like this wintertime ceiling condensation can form when cold air from the attic hits your warm ceiling.
Anything in the area to be vaulted will have to be relocated.
Also before you start the work consult a structural engineer to make sure the collar ties are in the right place to prevent the walls from.
From a new home building viewpoint a vaulted ceiling is no more complicated than standard construction where the house is framed with two full stories but it does raise the cost of construction by 5 to 20 percent.
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Although there is no separate attic to vent air circulation is still necessary to.
I have added sheet insulation to keep the heat in but as a result now there is no space between it and the sheathing under the shingles.
It is a low slope shingles roof over cathedral ceiling house with no attic.
In summer when the air conditioning is on the reverse happens.