Opening Up A Roof Space

Where standard roof trusses are used a fair amount of strengthening will be required so that parts of the trusses can be cut away to open up the roof space roof trusses must never be modified without professional guidance.

Opening up a roof space.

Watch this video before. But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place. Create another room from which to enjoy the outdoors by sheltering an exterior sitting space from the elements with a widened overhang or a new segment of roof. In other words remove the ceiling and ceiling joists and allow the pitch of the roof to be the new ceiling.

We wish to open up the kitchen living space to the rear of our property by expanding the space into the existing roof space. A small dining area separate living room galley kitchen and breakfast room were all opened up into one large space. First head to the attic. A structural engineer was used for opening up this project s entire first floor.

Second measure the depth of the rafters. The attic space inside a roof meaning pronunciation translations and examples. Opening up roof structure to living space to roof pitch removing ceiling and ceiling joists we wish to open up the kitchen living space to the rear of our property by expanding the space into the existing roof space. You ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings.

If you see a complicated framework of 2x4s held together with perforated metal plates your roof is framed with trusses. Opening up roof structure to living space to roof pitch removing ceiling and ceiling joists.