Hi
I'm the guy doing the garage addition - the one where she wants a two room suite level with the house built in the garage ( see previous post, addition in garage). what do you think I should use for the cieling. she seems to want the studs to go all the way up, like 15 feet to the ceiling of the garage. However I'm sure she doesn't want the ceiling of the rooms to be that high, she probably just wants a regular ceiliing. so how would the ceiling joists work - just run 2x4's across the ceiling from the studs that are going up? I planned to have the studs 16 on center so the ceiling joists then would be that too. But this would leave like a large enclosed area ( enclosed by sheet rock) going all the way up to the high garage ceiling, above the room ceiling. Is this desireable? Maybe I should have the ceiling just go up 8 feet and stop there - i.e. the ceiling of the whole structure just only go up that high.
As far as the ceiling joists themselves, are 2x4s spanning 11 1/2 feet ok, placed 16 on center? or you think I should use larger dimensional lumber - 2 x 6 or 8? Ya see, if I have the studs running way up to the ceiling, I wont have any top plates to rest the joists on. I thought I could basically hang them (joist hangers) instead, or just screw the in toenailed. Doest really seem sturdy enough for a ceiling though. If I only make the ceiling go up 8 feet though, I could do it the usual way, run joists across the top plates. What do you think I should do?
Will
I'm the guy doing the garage addition - the one where she wants a two room suite level with the house built in the garage ( see previous post, addition in garage). what do you think I should use for the cieling. she seems to want the studs to go all the way up, like 15 feet to the ceiling of the garage. However I'm sure she doesn't want the ceiling of the rooms to be that high, she probably just wants a regular ceiliing. so how would the ceiling joists work - just run 2x4's across the ceiling from the studs that are going up? I planned to have the studs 16 on center so the ceiling joists then would be that too. But this would leave like a large enclosed area ( enclosed by sheet rock) going all the way up to the high garage ceiling, above the room ceiling. Is this desireable? Maybe I should have the ceiling just go up 8 feet and stop there - i.e. the ceiling of the whole structure just only go up that high.
As far as the ceiling joists themselves, are 2x4s spanning 11 1/2 feet ok, placed 16 on center? or you think I should use larger dimensional lumber - 2 x 6 or 8? Ya see, if I have the studs running way up to the ceiling, I wont have any top plates to rest the joists on. I thought I could basically hang them (joist hangers) instead, or just screw the in toenailed. Doest really seem sturdy enough for a ceiling though. If I only make the ceiling go up 8 feet though, I could do it the usual way, run joists across the top plates. What do you think I should do?
Will