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Floor to the top of the top plate is exactly 8'. So that sounds good, thanks for the backing tip, should make puting the joists up easier

What's the easiest plan to frame the ceiling? As you can see from the picture at the end of the house I have "clipped corners" where it angles in, my thought was just to nail the new ceiling joists right to the top plate of that wall above the window and nail to the rafters, this would be a 2x4...

i can make 2x6's work too

Light weight 5/8" will be the way to go. The planned ceiling will come bellow the collar ties, the existing structure wont be touched, total flat area of new ceiling span from rafter to rafter is 7', I think 2x4's will do the trick (thoughts?), I was then planing to lay r15 in the ceiling joists...

I considered spray foam but it's a vented roof, and the thought of a roof leak or repair in the future keeps me from doing that.

Alright, so of I scab out the 2x8 rafters with 2x4's it would give me roughly 10&3/4". if i layer roxul r23 (5.5") and roxul r15 (3.5") itd leave me an inch and some change for the air gap, sound good?

Looks like I'm goin to need r38 (doh!) back to the drawing board, I'll update later with the new plan, thanks

I'm in the process of designing/planning to finish our walk up attic, i need a little guidance on planning for insulation. Here's my plan and correct anything that doesn't work: Currently there are 2x8 rafters, 24" oc, starting where the knee walls will meet the rafters up to where the ceiling...