Recent content by rwwood

With your solution, are you saying that by supporting the ridge along its length that ceiling joists are not needed?

I'm not sure what you mean by "at the top of the rafters." There is only one wall that runs the length of the house, and it's directly under the peak of the roof. If you mean extending that wall directly to the peak, I suppose that could be done, thereby giving the two rooms either side of the...

We recently bought a small home, one of many in this area that were built with 7 1/2 foot ceilings. I'd like to be able to raise the ceiling by removing the existing ceiling joists (there's only an un-floored attic space above) and then either shortening them slightly and moving them up on the...