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Heating a house with high ceilings can be a nightmare. My guess is it was lowered during a previous renovation to ease the heating bill.

Ok, that project moves to the bottom of the list for now. Has anyone ever heard of or seen ceiling joist being lowered to increase space above? Just curious to find out if it could be possible at all before I have someone come in and tell me no.

Hi, I bought my first house roughly one year ago. It was guessed to have been built around 1950. It is a one story home with a crawl space below. I have completely replaced the floor joists (treated) and subfloor due to termites and rot, and removed an unused chimney that was walled up and...