Pitched Roof Loft Open Ceiling

Gable to gable loft conversions include a new box extension that spans the space between each gable end.

Pitched roof loft open ceiling. Hip to gable loft conversions are most commonly found on the side of either end terrace or semi detached houses. Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above. The hipped or sloping side roof is removed and the end wall is then built up straight to form a new vertical gable. Insulating at ceiling level provides the most cost effective insulation solution in terms of ratio of cost to energy saved.

The exposed beam ceiling look is one that many owners of conventional flat ceilings desperately want. Stately attractive and open. So a reduced space of 1 9m above the centre and 1 8m on the lower side can be acceptable as long as you can achieve 2m on the higher side. In other words remove the ceiling and ceiling joists and allow the pitch of the roof to be the new ceiling.

Instead of the normal requirement for headroom of 2m above each stair tread it is recognised that ceilings to loft stairs may need to slope e g. This is a single pitch roof which slopes from party wall to our own external wall. The same challenge will apply to providing better insulation to any loft rooms put in before the current. Very low u values can be easily and economically achieved.