The engineer can assist you with advice about how to safely support the roof as you proceed with the work.
Cathedral ceiling support.
This ceiling support is suitable for both flat and cathedral ceiling applications and it can also be used in short attic spaces.
Open up a ceiling with a steel sandwich an angled steel flitch plate bolted between rafters eliminates the need for rafter ties in this.
Here are some techniques for making these spaces more attractive and more comfortable.
Once the new cathedral ceiling supports are in place and the flat ceilings have been removed you need to think about how you are going to insulate the ceiling.
Cathedral ceiling support kit this convenient kit includes the parts common to all straight up chimney installations through a cathedral a frame ceiling.
Designed for appliances that are tested and listed for use with a 2100 degree f ht chimney system such as woodstoves fireplaces furnaces boilers stoves ranges water heaters or other appliances fueled by wood.
Virtually any house with a sloped roof will support a vaulted ceiling just as long as attic space exists in which to construct the vault.
Vaulting depends on balancing the lateral roof pressure against counter pressure created by the angle of the vault and the support of the walls.