Increasing head height in upstairs rooms

Question

The upstairs rooms in our cottage have very low ceilings. I'm wondering whether it's possible to remove them and use the loft space as the extra height. Before I engage a local builder to advise me, is this something that can be done in general?

Anthony · Answer

Yes you could use loft space so you have a vaulted ceiling as long as you don't remove the tie beams thanks Tony

Leigh · Answer

This can be achieved but in my opinion i very much doubt you would like the cost involved to do it

Andrew · Answer

Yes it is possible. 

Obviously to remove all the ceilings all the ceiling joists all the insulation  along with the electrics in your ceiling for the lights and if you have cental heating your water tanks are usually kept in the loft so these would need removing. Your ceiling joists would then need to be replaced, new plasterboard fitting to the joists, electric lights replacing, along with any plumbing. You would then need to make good the gap between where the old ceiling was and the new ceiling. All would then need to be replastered and all the decoration would need to be made good. 

So in conclusion the job is reasonably straight forward, but there is a lot of work involved, so the cost would reflect this. Hope this helps.

Tony · Answer

When you say remove them, I assume you’re talking about the low ceilings the only way to gain headroom is to drop the floor in the loft. This will obviously give you more headroom but it depends on how much hight  your ceiling is on the ground floor level and whether you actually can drop the ceiling without compromising the room.

Ruairi · Answer

If the building is listed you might have trouble it would depend on what is currently used and if dry lining itb

Antony · Answer

No this cant b done it would mean takeing the roof off 2 much exspense involved

Jason · Answer

Yes this is possible to remove the joists , however given the aforementioned, some additional structural strengthening may be required

Daniel · Answer

It all depends on the construction of the property it's really not possible to comment without a viewing

Increasing head height in upstairs rooms

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