In removing all the old lathe and plaster, I can now see into the roofspace. I'm in a top floor maisonette and the roof space is explicitly included in the lease.
Thinking instead of plasterboarding, just removing it (there are no trusses).
Wondering if anyone else has done this? I've already removed some walls, so will have a big 4.2m x 12m room (kitchen/diner and living room), with 2.6m high ceiling.
The roof is 2.1m high on the party wall side, sloping down to meet the top of the outside wall (so it's half a roof really, the other side is for the next door flat)
Removing the ceiling would therefore mean having a ceiling 4.7m on the left, sloping down to 2.6m on the right (over a width of 4.2m)
Another option is to have a 'fake' open roof, which would be symmetrical, and the 'peak' would be only 1m above the removed ceiling, and sloping down both sides.
Wondering if it would make the room feel more spacious, or just too open?
Marcos
Thinking instead of plasterboarding, just removing it (there are no trusses).
Wondering if anyone else has done this? I've already removed some walls, so will have a big 4.2m x 12m room (kitchen/diner and living room), with 2.6m high ceiling.
The roof is 2.1m high on the party wall side, sloping down to meet the top of the outside wall (so it's half a roof really, the other side is for the next door flat)
Removing the ceiling would therefore mean having a ceiling 4.7m on the left, sloping down to 2.6m on the right (over a width of 4.2m)
Another option is to have a 'fake' open roof, which would be symmetrical, and the 'peak' would be only 1m above the removed ceiling, and sloping down both sides.
Wondering if it would make the room feel more spacious, or just too open?
Marcos