Some questions reguarding building a home

Can't help on the vaulted ceilings but it was an additional 1k to have our fireplace stoned.

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You don't mean tray ceiling right?

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This is what I was thinking.

Maybe. the house is basically square or slightly rectangle and gable roof with just one ridge. Instead of having a ceiling height 8-10 ft I wanted it basically vaulted from front to back in the living room to kitchen area

Similar to this except the ridge runs the other way with half walls coming down on each side of the living room to 8-9" ceiling height leading to hallways on each side





Style home design

Hmm, that looks good.


Hopefully Stout will come along and give you an educated answer.

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I wouldn't do that. You lose a lot of space and your drywall and painting crew will hate you. Also, it's more space to heat and cool. Just go higher ceilings.

more finished ceiling area, which depending on what you choose, could be rather expensive

more drywall

more crown molding

more area to heat/cool

loss of attic space

with that said, I love cathedral ceilings

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loss of attic space

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Can never have enough attic space, I do like the look, but personally the attic space and the extra cost to heat and cool would deter me from going that route.

Building right now. They didn't charge me extra at all for the vaulted ceilings. Have 10ft ceilings minimum in entire house.

I vaulted in master all the way up to the peak. Sort of an octagon shape.
Oval shape in Foyer, guess that's tray not vaulted.
For your other living spaces I wouldn't do trays. Just make sure its 10ft or you wont be able to resell.

I built mine like that myself, and I don't see where it would have cost less to go regular. As for heating and cooling, I have the foam insulation and my bills are the same or better than other houses my size. Sucks changing light bulbs though. Put in some skylights if you can.