Vaulted ceilings in houses (roof, windows, sink, family room)

[PriscillaVanilla]

Originally Posted by nedergras

If you do a new build just request for 8 or 9' ceilings, no vaulted crap. This is all 8' because of the 5 on 12 roof.

Thanks.

[nedergras]

Originally Posted by PriscillaVanilla

Thanks.

No problem, house is 35' wide which is just about right for Texas.

[Brave Stranger]

I built a 12X14 all season room on the back of my small 1950s ranch with a vaulted ceiling to open up the house. It's nice to walk into the back room & leave the 9-foot ceilings behind, though it's a bit more to heat & cool it's worth it to me.

[turf3]

I would say most houses built after about 1900 and before about 1970 would have eight foot or nine foot ceilings.

[AlaskaErik]

Originally Posted by nedergras

If you do a new build just request for 8 or 9' ceilings, no vaulted crap. This is all 8' because of the 5 on 12 roof.

The garage is ridiculously small. You might fit a couple of Nissan Versas in it. Mine is 23' wide, 25.5' deep on one side and 23.5' deep on the other side. I can actually park two pickups in it and have plenty of room to open doors.

[nedergras]

Originally Posted by AlaskaErik

The garage is ridiculously small. You might fit a couple of Nissan Versas in it. Mine is 23' wide, 25.5' deep on one side and 23.5' deep on the other side. I can actually park two pickups in it and have plenty of room to open doors.

lol, but it's Alaska dude, you all drive trucks.

[elnina]

Originally Posted by PriscillaVanilla

I am looking at houses but don't care for the very tall, vaulted ceilings in the entry way of many newly built homes since the 1990s. What years were homes being built that did not have this feature? It's called a barrel vault foyer. I'd rather buy a new home, but they all seem to have this type of foyer.

The second photo on this link is what I commonly find in my area:

https://activerain.com/blogsview/226...l-vault-foyer-

I think that single story houses wouldn't have it.

[SFBayBoomer]

Originally Posted by PriscillaVanilla

I am looking at houses but don't care for the very tall, vaulted ceilings in the entry way of many newly built homes since the 1990s. What years were homes being built that did not have this feature? It's called a barrel vault foyer. I'd rather buy a new home, but they all seem to have this type of foyer.

The second photo on this link is what I commonly find in my area:

https://activerain.com/blogsview/226...l-vault-foyer-

I am not a fan of most vaulted ceilings, either, including the one you posted. I do recall the first time I entered a house with an exaggerated foyer height and I didn't say "Oooooh," but rather "Ugh, what a waste."
That first house I saw with a super-high foyer was in a subdivision that catered to Chinese investors new to the U.S. who I was told wanted a "wow" factor.

What causes me to say "Wow" is a very high R-factor in insulation so A/C is rarely, if ever, needed.

[parentologist]

I despise vaulted ceilings or cathedral ceilings in a cold climate. Total waste of heating energy. In a warm climate, where most of the time you're air conditioning, if anything, I don't think I would mind them. The hot air is gonna rise, and the A/C cool air should stay down where the people are.

[nedergras]

Waited too long to edit. 40'