and a waste

agreed

personal preferences aside - a flat ceiling is easier to construct .... a
coffered ceiling has more interest

"with" personal preference: If it were mine, I would decide on what I like
most and get that built....for this reason - it is ME who has to live in the
space every day - and my enjoyment of that space would be maintained best by
whatever held the most visual appeal to me. I love coffered ceilings and the
interesting lines of converted attic spaces.

..02c kaching

Steve




"Tom Baker" wrote in message
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(mark charon) wrote in message
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hello,
my mom is adding 2 rooms to her house and the architect has drawn a
plan which calls for a 9' coffer ceiling.
one contractor says that a slope ceiling is better while the other
says that a raised ceiling is better.

the slope ceiling will look something like this:

__________________
/ \ --- this is the ceiling with slopes.
| |
| | --- this is the wall


the raised ceiling will look something like this:

----------------
__I I__ --- this is the ceiling; it doesn't have
a slope
| |
| | ---- this is the wall



are there advantages or disadvantages to each type?
mom would like her ceiling to be about 9 ft high so that the room
looks spacious. in her case the cost would be roughly the same.
one contractor says that with the raised ceiling, she can put crown
molding around the ceiling but with the slope you can' t do much so it
won't look as nice. but another contractor says that slope ceiling
will make the rooms look more spacious.
the rooms are about 14x17 and 12x12.

does anyone have suggestions?

thank you in advance.
mark

The architect deals with shapes and spaces.
The contractor deals with construction.
Is the argument about appearance or a technical issue?
To pay a specialist and then throw out their recommendations at the
suggestion of a non specialist seems a waist of money.

Tom Baker
Charleston SC