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Originally Posted by 70SATMan
My wife and I discussed boxing in the beams and still haven't given up on that idea at this point...
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That certainly would be good - both for retaining the look, and for added rigidity.
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Originally Posted by 70SATMan
Man, when I think of all the time I put into caulking and painting that ceiling 20 years ago.....  |
I would think that painted ceiling would help you out if you choose to skip the venting. That is it's a vapor barrier to the wood.
So on skipping the venting; if it were my house, I would accept that the construction is what it is --Venting was not part of the original design-- and move along. ...Add another vapor barrier under the Cedar (or whatever).
I mean, sure, venting is a nice feature if you have a lot of solar heat load that you want dissipated, or if you have a cold roof capping a moist dwelling. (I didn't see an indoor hot tub, or a kettle for tea on an unvented stove top.) But to what extreme are you willing to go to retrofit to gain those features of venting? . ..are they really needed? . .
Should you design the venting to help prevent the formation of ice-damns on the roof over hangs? --like I said, try understand the climate and the true needs.
btw, what is the big driver for insulation? is it to stay cool in the summer, or warm in the winter?
Do you really need to do anything?
/ramble.