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Originally Posted by cabmando
By the time you go to a 14 or 16" I joist, how much room will you have on the upper loft level?.
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I'll have to do some measuring. I have plenty of storage and don't care about the space above the room.
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Originally Posted by cabmando
Next question is, why are you lowering the ceiling from the original height? If it's for heating efficiency, I don't think lowering the ceiling 4 or 5 feet is going to be worth the expense of the I joists and work put into it. I'd spend that money on insulation and seal the space well and just keep the original ceiling height.
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Again, I'll have to do some measuring. I think the height is 16 feet but that's only what I've been told and no, I don't want to heat that. If I don't put some kind of structure up there I may end up with a drop ceiling. The garage door is going to be 8 or 9 feet high, so there is going to have to be some framing to hang it from if I do that.