TheMitchells Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 While planning the extension to our bungalow, we are hoping to open up the lounge/kitchen area with a gulam beam, to give a vaulted ceiling. It would need to be around 8m long. We'd like wood for aesthetics. Is this do'able? Or would we need a post in the centre, which would give us difficulties in the layout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBMS Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 3 minutes ago, TheMitchells said: While planning the extension to our bungalow, we are hoping to open up the lounge/kitchen area with a gulam beam, to give a vaulted ceiling. It would need to be around 8m long. We'd like wood for aesthetics. Is this do'able? Or would we need a post in the centre, which would give us difficulties in the layout? Is it holding anything up? Got a drawing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Anything is possible with enough cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 3 minutes ago, TheMitchells said: While planning the extension to our bungalow, we are hoping to open up the lounge/kitchen area with a gulam beam, to give a vaulted ceiling. It would need to be around 8m long. We'd like wood for aesthetics. Is this do'able? Or would we need a post in the centre, which would give us difficulties in the layout? You can get about any length you want, ours is about 9m and they cut about a metre off at site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrymartin Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 As others have noted, you can get any length you pretty much want, *BUT* as the length increases, so does either the width or height or both depending on what you are supporting. Attached are some examples from the MBC Timberframe factory tour I went on at the weekend... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMitchells Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 16 hours ago, SBMS said: Is it holding anything up? Got a drawing? no - this is the current rear of the bungalow. we are looking to remove the flat roofed extension, add 2 m to the side, in line with the bit sticking out the right hand side (currently a porch) and add a full width extension, with pitched roof. We have not got as far as plans. Just seeing if things are do'able. The beam would go across the current rear wall and hopefully hold up a vaulted ceiling. the second photo shows what we were thinking of. (different building but nearby). I need to measure the height of the current roof to see if we could pitch the new one into it, without it looking silly. it may be too shallow a pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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