Then insulate below with fiberglass or cellulose add a vapor retarder and your finish ceiling.
Cathedral ceiling insulation detail.
It provides an open airy look and feel to the room and they are often in demand among home buyers.
Minimize penetrations to the ceiling and especially avoid recessed ceiling lights which have been the cause of numerous moisture problems in cathedral ceilings with or without vent channels.
Cathedral ceilings are a feature in many homes that add to value to the house because the high ceiling tends to make rooms look larger.
That is create a vent channel above the insulation with low and high vents.
You ll want a tight ceiling air barrier with no air leakage into the cathedral ceiling a critical detail for all cathedral ceiling designs.
Yes a cathedral ceiling detail would be very similar but the challenge of many cathedral ceilings is the added structural elements electrical boxes and the desire for wood board ceilings all which start compromising the drywall layer which in your detail is used at the air barrier.
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A cathedral ceiling is a sloping and pointed ceiling which is usually high and open.
Above the insulation leave a 1 1 2 in.
Attic trusses typically have a sloping ceiling.
Insulating cathedral ceilings can be quite challenging.