Last night, I thought so much that my brain just stopped working. I know from experience that if I proceed in that frame of mind, all I will accomplish is to make new mistakes!
So I went to bed last night pondering a brain teaser. How do I build a ceiling that doesn’t make the room look like one of Willy Wonka’s (the original) weird rooms?
This morning, I woke up with an answer!
The bedroom has vaulted ceilings with a 14′ peak. The bedroom is over 20′ wide.
That is quite a bit of unsupported weight. Here is the theory that popped into my brain this morning…
The roof/ceiling is exerting a downward force. Along the front of the house, the side walls are tied together through the front wall so it can’t go anywhere.
However, the walls at the back of the bedroom have no such support. So, I theorized that the side walls in the rear of the room gave in and moved outward.
I grabbed a level and checked. Sure enough.
Each wall is out about an inch from top to bottom.
I just wish I had thought of this when the previous owners were fixing everything. If I fix it by jacking up the roof, it will cause all of the drywall seams that they just fixed to crack again.
Neither my wife nor I am interested in that.
So, I am just going to proceed with the ceiling. At least it will stop it from any further movement.
