ᐅ What height should the visible base or plinth of a house have?

Created on: 28 Sep 2017 08:36

Hello,
we now need to decide on the height of the visible base plaster on the house. What would be the ideal height? Is 30cm (12 inches) acceptable, or would more be better? In some new development areas, you often see lower base heights of around 20cm (8 inches), but wouldn’t that cause the light-colored plaster to get dirty more easily?
What have you done, and are you satisfied with it?

Best regards,
Sabine

Curly29 Sep 2017 07:38

The purpose of coloring the base is to hide dirt caused by splashing water. From what I understand here, however, no one has a particularly high base, and 30cm (12 inches) should probably be sufficient.

Kind regards
Sabine

Tego1229 Sep 2017 07:59

These visible plinths, often in anthracite, unfortunately look terrible (at least on the more modern new builds). A plinth color matching the wall color is modern and, to me, looks much better.

Curly29 Sep 2017 08:09

Tego12 schrieb:
These visible plinths, often in anthracite, unfortunately look terrible (at least on the rather modern new builds). A plinth color matching the wall color is modern and looks much nicer to me.

I also like a completely white house, but the lower edge will probably get visibly dirty quickly because of that.

Best regards,
Sabine

Nordlys29 Sep 2017 08:15

#10

No, the base in anthracite looks nice.

ypg29 Sep 2017 08:33

#11

Curly schrieb:
I also like a completely white house, but the lower edge will probably get visibly dirty quickly because of that.

Best regards
Sabine

No, why? The gravel border should be at least about 30cm (12 inches) wide. That will provide protection.

markus270329 Sep 2017 09:24

#12

Tego12 schrieb:
These visible base areas often in anthracite unfortunately look terrible (at least on the more modern new builds). Base color matching the wall color is modern and looks much nicer to me.

As always, everyone has their own taste here. We deliberately painted the base area anthracite, and together with our anthracite gravel strip, it looks absolutely great.

Overall, everything has to be harmonious (roof color, house color, base). A red roof, white house, and anthracite base are naturally less harmonious.

ᐅ What height should the visible base or plinth of a house have?

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