ᐅ Clear ceiling height and window height. Provider’s standard: 262.5 cm
Created on: 7 Dec 2017 13:20
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chrisw81
Hello, we are currently planning a house with a gable roof (38°) and are unsure about the ceiling height for the ground floor. The standard offered by our builder is a structural height of 262.5 cm (103.5 inches) / clear ceiling height of 246 cm (97 inches). The floor-to-ceiling windows are 226 cm (89 inches) tall. Now we are considering raising the ground floor by either 12.5 cm (5 inches) or 25 cm (10 inches). However, we also have a relatively high knee wall of 150 cm (59 inches) (possibly 137.5 cm (54 inches) might be an option or make more sense).
Here are the questions:
1) Will the eave height become too high overall with the increased room height and the high knee wall? On the long side, we have no windows on the upper floor (currently no strip windows either), so it will be a large closed area. Is there a way to visually break that up?
2) Do the windows need to be raised as well, or are 226 cm (89 inches) still suitable?
Additional info: Our living room (including dining and kitchen) is quite large (about 11.5 x 4 meters (38 x 13 feet)), so we are concerned that a low ceiling might feel oppressive, hence the idea of raising it.
Perhaps someone has experience with these ceiling heights and can offer some advice.
Thank you!
Here are the questions:
1) Will the eave height become too high overall with the increased room height and the high knee wall? On the long side, we have no windows on the upper floor (currently no strip windows either), so it will be a large closed area. Is there a way to visually break that up?
2) Do the windows need to be raised as well, or are 226 cm (89 inches) still suitable?
Additional info: Our living room (including dining and kitchen) is quite large (about 11.5 x 4 meters (38 x 13 feet)), so we are concerned that a low ceiling might feel oppressive, hence the idea of raising it.
Perhaps someone has experience with these ceiling heights and can offer some advice.
Thank you!
chrisw81 schrieb:
The windows and roller shutter boxes come as one unit and are installed into the fixed window opening. I estimate the insulation goes in front of the shutters (22 cm (9 inches) deep with a brick depth of 24 cm (9.5 inches), so it should fit).
What would be the advantage of integrating the boxes into the façade, so that the windows could be installed higher? I think putting the boxes into the façade is practically not possible?The advantage is that you have no lintel visible from the inside, and the windows can extend up to the interior ceiling.
Mrmacfly schrieb:
The advantage is that from the inside you don’t have a lintel, and the windows extend right up to the interior ceiling. Okay, I understand. But I don’t think something like that is easily achievable, and I wouldn’t know where the roller shutter box would go then. I think it’s fine as it is, with a small lintel above the window; without it also looks a bit unusual.
chrisw81 schrieb:
But I don’t think something like that is easily feasible, nor do I know where the roller shutter box would go then. I find it acceptable as it is, with some lintel above the window; without it, it also looks unusual. I also don’t think it can be done with little effort. Regarding the cassette boxes for venetian blinds, that might not be a problem, but a roller shutter is already quite a bulky unit as a “roller.”
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