ᐅ Fully extended to the ridge height (4.18 m) or with a suspended ceiling (height ??)

Created on: 5 Feb 2016 17:17
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jx7
Hello everyone!

We are building a two-story house with a gable roof with a 25-degree pitch:

Two-story house with terrace, balcony windows, and silhouettes of a family in front of the entrance.


Floor plan of a 4-room apartment with bedroom, rooms 1-3, dressing room, hallway, bathroom.

Plans: Architect (Ingelheim)

Would you leave the gable completely open? This would result in a ceiling height of 4.18 m (13.7 ft) in the center of the house up to the bottom edge of the ridge beam.

Or would you install a ceiling? If so, at what height?

Do any of you have a similar attic roof and can share your experiences?

Best regards

jx7
Bierbrauer8414 Jun 2017 14:08
We will have a roof pitch of 20 degrees and will also leave it open.
In the attic, we want to expose the collar ties of the roof structure as a visible feature, but only in the hallway.

A picture is worth a thousand words

Technical attic cross-section drawing with roof structure, dormer, and dimension lines
Uwe8214 Jun 2017 15:38
I don’t have a good photo showing a room including the ceiling at the moment. But looking up in the hallway shows our ceiling:

Room with visible wooden beam ceiling, wooden walls, a bare light bulb hanging from a cord, ladder in the foreground.

And a picture of the bathroom:

Large glass shower under a wooden sloped roof, beige tiles, dark floor.

We’re glad we left the attic open, even though we have a 35° roof pitch and a ridge beam 3.6m (12 feet) high. It really makes the rooms feel much larger.
saar2and14 Jun 2017 17:58
I prefer high ceilings as well.
In my case, I completely removed the second floor in half of the house. Now, from the floor up to the ridge, it’s about 4.5 meters (15 feet). This area will be used as the living and dining rooms. The kitchen is below, with a ceiling again. Upstairs there will be a gallery.
Rohbau-Innenraum mit Steinwänden, Gerüst, Ofen und Werkzeugen auf Baustelle

Innenraum im Rohbau mit Decken-Dämmung, Gerüst und Baumaterial

Rohbau-Innenraum mit Gerüst, unverputzte Wände und Baugerüst im Innenbereich
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Kathrin1606
3 Apr 2020 12:31
Hello everyone
I would be very grateful for photos of an open roof ridge. Our house plan also includes a knee wall at 2.40 meters (7 ft 10 in) and a height on the upper floor of 4.20 meters (13 ft 9 in) up to the roof ridge. In addition, there is an open space in the stairwell of about 7 meters (23 ft). I’m concerned that this might all be too high.
11ant3 Apr 2020 14:16
Kathrin1606 schrieb:

I would be very grateful for photos of the open roof ridge. Our house plan
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