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Chrisi19065 May 2020 20:35I’m interested in hearing your thoughts on the durability, care, and maintenance of roof windows, specifically Velux.
The care instructions from Velux include, among other things, removing leaves once a year and regularly clearing snow.
How often do you check your roof windows? How long should these windows last? Should you be concerned that they might eventually leak and damage the attic insulation?
The background to my question is that my builder informed me that a townhouse with two full floors costs no more than 5,000€ (about $5,500) more than a 1 1/2-story house with a pitched roof. The roof windows alone have a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of around 2,500€ (about $2,750) each. Does anyone have ideas on how to get Velux windows more cheaply?
The care instructions from Velux include, among other things, removing leaves once a year and regularly clearing snow.
How often do you check your roof windows? How long should these windows last? Should you be concerned that they might eventually leak and damage the attic insulation?
The background to my question is that my builder informed me that a townhouse with two full floors costs no more than 5,000€ (about $5,500) more than a 1 1/2-story house with a pitched roof. The roof windows alone have a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of around 2,500€ (about $2,750) each. Does anyone have ideas on how to get Velux windows more cheaply?
Chrisi1906 schrieb:
The background of my question is that my developer told me that the city villa with 2 full floors costs no more than 5,000€ (about $5,500) extra compared to a 1½-story house with a pitched roof. I almost admire your resistance to the “city villa” house style and I believe I already mentioned in your main thread that a pitched roof with habitable attic space requires a rafter roof construction, while a truss roof would be significantly cheaper to build. The roof windows alone don’t make much of a difference in cost.
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Chrisi19066 May 2020 03:2111ant schrieb:
I almost admire your resistance to the "town villa" design and have probably already mentioned in your main thread that using a pitched roof with living space forces a rafter roof, whereas a truss roof would be much cheaper to install. Roof windows alone don’t make a big difference there. I know that. From my perspective, though, the floor plan we are using fits better with a one-and-a-half-story house. A town villa also relies a lot on its appearance. We won’t get the facade looking as nice because the windows are arranged offset.
Chrisi1906 schrieb:
From my point of view, the floor plan we are using fits better for the one-and-a-half-story house.There are no changes for the ground floor. Thanks to the "full-height knee wall" the attic floor became the upper floor, allowing you to allocate a bit more space for storage – which you lose approximately to the same extent due to the lower pitched roof space. Seen like this, it’s a zero-sum game: no gain but no loss either. Nothing to complain about there. Chrisi1906 schrieb:
A townhouse style villa also lives from its appearance. We won’t get the front of the house looking as nice because the windows are arranged offset.Quite the opposite. Precisely because of that, you get a townhouse villa where others have only a standard villa. If you want a true villa, that is an advantage – if you want a generic willah, the standard cookie-cutter pseudo-luxury is better.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Chrisi19066 May 2020 13:5411ant schrieb:
There are no changes to the ground floor. Thanks to the “knee wall” now reaching full room height, the attic converted into the upper floor gains a bit more usable space for storage purposes – roughly equal to the amount of space lost due to the shallower roof pitch. Seen this way, it’s a zero-sum game, no gain but no loss either. Nothing to complain about there.
Quite the opposite. This actually gives you a “city villa” while others only have a standard detached house. If you want a villa, this is an advantage – if you want a willah, a typical cookie-cutter pseudo-luxury design is better. Since this is about roof windows, we should discuss it better in the main thread. So I’ll reply there.
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