ᐅ Window sill height 130 cm in the bedroom / home office?

Do you have small children? They won’t be able to see outside at all with a height of 130cm (51 inches). And you will have much less view, none at all when sitting.

Regarding brightness: The higher the window sill, the farther away from the window even direct sunlight will reach when the sun is high. Think about the angles.

The bedroom will have a large skylight above the bed that opens up like a convertible roof – sleeping outdoors in comfortable temperatures is a great feature!
The study will have a strip of windows from above, for example, above the desk area – this provides very pleasant natural lighting as long as it’s bright outside.
Due to the parapet of the flat roof, the roof surfaces are not visible from the outside as a design feature.
A nice but somewhat energy-consuming option is an access to the roof, for example from the hallway, so that the skylight can be cleaned from time to time.
Of course, the window area then reduces the available space for rooftop photovoltaic panels.

audiophilone schrieb:

Meeting all aspects is not easy, and that’s exactly our problem. @ypg But don’t you think a 265cm (105 inches) and a 201cm (79 inches) window won’t let in enough light?

A narrow slit never lets in as much light as a surface opening or “hole.”

No, we don’t have children, but if we do in the future, the children’s room has a window with a 90cm (35 inch) sill height. The view doesn’t bother us because we have large windows on the ground floor for that. Well, I think with a sill height of 130cm (51 inch) and a window height of 90cm (35 inch), there is still plenty of indirect light coming in.

I think installing windows in the roof will probably be significantly more expensive, and the project is already with the structural engineer who is just waiting to do the calculations... meaning we don’t have much time left to make changes.

But maybe someone has an idea on how to make the exterior and interior more balanced?