Hello dear forum members,
Our house is being designed with an attic height of about 1.6 meters (5 feet 3 inches). This measurement refers to the middle, meaning the space up to the ridge inside. It will be accessible via a folding attic ladder.
The exterior dimensions of the house are 11.15 meters by 9.6 meters (the latter is the gable side). The roof will be a traditional purlin gable roof with a bay window on one side, centered along the 11.15 meters length. The bay window’s external width is 4 meters (13 feet 1 inch).
We are only familiar with attics that have full ceiling height or very shallow lofts under a hip roof.
Since we are building without a basement, the attic is naturally an important storage area! Does anyone have similar size ratios and can share their experience or photos showing how much storage space remains? You also need access to boxes and similar items.
We do not want a knee wall, nor do we want to reduce the ceiling heights. Living space is more important to us than the attic, but we still want room for decorations and similar items!
Because we are only permitted to build one full storey, changing the roof pitch is also not easy. Our construction company has already calculated that we can even have an attic, with a knee wall of at least 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches) clear height, but without losing the full storey.
Furthermore, we are not planning to have a window in the attic – is this a bad idea? Originally, we wanted triangular windows in the gables, but 1. the chimney has been moved in front of the window location and 2. they turned out to be outrageously expensive!
Any experiences, photos, or comments?
Best regards and thanks
Our house is being designed with an attic height of about 1.6 meters (5 feet 3 inches). This measurement refers to the middle, meaning the space up to the ridge inside. It will be accessible via a folding attic ladder.
The exterior dimensions of the house are 11.15 meters by 9.6 meters (the latter is the gable side). The roof will be a traditional purlin gable roof with a bay window on one side, centered along the 11.15 meters length. The bay window’s external width is 4 meters (13 feet 1 inch).
We are only familiar with attics that have full ceiling height or very shallow lofts under a hip roof.
Since we are building without a basement, the attic is naturally an important storage area! Does anyone have similar size ratios and can share their experience or photos showing how much storage space remains? You also need access to boxes and similar items.
We do not want a knee wall, nor do we want to reduce the ceiling heights. Living space is more important to us than the attic, but we still want room for decorations and similar items!
Because we are only permitted to build one full storey, changing the roof pitch is also not easy. Our construction company has already calculated that we can even have an attic, with a knee wall of at least 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches) clear height, but without losing the full storey.
Furthermore, we are not planning to have a window in the attic – is this a bad idea? Originally, we wanted triangular windows in the gables, but 1. the chimney has been moved in front of the window location and 2. they turned out to be outrageously expensive!
Any experiences, photos, or comments?
Best regards and thanks
pagoni2020 schrieb:
Children only get in the way when building Lego...!Or you build Lego togetherP
pagoni202025 Jun 2020 22:07Flocko1 schrieb:
Or you build Lego together But I AM the one who decides what gets built!!!
hausnrplus2525 Jun 2020 22:16-XIII- schrieb:
As the name suggests, you can only move forward up there by crawling. However, during my first inspection recently, I didn’t find that particularly troublesome. Boxes are carried up the pull-out stairs and then pushed into place at the top. It only becomes uncomfortable with especially bulky and/or heavy items. A standard moving box (unless packed full of books) is not much of a problem. Regarding point 2, it’s easiest to load the attic when someone hands items up from below. You have a hip roof, right? Do you think ours would also be more like a crawl space?
I hope it doesn’t get too warm this weekend so we can check it out.
pagoni2020 schrieb:
But I decide what gets built!!! Yes, a roof attic.
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Piotr198112 Aug 2020 12:25-XIII- schrieb:
As the name suggests, you can only move up there by crawling. However, during my first inspection, I didn’t find this particularly bothersome. Boxes are carried up via the pull-down ladder and then stored by pushing them once at the top. It only becomes uncomfortable with especially bulky and/or heavy items. A standard moving box (unless packed full of books) isn’t much of a problem. Secondly, loading the attic works best when one person hands items up from below. I’m facing a similar challenge.
Could you tell me the dimensions of your pull-down ladder? Did you encounter any difficulties with your measurements? Where did you place the pull-down ladder in your floor plan? Most likely fairly central because of the slopes, right?
We have a cold attic without windows. Our upper floor ceiling is insulated. We also store some items up there. However, since it gets warm in the summer and cold in the winter, you really have to be careful about what you store. It is definitely a hassle to carry things up and down, and I would prefer a proper staircase instead of a loft hatch. Because it is so cumbersome, only the absolute essentials are stored there.
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