ᐅ Door Heights and Window Heights with Ceiling Height

Hello,

following the thread about ceiling height, we realized that our planned ceiling height for the large kitchen/dining/living area might be a bit low. So far, a wall height of about 2.625 m (8 ft 7 in) was planned, resulting in a clear room height of about 2.45 m (8 ft 0 in). Now we would like to build half a brick higher, so approximately 2.75 m (9 ft 0 in) wall height and thus about 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in) clear room height.

Now to the main question: what door and window heights would you recommend? For the floor-to-ceiling and "ceiling-high" windows in the kitchen/dining/living area, we want them to be as tall as possible. Above them, there still needs to be space for the roller shutter box, and from the available height, about 5 cm (2 inches) must be deducted for insulation under the terrace roof.

Thanks

Your general contractor or architect will advise you on the maximum height possible. For interior doors, you have flexibility—you can choose heights like 2 meters (6 ft 7 in), 2.11 meters (6 ft 11 in), or 2.36 meters (7 ft 9 in). You can request quotes for these options and then decide.

If I understand correctly, I would say 2.75 - 0.3 (roller shutter box) - 0.05 (insulation) = 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)... from the raw floor level.

-0.18, because that is probably the floor construction.

Thanks in advance to everyone! So, 2.22 m (7 ft 3.4 in) for the windows is already a good guideline.

Thanks also for the information about door heights. So, it seems 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) could be a reasonable choice. Does anyone have a similar ceiling height? And what door heights do you use with that?

We have a finished room height of 2.68 m (8 ft 10 in) in the basement and 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) on the ground floor, with interior doors measuring 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) in height.
The windows are 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) high... unfortunately, they couldn’t be any taller because a lintel had to be installed above the sliding door.