ᐅ Floor-to-ceiling window

Hello,

we have fixed, floor-to-ceiling windows in the stairwell and the cloakroom. One is roughly 76 cm (30 inches) in structural opening size, and the other about 101 cm (40 inches). I’ve attached the elevations, which might help a bit.

Personally, I find the slimmer ones more visually appealing, but whether they provide enough light depends on the lighting conditions. The 76 cm (30 inches) windows were too small for us in the stairwell.

As a rough estimate, for fixed windows the glass width is usually the structural opening width minus about 15 cm (6 inches).

It’s always a compromise between the interior view and the exterior appearance. What looks good from outside doesn’t necessarily provide the best lighting indoors, and vice versa...

Best regards,

Andreas

If you are still completely flexible, I would base it on the other windows of the facade. For example, if you plan a ribbon window element across with 220 x 76 cm (87 x 30 inches), a matching one in a "portrait" orientation would also look good. In the kitchen, I can also imagine a window sill height of about 40/50 cm (16/20 inches) if you go for a length of 180 cm (71 inches).

j.bautsch schrieb:
Nowadays, kitchen cabinets come in widths from 30 to 110cm (12 to 43 inches), so the old idea of "always 60cm wide" definitely doesn’t apply anymore. Nowadays, a minimum width of 80cm (31 inches) is actually recommended, just so you know.

Of course, all those sizes exist, but show me the dimensions of built-in refrigerators, ovens, microwaves, etc., that fit your suggested 80cm (31 inches) width. Most appliances are normally designed for 60cm (24 inches) cabinet units. For example, a pull-out pantry cabinet is often much smaller (we have 40cm (16 inches)). As I mentioned before, the IKEA planner is a great tool to roughly see how things might work out. It includes almost all common sizes. Kitchen showrooms basically offer the same cabinet units; only the fronts differ, as well as the appliances. If you don’t mind assembling it yourself, you can get a high-quality kitchen for a lower price by combining IKEA cabinets with appliances ordered online.

And I can only emphasize this again: especially with smaller or awkwardly shaped kitchens, Ikea’s limited cabinet widths of only 20, 40, 60, and 80 cm (8, 16, 24, and 32 inches) often restrict your planning options. Most other common kitchen manufacturers offer standard widths of 15, 30, 40, 45, 50, 60, 80, 90, 100, and 120 cm (6, 12, 16, 18, 20, 24, 32, 36, 40, and 48 inches). And for a small additional cost, many manufacturers also provide custom widths. This often allows for a better-optimized kitchen layout.

cheeky curl schrieb:
Right, we are still completely flexible. We would probably prefer a fixed window.

Of course, we know very little at this point, and if you want a fixed window, then you should have it (the customer pays, the customer decides)! On the other hand, most newly built houses (and kitchens) are rarely designed around fixed windows. Usually, requirements number 1 to 99 are of a completely different nature, and the windows are then determined “automatically” during the design process. Once the floor plan and elevations are finalized, then you can consider whether this or that window should/can be fixed.

I would also dare to say that in five years, you probably won’t care at all whether your house has this particular window or not. There are much more important things to focus on.

Just my 2 cents ...