ᐅ Full story with a pitched roof without the appearance and effect of an attic?
Created on: 29 Oct 2019 16:33
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Hello everyone.
Has anyone here by chance built a combination of an upper floor as a full storey plus a gable roof (ideally with a 22°-25° roof pitch) but without an attic, so that the upper floor is basically open upwards?
It would be great if someone could share a few photos. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find much through a Google search.
Can you say something about the effect and appearance? How does it feel when all the rooms have the full ceiling made up only of the sloping roof, even with sufficient height – does it still feel confining?
Thanks in advance.
Has anyone here by chance built a combination of an upper floor as a full storey plus a gable roof (ideally with a 22°-25° roof pitch) but without an attic, so that the upper floor is basically open upwards?
It would be great if someone could share a few photos. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find much through a Google search.
Can you say something about the effect and appearance? How does it feel when all the rooms have the full ceiling made up only of the sloping roof, even with sufficient height – does it still feel confining?
Thanks in advance.
J
j.bautsch30 Oct 2019 12:10Thanks, so the fact that the area upstairs could still be used by children as a chill-out space really appeals to me.
Yes, it’s 2.40 meters (7 ft 10 in) and 25°.
A note about the loft spaces: they were originally intended as sleeping areas for the boys (we have three), because the floor area is only around 15 square meters (160 square feet) and just 3.10 to 3.25 meters (10 ft 2 in to 10 ft 8 in) wide, which makes furnishing difficult. A square layout simply works better, but with four bedrooms facing south, that wasn’t possible on our long, rather narrow plot. We also aimed for equal exposure in the orientation.
The loft areas have been used in various ways: for drums, Lego, a library. Friends have occasionally slept there on a mattress, but all my boys preferred sleeping downstairs because there is no window upstairs to look at the stars at night, and they also like to sleep with the window open.
The standing height upstairs is at most 2 meters (6 ft 7 in). This can be inconvenient when vacuuming or rearranging shelves.
I’m not sure if I would do it the same way again, even though it was always nice for the boys to have their own completely separate space. I’m speaking in the past tense because my boys are now 20, 24, and 26 years old and no longer live with us all the time.
And very important: plan the switches for turning the loft light on and off carefully. We could switch off the light downstairs from upstairs, but not the other way around. That was annoying when you had to climb the ladder back up.
I’m sure I can think of more pros and cons for the different ceiling heights. Just ask.
A note about the loft spaces: they were originally intended as sleeping areas for the boys (we have three), because the floor area is only around 15 square meters (160 square feet) and just 3.10 to 3.25 meters (10 ft 2 in to 10 ft 8 in) wide, which makes furnishing difficult. A square layout simply works better, but with four bedrooms facing south, that wasn’t possible on our long, rather narrow plot. We also aimed for equal exposure in the orientation.
The loft areas have been used in various ways: for drums, Lego, a library. Friends have occasionally slept there on a mattress, but all my boys preferred sleeping downstairs because there is no window upstairs to look at the stars at night, and they also like to sleep with the window open.
The standing height upstairs is at most 2 meters (6 ft 7 in). This can be inconvenient when vacuuming or rearranging shelves.
I’m not sure if I would do it the same way again, even though it was always nice for the boys to have their own completely separate space. I’m speaking in the past tense because my boys are now 20, 24, and 26 years old and no longer live with us all the time.
And very important: plan the switches for turning the loft light on and off carefully. We could switch off the light downstairs from upstairs, but not the other way around. That was annoying when you had to climb the ladder back up.
I’m sure I can think of more pros and cons for the different ceiling heights. Just ask.
KEVST schrieb:
Has anyone here by any chance built a combination with the upper floor as a full story plus a gable roof (ideally with a 22°-25° roof pitch) but without an attic floor, so the upper floor is basically open towards the top?Not yet – but that would be my preferred combination.KEVST schrieb:
How does it feel when the entire ceiling in all rooms consists only of the sloped roof, despite having enough height? Does it still feel cramped?With the roof pitch mentioned, I find it unproblematic – except in cases where the high side would have more height than the long side of the room.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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KEVST schrieb:
How does it feel when the entire ceiling in all rooms consists of a sloping roof, despite sufficient height? Does it still feel cramped?On the contrary...
We had an open ceiling: two full stories plus a 22-degree roof pitch.
The gable ends had triangular windows at the top, both on the east and west sides.
For us, both rooms were very comfortable. Each room had a total width of about 6 meters (20 feet).
Other houses had the west side divided into two children’s rooms, so they were taller than wide (gable height 3.40 meters (11 feet)), which felt less cozy.
But I must say I am very sensitive to this. Others might not even notice that it is “more tall than wide.”
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