ᐅ Fully extended to the ridge height (4.18 m) or with a suspended ceiling (height ??)

jx7 schrieb:
Hello everyone!

We are building a two-story house with a gable roof with a 25-degree roof pitch:

Plans: Architect (Ingelheim)

Would you leave the gable completely open? This would result in a room height of 4.18 m (13.7 ft) in the center of the house up to the underside of the ridge beam.

Or would you install a ceiling? If so, at what height?

Do any of you have a similar attic space and can share your experience?

Best regards

jx7

Is the price lower with the open gable? After all, a ceiling is missing.

I have always found the use of high rooms in model homes interesting, for example with a loft bed or a reading nook.

tomtom79 schrieb:
Is the price lower because of the open gable? After all, a ceiling is missing.

The ceiling above the upper floor in this example is not very large; moreover, insulation and cladding must be installed between the rafters instead. So, no; it doesn’t really become cheaper.

Regards, Bauexperte

I had an end townhouse with an open gable.
We found it airy because we had two large rooms on each gable side, not divided into four rooms like yours. Our house was about 5.50 meters (18 feet) wide with a central height of 4.30 meters (14 feet).
I don’t know how wide your rooms will be. Our neighbors also had two rooms on one side measuring about 2.60/2.80 meters (8.5/9 feet). In their case, the proportions didn’t work as well.
We also had upper windows, triangular in shape, which were very valuable to us because they always let in light. Others found them annoying and covered these windows up.

So, we also have everything open up to the ridge beam, but with an exposed wooden beam ceiling. That of course looks different than with a covered ceiling.

We also considered leaving part of it open since the crawl space is only 140 cm (55 inches) high and won’t be usable anyway. However, we decided against it:

• Insulation between the rafters
• If necessary, walls may need to be built up, as you don’t want to be able to see over them.

Everything is open for us. The height up to the ridge is 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in).
Since we have a basement, we don’t need additional storage space in the attic, so the decision was quickly made based on the overall sense of space.