Hello everyone, we are planning to build and are currently having discussions with several construction companies.
Our wish is to build a two-story house. We want to have little to no sloping ceilings in the attic. So far, we have always planned for an urban villa with a hip roof. However, in our last meeting with another builder, we were told that our only option is to build a traditional single-family house 🙁. We did not want that... and even worse, we are required to build with a basement, which we definitely did not want.
The advisor explained that this is due to the knee wall height. We are complete beginners and now don’t understand anything at all. I am attaching an excerpt from the building regulations.
Can someone tell me if what we were told is really true? Why can’t we build a hip roof while complying with the specified roof pitch? We also wanted to avoid a basement for cost reasons and don’t understand why there is no other option.
Can anyone help us?
Thank you very much in advance.
Our wish is to build a two-story house. We want to have little to no sloping ceilings in the attic. So far, we have always planned for an urban villa with a hip roof. However, in our last meeting with another builder, we were told that our only option is to build a traditional single-family house 🙁. We did not want that... and even worse, we are required to build with a basement, which we definitely did not want.
The advisor explained that this is due to the knee wall height. We are complete beginners and now don’t understand anything at all. I am attaching an excerpt from the building regulations.
Can someone tell me if what we were told is really true? Why can’t we build a hip roof while complying with the specified roof pitch? We also wanted to avoid a basement for cost reasons and don’t understand why there is no other option.
Can anyone help us?
Thank you very much in advance.
Our roof has a 25° pitch, as shown in the cross-section, which actually fits quite well. The advantage of a gable roof combined with a south-facing orientation is that you have much more roof area available for a photovoltaic system, if that is ever planned in the future. This can be difficult or less practical with a hip roof. It doesn’t hurt to think about these things in advance.