ᐅ What is the height of my knee wall?

Hello!

We are planning a single-family house on a nice plot of land.

The basic requirements for the house on the plot are:

- Maximum one-story construction
- Gable roof with a 30-degree pitch
- Allowed eaves height 5 m (16 feet)
- Allowed ridge height 9 m (30 feet)

How high is / can / must my knee wall be?

Hello Delf,

That can’t really be answered so generally...

I would say it primarily depends on the width of the house and the height of the ground floor.

Try drawing a simple cross-section using the frame data listed above, and you should be able to estimate the approximate knee wall height.

Regards,

Dirk

It completely depends on how deep you want to go underground and how wide your house will be. I think with a house width of 9m (30 feet), you could get about 1.65m (5 feet 5 inches) without making major compromises.

Good evening One00,

what sensible person, with even a semblance of sound judgment, would willingly bury themselves?

Bauexperte, sending from the road

Good evening building expert,
a mole?

Hello One00,

You have no idea what kind of "side projects" you are casually referring to, do you?

... sometimes I'm convinced that Dieter truly experienced what he briefly describes ...

Bauexperte, on the go