I am currently considering whether we should raise the ground floor ceiling height or not. In general, we like high ceilings. However, we are a bit unsure how much that would affect the upper floor.
The maximum eaves height is 4.5 m (14.8 ft), so we are limited.
Without raising the ground floor ceiling, we would have a knee wall of about 1.28 m (4.2 ft) on one side of the house and about 0.97 m (3.2 ft) on the other side (due to the ridge offset).
With the raised ground floor ceiling, we would have about 1.15 m (3.8 ft) and still 0.97 m (3.2 ft).
All measurements are from the top of the finished floor.
Since the rooms are quite long (about 5.5 m (18 ft)), I am thinking we could simply raise the ground floor ceiling and then reduce the knee wall height artificially using a drywall partition, or later install built-in wardrobes along the roof slope.
The raised ground floor ceiling would increase the clear height from 2.635 m (8.65 ft) to 2.76 m (9.06 ft).
What do you think?
The maximum eaves height is 4.5 m (14.8 ft), so we are limited.
Without raising the ground floor ceiling, we would have a knee wall of about 1.28 m (4.2 ft) on one side of the house and about 0.97 m (3.2 ft) on the other side (due to the ridge offset).
With the raised ground floor ceiling, we would have about 1.15 m (3.8 ft) and still 0.97 m (3.2 ft).
All measurements are from the top of the finished floor.
Since the rooms are quite long (about 5.5 m (18 ft)), I am thinking we could simply raise the ground floor ceiling and then reduce the knee wall height artificially using a drywall partition, or later install built-in wardrobes along the roof slope.
The raised ground floor ceiling would increase the clear height from 2.635 m (8.65 ft) to 2.76 m (9.06 ft).
What do you think?
