ᐅ What ceiling height did you choose?

Baufie schrieb:
And what is your window sill height then?

1.265 meters (4 ft 2 in) on the ground floor and 1.185 meters (3 ft 11 in) on the upper floor above the finished floor level. These are the wide windows you can also see in my profile picture.
We also have four narrower windows (dressing room, utility room, second window in the bathroom, and guest toilet) each with a window sill height of 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) above the finished floor level and a height of 1.20 meters (4 ft) each. In any case, everything was planned so that the top edge of all windows is at the same height.

Baufie schrieb:
I have a question for everyone who built with a ceiling height of 260cm (8 ft 6 in). Specifically regarding window sizes.

If we set windows at a sill height of 90cm (35 inches) and allow 30cm (12 inches) for the roller shutter box, that leaves an opening of 140cm (55 inches). Did you fully utilize this, or how did you approach this?

In the entire house (except for the kitchen window, guest bathroom, and one decorative window), we have floor-to-ceiling windows, including in the attic (roof windows combined with short dormer windows). The "decorative window" in the living room next to the sofa has a sill height of 40cm (16 inches) – my wife wanted at least one window where you can place items on the windowsill.

Overall, this results in extremely bright rooms.

Jochen104 schrieb:
1.265m (4 ft 2 in) on the ground floor and 1.185m (3 ft 11 in) on the upper floor above the finished floor level. These are the wide windows you can also see in my profile picture. We also have four narrower windows (dressing room, utility room, second bathroom window, and guest toilet) with a sill height of 1m (3 ft 3 in) above finished floor and a height of 1.20m (4 ft). In any case, everything was planned so that the top edges of all the windows are at the same height.

Then your wall looks like this:
Sill height: 1.265m (4 ft 2 in)
Window height: 0.80m (2 ft 7 in)
Roller shutter box: 0.30m (1 ft)
Lintel: 0.235m (9 in)

Or am I making a mistake here?

nordanney schrieb:
Throughout our entire house (except for the kitchen window, guest toilet, and one decorative window), we have only floor-to-ceiling windows, including on the attic floor (roof windows with attached knee wall windows). The “decorative window” in the living room next to the sofa has a sill height of 40cm (16 in) – my wife wanted at least one window where you can place items on the windowsill. Overall, this has made the rooms extremely bright.

We also considered that for a long time but have now decided against it. Question: how wide are your floor-to-ceiling windows, especially on the upper floor?

Baufie schrieb:
Then your wall looks as follows:
Parapet height: 1.265 m (4.15 ft)
Window height: 0.80 m (2.6 ft)
Roller shutter box: 0.30 m (1 ft)
Lintel: 0.235 m (9.3 inches)

I haven’t recalculated or remeasured, but that seems roughly correct.

Baufie schrieb:
Question, how wide are your floor-to-ceiling windows, especially on the upper floor?

They are 1.50 m (two panels) or 1.0 m (one panel), with the smaller windows installed only twice.

Maybe as an addition:
The construction method you mentioned above is used, for example, in the corner window shown lower in my profile. We use that room as a study. The high window sill has the advantage that from the outside you cannot directly see whether someone is sitting at the desk or not. It’s similar with the two right windows upstairs. That area includes the hallway and bathroom; I also find it quite comfortable there.
In the children's room at the top left, a smaller child obviously cannot see out the window. But the room also has a floor-to-ceiling window a little further back.