Hello,
I am interested in your opinions or thoughts about knee wall height. We technically wouldn't need one and could build two full stories, but from an exterior design perspective, I find a certain knee wall height more aesthetically pleasing. The question is how high it should be so that it doesn’t significantly reduce usable space. For example, I was thinking of a height that would still allow placing a desk or a bathtub underneath.
Another aspect is that, unlike a full story, knee walls typically require skylights or roof windows. Is this significantly more expensive, or does it roughly balance out since a knee wall uses less material compared to two full stories?
Thank you for your thoughts.
I am interested in your opinions or thoughts about knee wall height. We technically wouldn't need one and could build two full stories, but from an exterior design perspective, I find a certain knee wall height more aesthetically pleasing. The question is how high it should be so that it doesn’t significantly reduce usable space. For example, I was thinking of a height that would still allow placing a desk or a bathtub underneath.
Another aspect is that, unlike a full story, knee walls typically require skylights or roof windows. Is this significantly more expensive, or does it roughly balance out since a knee wall uses less material compared to two full stories?
Thank you for your thoughts.
11ant schrieb:
... however, it makes me fear that you are approaching the issue quite intensively from the wrong end, so to speak (oh no, the animal which is not even clear yet whether it might actually be a cow).The house is being designed around the interesting gable. However, as can be seen, the gable loses its impact with larger dimensions as well as with the roof pitch.U
UnfähigerBeamt27 Oct 2024 02:10ypg schrieb:
The house is designed around the interesting gable. However, as you can see, the gable loses its impact due to the wider dimensions as well as the roof pitch.That’s true, the wider dimensions work against the effect I’m trying to achieve with my ‘inspiration.’ But that’s exactly why I’m asking here—if anyone might have an idea on how a different layout could create a great effect.
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UnfähigerBeamt27 Oct 2024 02:1311ant schrieb:
I answered your question earlier here as academically/universally as you asked it. If it actually refers specifically to the project in https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/firstrichtung-parallel-zur-strasse-od-90-grad-winkel.48261/, then it might be different. For that, we would need clearer ideas of your plans than what has been shown so far there (which still leaves too much unclear).
... however, it makes me fear that you might be putting the cart before the horse (actually, more like an animal we are not even sure yet if it might turn out to be a cow). What plans are you still missing? A floor plan?
The rooms affected by the sloping ceilings due to the knee wall are the children's rooms, bathroom, and bedroom.
Neither a horse nor a cow — nonsense, the floor plan is basically set, I am just hoping for ideas regarding the knee wall and the windows.
By the way, the house will not be oriented at 90 degrees or parallel but actually about 70 degrees. After consulting with the municipality and the head of the planning department at the district office, it turned out his initial opinion was simply wrong and he revised his statements. You can now position the house as you want.
UnfähigerBeamt schrieb:
By the way, the house will not be positioned at 90 degrees or parallel, but actually at about 70 degrees. After consulting with the local authority and the head of the officer in charge at the district office, it turned out that his initial view was simply incorrect and he has revised his statements. Now you can position the house however you want. And why don’t you post this in the relevant thread? You have users there who have taken time to help you and work on your problem. So out of courtesy, please share your reply or the outcome with them. Instead, unrelated questions keep coming up, all basically about the same issue. As a result, the answers remain general.
UnfähigerBeamt schrieb:
What plans are you still missing? A floor plan?
Rooms affected by the sloping roof due to the knee wall include the children’s rooms, bathroom, and bedroom. [...], the floor plan is basically set, I am just hoping for ideas regarding the knee wall and windows. I don’t actually feel anything is missing here because, in my opinion, you are not that far along in the planning process yet. However, in the above-mentioned thread, which I’ll call the “original thread,” you already hinted at having a floor plan based on a low-contrast thumbnail. So please share a clear and readable version of it. A room layout rarely works with an undefined knee wall height; rather, you need to see the floor plan first, and then possibly adjust the ceiling height accordingly.
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hanghaus202328 Oct 2024 12:15For us, a maximum of 1 meter (3.3 feet) was allowed. This is manageable, DN 45 degrees.
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