ᐅ What is the ideal knee wall height?

Created on: 26 Oct 2024 19:48
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UnfähigerBeamt
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.
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hanghaus2023
28 Oct 2024 12:28
I would really appreciate it if you could organize your questions a bit more. Constantly jumping from one post to the next is quite exhausting.

Somehow, you then find out that the municipality no longer has any issues with the positioning of the house.

However, I’m not very enthusiastic about your idea of placing the driveway at the bottom left and the house at the top right.
11ant28 Oct 2024 13:30
hanghaus2023 schrieb:

For us, a maximum of 1 m (3.3 ft) was permitted. That is quite manageable, DN 45 degrees.
In combination, I already find that borderline excessive – what is the ridge height (actual and maximum) in that case?
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hanghaus2023
28 Oct 2024 16:41
11ant schrieb:

I find that combination already borderline excessive – what is the ridge height (actual and maximum)?

I can’t answer that quickly. It wasn’t specified. With a 1 m (3.3 ft) knee wall and 10 m (33 ft) width, you can calculate it.
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ypg
28 Oct 2024 19:23
hanghaus2023 schrieb:

I can’t give you a quick answer on that. It wasn’t required. With a 1 meter (3.3 feet) knee wall and 10 meters (33 feet) width, you can calculate it.
5 meters (16.4 feet) plus 1 meter (3.3 feet) knee wall? That would result in a nice attic space 🙂