ᐅ Standard Interior Door Heights for Different Ceiling Heights – General Discussion Thread

@Bauherr am L I don’t take it personally, but I don’t like generalizations. For example: "I only mentioned that no residential building project since 2000 has included doors under 2.11 m (7 feet)." In which region of the world? In our new development area, there are about 15 houses, and roughly 10 of them have standard doors around 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high.

I’d say, that’s a case of limited perspective.

Bauherr am L schrieb:

But a door height of 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) is not up to date

Here we are back to the topic (the word was already mentioned) social housing.

Just because some people build two-story single-family homes with large window areas, which call for higher ceilings, and the higher ceilings call for taller doors, and taller doors then for wider ones, it doesn’t mean all this has to fit the country house style or a cozy 139 m² (1,494 sq ft) home.
Style (here the mentioned Bauhaus style or similar) does not reflect what is contemporary. The Bauhaus style existed in the past, and even then with doors of normal size.
And houses are not automatically social housing just because they have standard door heights.
For example, there are great hacks for storage space above doors. The roughly 50 cm (20 inches) clearance works well there without being intrusive. And if you like using your kitchen, wall cabinets belong there, which you want to reach comfortably at about 160–170 cm (63–67 inches) without a step stool. Taller ceilings can feel a bit awkward in that context. And nobody wants to have to put countless base cabinets for dishes. Or are wall cabinets also no longer modern? Just because it’s a trend?

Bauherr am L schrieb:

I only pointed out that no residential building project has been built with doors under 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) since 2000.

That’s actually not true.

Bauherr am L schrieb:

Regarding door handles: by the way, the height of the door handle is naturally chosen so that as many people as possible, whether very short or very tall, can reach it easily.

They are known to have been lowered to accommodate seniors and wheelchair users as well.

Ok, I work in financing exactly these types of residential development projects. I wasn’t talking about houses, but rather complexes with many rental apartments. In these, no door in the apartments is less than 2.11 m (7 feet) high. The higher the rent is intended to be (i.e., the upscale segment), the taller the doors are as well (2.34 m (7 feet 8 inches)).

Feel free to research this yourself. You can also look into how this has evolved in public buildings. All of this will confirm my statements.

@ypg you are right, but I am not talking about whether it fits any particular style.

My only point is: doors have consistently grown larger over the past decades, just like the average size of people. Simple truth.

I have to agree with @Bauherr am L. My developers haven’t been installing small doors for many years either. This is just a natural development. Just like 15 × 15 cm (6 × 6 inches) tiles are no longer used, and even 30 × 30 cm (12 × 12 inches) tiles are often considered outdated, with 60 × 60 cm (24 × 24 inches) tiles being preferred. That’s why taller doors often don’t even cost extra, as they are considered the standard now.
Of course, everyone can build whatever they want. And everyone can also build differently from the average.

Our last offer included 270cm (106 inches) high ceilings in the shell construction and 2.11m (6 ft 11 inches) doors.
The general contractor is very reluctant to install anything under 2.11m (6 ft 11 inches).