How low is too low

[WWilts]

Is a 2.3m ceiling height upstairs (bedrooms) too low?

Downstairs will be 2.55m, for a sense of spaciousness.

[MikeSharp01]

2.3 should be fine, 2.4 used to be the base minimum but now there is no minimum and 2.3 is only 100mm less. The room shapes with be something of a factor. A large room with a low ceiling is more of a problem than a small room with a low ceiling because of the way it feels. 

[nod]

2.3 is for bedrooms will be fine 

Better to have extra on the GF 

 

[tonyshouse]

I think that you can go as low as you like except at the top of the stairs where in needs to be 2m  once saw 1.5m high bedroom ceiling 

 

got all excited as I thought we might be talking U-valves 

[ProDave]

Personally I would go 2.45 downstairs and 2.4 upstairs.

 

Our house is a little unusual that we have 2.4 downstairs and the two main upstairs bedrooms have vaulted ceilings going up to the ridge, and I like it.  The small, spare bedroom has a 2.3M ceiling to give more height on the mezanine but it is only a small room.  I think it would be oppressive in a larger room.

[Dave Jones]

2600 down 2400 up

[WWilts]

3 hours ago, ProDave said:

two main upstairs bedrooms have vaulted ceilings going up to the ridge

Did the vaulted ceiling upstairs add much cost compared to the usual trusses?

[WWilts]

3 hours ago, Dave Jones said:

2600 down 2400 up

Ridge height permission for 6700 from ffl. Hipped roof 19 degree slope. Trying to squeeze in what is possible. Perhaps vaulted ceiling in master bedroom. Open to imaginative ideas that don't cost too much more.

[Russdl]

To keep our ridge height down we had skeilings at 2000mm and a 2300mm ceiling height, neither of which are really noticeable. 
 

 

 

Edited October 16, 2021 by Russdl

[Dave Jones]

23 hours ago, Russdl said:

To keep our ridge height down we had skeilings at 2000mm and a 2300mm ceiling height, neither of which are really noticeable. 
 

 

 

 

those are oppressively low. Better planning at the outset can help with this.

[Dave Jones]

On 16/10/2021 at 12:46, WWilts said:

Ridge height permission for 6700 from ffl. Hipped roof 19 degree slope. Trying to squeeze in what is possible. Perhaps vaulted ceiling in master bedroom. Open to imaginative ideas that don't cost too much more.

 

should be workable,  2500 min downstairs 2400 up gives you 1800 to ridge .

[ProDave]

On 16/10/2021 at 12:43, WWilts said:

Did the vaulted ceiling upstairs add much cost compared to the usual trusses?

It was a vaulted roof design supported on ridge beams anyway, deliberately so designed to give maximum usable space in a room in roof design using 3 additional gable ends to further add to the usable space.

 

So the choice came down to vaulted ceilings, or put a ceiling in at any height you wanted to give a bit of loft storage space.

[WWilts]

mockup of bedroom ceiling heights
2300mm

2400

2500

Trying to keep some attic storage space too, with enough for a low chair to allow browsing when needed

 

Edited October 17, 2021 by WWilts

[Russdl]

2 hours ago, Dave Jones said:

those are oppressively low. Better planning at the outset can help with this.

?. It was planned from the outset. To get the ridge a bit lower. 
 

Nothing oppressive about it, as I said neither feature is noticeable and the combination achieved the aim - but thanks for your input all the same. 

[Dave Jones]

1 minute ago, Russdl said:

?. It was planned from the outset. To get the ridge a bit lower. 
 

Nothing oppressive about it, as I said neither feature is noticeable and the combination achieved the aim - but thanks for your input all the same. 

 

don't be silly. you cant fit architrave above a door with a 2m ceiling.

 

2300 is the absolute bare minimum for NHBC.

 

[Russdl]

12 minutes ago, Dave Jones said:

don't be silly. you cant fit architrave above a door with a 2m ceiling.

I suspect you’re right. That’s why the door is on the opposite side of the room to the skeiling. Bloody lucky I planned it that way I guess...

 

But thanks for your input. 
 

Incase I didn’t make it clear, the ceiling is 2300mm

Edited October 17, 2021 by Russdl

[Dave Jones]

14 hours ago, Russdl said:

I suspect you’re right. That’s why the door is on the opposite side of the room to the skeiling. Bloody lucky I planned it that way I guess...

 

But thanks for your input. 
 

Incase I didn’t make it clear, the ceiling is 2300mm

 

2300 is still too low for me.

 

What was you build up to FFL ? Could 200mm not have been squeezed out of it ?