October 15, 20215 yr Is a 2.3m ceiling height upstairs (bedrooms) too low? Downstairs will be 2.55m, for a sense of spaciousness.
October 15, 20215 yr 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.
October 16, 20215 yr 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
October 16, 20215 yr 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.
October 16, 20215 yr Author 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?
October 16, 20215 yr Author 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.
October 16, 20215 yr 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, 20215 yr by Russdl
October 17, 20215 yr 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.
October 17, 20215 yr 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 .
October 17, 20215 yr 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.
October 17, 20215 yr Author 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, 20215 yr by WWilts
October 17, 20215 yr 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.
October 17, 20215 yr 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.
October 17, 20215 yr 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, 20215 yr by Russdl
October 18, 20215 yr 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 ?
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