Detached house ~ 150 sqm for 5 people

Then forget about the knee wall. There are also beautiful houses with a small knee wall, then the steep roof pitch and the dormers do the job, like here.

yes, that was the idea. To eliminate the roof slope in the rooms (especially on the south side) as much as possible.

And as a house with a third gable?

Our builder said a third gable is much more expensive than such a dormer. That's why we did it like that with the architect.

Wow! The south dormers are monstrous. How much does that cost?

Monstrous in the sense of ugly or in the sense of monstrously expensive? oops:

Then forget about the knee wall. There are also nice houses with small knee walls, then it’s the steep roof pitch and the dormers that do the job, like here.

Mmh, yes, that’s true. Unfortunately, I just can’t come to terms with the meter. It’s somehow neither fish nor fowl – especially when I can choose freely. The use of the apex is also important here. The OP is even building a staircase to it, so there should be some use for it. So far, the apex looks like this for me with a 1m knee wall, just to give an impression: Here I capped at 70cm. The door is 2.10m high. So real standing height is only on a strip about 1m wide under the ridge. If the roof were 30cm higher, it would already make things considerably more comfortable, I think.

Monstrous in the sense of ugly or monstrous expensive?
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I thought expensive. But if it's a bargain according to the builder ...

Mmh, yes, that's true. Unfortunately, I can't get used to the meter. It's somehow neither fish nor fowl - especially when I can choose freely.

Here, the use of the attic peak is also important. The original poster is even building stairs there, so something should come of it. So far, the peak looks like this to me with a 1m knee wall, to give an impression:



Here I cut off at 70cm. The door is 2.10m high. So really standing height is only on a strip about 1m wide under the ridge. If the roof were 30cm higher, it would certainly make things much more relaxed, I think.

Mhm, but a higher knee wall can't be combined with the dormers, right? Yes, the room upstairs is really limited. That's a 45° pitch, isn't it? What ceiling heights are you working with? Would a section drawing be helpful to you? In the area of the dormers, the usable space (up to 70cm) should become wider, shouldn't it?

mhm but a higher knee wall can't be combined with the dormers, right? Yes, the space upstairs is really limited. Those are also 45° pitches, right? What ceiling heights are you working with? Would the section drawing be helpful to you?

Just ask the architect!
He has to change the staircase anyway.

Just ask the architect!

I will do that as well

He still has to change the staircase anyway

here my wife has a say. What we want to change about the stairs, or if we will change the stairs in the end, or if we make the wall to the bathroom upstairs rounded or more sharply sloped is not decided yet. We will definitely take these ideas back to the architect. But I have to convince not only myself but also my wife... and most will surely know that "more practical" as an argument does not always work ^^

Regarding the section drawing: Here the knee wall is still at 75cm. If we take it at 1m (as we would like) there is a small problem with the dormer windows.

- The dormer windows would also be raised
- in order for the window sill to have a normal length, the dormer windows have to rest on the roof. So the window sill would be somewhere at 1.35m, which would be quite high.

Putting the windows on the first beam would be possible but then the window sills would have to be longer to extend beyond the roof. What do you think about that? I hope you understand what I want to say with my layman’s knowledge. ^^