Different parapet heights in one room

  • Erstellt am 2023-11-03 10:33:17

s_mhofma

2023-11-03 10:33:17
  • #1
Hello everyone,
We have planned two windows in the children's rooms. One knee wall window and one "normal" window.
However, according to the plan, the windows have different sill heights. Knee wall window 77cm (window size is 1.73/0.62) and the other is at 90cm (window size is 1.73/1.26)
Our knee wall is at 1.80. The knee wall window can be tilted.
Does it look bad with different sill heights or is it hardly noticeable? The windows are not on the same wall but on adjacent walls.
Thanks and regards
 

11ant

2023-11-03 11:55:19
  • #2
Oh, when you're out of breath from the sprint from the living room over the crooked stairs to the cradle in the dressing room (or how was that again?), you don't notice it at all ;-) Where (in or ?) is the current house design even located? I think you should just get started now; it won't get any greener. You can live with a not perfect house (and in it), and that doesn't mean it has failed by any means.
 

s_mhofma

2023-11-03 12:00:31
  • #3
Thank you for taking the trouble not to answer my question
 

KarstenausNRW

2023-11-03 12:28:21
  • #4
Clear answer. Do as planned. The child is interested in the window – you can't see it – just as much as in a sack of rice falling over in China. It doesn't even stand out. From the outside, it's a question of the overall view. Since you show neither plans nor animations/views for this, there is no answer. Because that can range from "super crappy" to "looks great and breaks it up."
 

11ant

2023-11-03 12:47:00
  • #5

On the contrary: secondly, I dealt with it humorously because I had already put a lot of effort into answering your questions, only to be told, no no, the floor plan is no longer current after all - there is a newer version, just not shown yet. And first of all, I did answer your question, just not in the expected way like "oh yes, that’s a valid reason to delay the construction even longer." The truth (even if it is painfully incomprehensible for you) is simply ...

... in case you understand this formulation better.


I linked in post #2 where the OP showed it: in the opening post you can see in picture 7 (child) and picture 6 (child 2) that it fits excellently into the lively exterior view. Moreover, the answer to

strictly speaking is: from the outside it would even look weirder if both parapet heights were the same.
The "architects" at the prefab house companies are mostly ladies who do this very experienced and, as Loriot might say, a housewife has a feel for it ;-)
 

WilderSueden

2023-11-04 10:51:24
  • #6
Have your architect provide you with a rendering. By the way, at that point I would not only pay attention to the two windows but to all the windows. In many houses, the windows are thrown in haphazardly like a mess.
 

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