Is the knee wall too low? What does the measurement refer to?

  • Erstellt am 2018-01-09 20:59:32

kaho674

2018-01-10 08:50:57
  • #1
I agree. If a knee wall of 1.50 m is contractually agreed, I as a layperson would assume that I can go ahead and buy furniture with a height of 1.50 m. Or are there now 2 knee walls – one on the building plan and one real?
 

Knallkörper

2018-01-10 08:53:01
  • #2


No. The dimension, like the other one, is directly at the exterior wall.

In general, from my point of view, there is no clear and universally valid definition of how the knee wall should be measured. However, the drawing is unambiguous, and therefore there is nothing to misunderstand.

According to the drawing, it has:

-1.25 m knee wall, measured between the top of the raw ceiling and the bottom of the finished ceiling, i.e. 1.38 m after screed, or about 1.35 m in the "finished room" with flooring

-1.50 m knee wall, measured between the top of the raw ceiling and the bottom of the rafters

There is also the variant of measuring the knee wall between the raw ceiling and the top edge of the rafters, then the knee wall would be even smaller.
 

Knallkörper

2018-01-10 08:54:50
  • #3


That would be nice and simple, but the definition of knee wall is probably the furthest from reality.
 

kaho674

2018-01-10 09:12:18
  • #4
I understand that, and if I have such a drawing, then as the builder I also have to be smart enough to read it. But if you want to buy a house tomorrow and the real estate agent tells you the knee wall is 1.50m, then you assume that 1.50m tall dwarfs can stand underneath.
 

baumann42

2018-01-10 09:18:33
  • #5
Kniestock is measured as follows
 

kaho674

2018-01-10 11:44:55
  • #6
Exactly. But is that binding?
 

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