Kniestock window too low, what do you think?

Great thing! Thank you so very, very much!

Wow, thank you so much! How big is the window dimensioned now at your place (width/height) and how large is the room (m²)? It would be really great if I could ask you a few more questions in the next few days, if desired, also via PM. ;)

For us, there will be a knee wall of 2 meters minus 16cm floor construction. We are also already omitting the built-on roller shutter. The clear rough construction dimension is currently planned at 1.75cm from the top edge of the raw floor. Minus the floor structure, about 1.55cm height remain for the window, with fixed glazing at the bottom. Above that rises a 35° gable roof with a 40cm roof overhang. The room is about 13sqm in size. With 3.8m room width, we have currently planned the window at 2m width.

Now, of course, everything goes through your mind... How does it look, also from the outside? Enough light because of height and roof overhang? Or rather a prefab dormer... And so on. I guess you know almost every thought process. :)

Oh, and: I would gladly support your next barbecue party with a crate of pilsner from our region. ;)

You can take the most important dimensions from the pictures. The room has 15m² and measures about 3.10 x 4.90m.
The window itself is 1.72m wide and also 1.72m high. The roof slope starts at a height of 1.90m.

The room is occupied by our son, he is 13 years old and quite satisfied with the light incidence and window height.
I am 1.75m tall and when I stand directly in front of the window, it is quite okay, I don’t have to look against the wall.
Our architect called this window a dwarf window during the design phase but by leaving out the surface-mounted box, which was a very good idea, it didn’t turn out to be a dwarf window. We have enough light in this room, it was definitely a very good solution.
The neighbor, that is, our tenant next door, uses the room as an office and he is also quite satisfied.

You have less roof overhang and more window width, a smaller room, so it will be no problem at all for you to plan such a window.

The installation of façade roller shutters was also no problem, the carpenter cut the rafters at the places so that you hardly see these shutters because they are so small and hidden.

And there was the question whether proper insulation can be done above this window where the roof slope begins. The drywaller improvised a bit and was able to insulate everything very well, because there is no ready-made solution, you just have to build a construction and insulate and seal the spot, but that wasn’t a big deal either.

In conclusion, it looks very good from the outside, you don’t even see that this window is cut a bit deeper than usual, it fits into the overall picture of the house. It did not become as expensive as a prefab dormer or roof window etc. The façade roller shutter is almost as expensive as the surface-mounted box.

The view from the windows is brilliantly photographed - it looks as if each windowpane has a completely different view, as the arrangement of the houses, hedges, and gardens is precisely divided by the window frame.

Great, thank you very much for the support! That looks really good. For us, it would be about 10cm less in height, but about 2m wider. It definitely cannot be any less, so a top-mounted roller shutter is definitely out. For you, it looks nicely symmetrical, also with the windows below!

May I ask a few more questions out of curiosity:

Did you build it "yourself" or with one of the well-known house builders?
What are the dimensions of the double-wing windows on the ground floor?

Great, many thanks for the support! That looks really good. For us, it would be about 10cm less in height, but a bit wider with 2m. It definitely can't be any less, so a roller shutter on top is definitely out. It looks nicely symmetrical with you too, also in relation to the windows below!

May I ask a few more questions out of curiosity:

Did you build "yourself" or with one of the more well-known house builders?
What are the dimensions of the double-wing windows on the ground floor?

Thanks as well! We contracted trades ourselves and had the architect plan and occasionally supervise.

The windows below have the dimensions 1.24x1.73m (h x w) Please note that all dimensions I provide are final dimensions and not rough construction dimensions as planned in the blueprints.

10cm less in height will certainly not be disastrous but try to gain every cm. The important thing is the clear height and not the reveal height. Take a window with a smaller frame width. Your room will be well lit, the windows below on the ground floor are smaller as you can see, and the rooms there are always bright as well.

For us, the whole semi-detached house will be pretty much identical. If it’s not too much trouble and time permits, could you perhaps please take another picture of the side from a distance? Where "both" houses are more or less shown frontally?

For us, the entire house will have a width of 16m (8m per half).

Our rough construction dimensions of the "normal" double casement windows are currently measured at 162.5x143. However, I still need to clarify what the clear dimension will be for the windows. Everything is extremely confusing since the parapet height refers to the top of the rough floor, but the window would then be quite deep with an 18cm floor structure. And the rough dimension of 143cm in height would not take into account a roller shutter attachment, for whatever reason.