McEgg
2016-11-28 23:04:30
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I am currently considering whether we should do a ground floor increase or not. Basically, we like high ceilings. However, we are somewhat uncertain about how much it will affect the upper floor. The maximum eaves height is 4.5m, so we are limited.
Without a ground floor increase, we would have a knee wall of about 1.28m on one side of the house and about 0.97m on the other side (due to ridge shift). With a ground floor increase, we would have about 1.15m and still 0.97m. Measurements are from the top edge of the finished floor. Since the rooms are quite long (about 5.5m), I am considering simply doing the ground floor increase and artificially reducing the knee wall with a drywall partition, or later installing built-in wardrobes along the roof slope.
The ground floor increase would mean 2.635m to 2.76m clear rough height.
What do you think about that?
Without a ground floor increase, we would have a knee wall of about 1.28m on one side of the house and about 0.97m on the other side (due to ridge shift). With a ground floor increase, we would have about 1.15m and still 0.97m. Measurements are from the top edge of the finished floor. Since the rooms are quite long (about 5.5m), I am considering simply doing the ground floor increase and artificially reducing the knee wall with a drywall partition, or later installing built-in wardrobes along the roof slope.
The ground floor increase would mean 2.635m to 2.76m clear rough height.
What do you think about that?