Opinions on window parapet height sought

Good evening everyone,

after today’s meeting with the architect, we are facing the decision of how the windows on the upper floor should be executed – and somehow we are a bit clueless right now and hope for some input from you.

In the attachment you see the view in the order from left to right: Child 1, children’s bathroom, Child 2.

The windows there are 2.00 m high and have a sill height of 25 cm.

Now the decisions: install floor-to-ceiling windows? Raise the sill height? We tend to favor the latter, because floor-to-ceiling windows are stylish but have little practical use... but 25 cm sill height is somehow too meager, isn’t it? However, the advantage would be a continuous baseboard, a window ledge inside that can be cluttered/messed up.

What might possibly be dropped: fall protection in front of the window. In the plastered bay windows we have already decided on windows with a transom. But we let both options be tendered for the side windows...

Many thanks for a few pieces of advice

We are planning a 40 cm parapet height with a fixed lower part Have similar ideas / concerns.
We saw the whole thing like this in a show house - it looked quite stylish there.
We did not want normally high windows - nor floor-to-ceiling ones.

The windows there are 2.00m high and have a parapet height of 25 cm.

2.01 m What is the clear height in the attic?

Now the decisions: Install floor-to-ceiling windows? Raise the parapet height?

With the building application you have finally agreed on the window sizes. A significant change to the windows - for example increasing the parapet to maybe 50 cm and thus reducing the window to 1.76 m with a share of 0.40 m VSG - is not possible without an amendment to the building authority. Rhine regards

Yes, it is possible - believe me. It was also just the simplified procedure. The clear height is 2.50m on the upper floor.

Yes, it is possible - believe me. It was only the simplified procedure.

No, that is not possible.

The difference between a regular building application and a simplified approval procedure is simply that in the first case the building authority reviews it, whereas in the second your architect is responsible with his signature for compliance with the development plan.

The clear height is 2.50m on the upper floor.

So the windows will get external roller shutters?

Best regards from the Rhineland

Exactly, and it is ultimately adhered to. We have even removed a window from the building application.

And no, no box covers - why would we? This is a beam ceiling and not a concrete ceiling...