Apparently, the ceiling must be 2.40 meters high to have the room approved as a living area. The beams are at 2 meters, so what do you do? Can the beams be placed on top of the outer walls, or do they need to be in tension so the walls don't collapse inward?
We are going to replace the roof and roof beams at the same time. We want to have it partly open and preferably with visible beams or rafters, depending on what works best, and in other places, a small loft, but there is little space on the upper floor as well.
1800s house in sandstone brick.
We are going to replace the roof and roof beams at the same time. We want to have it partly open and preferably with visible beams or rafters, depending on what works best, and in other places, a small loft, but there is little space on the upper floor as well.
1800s house in sandstone brick.
Smart alek
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Are you going to renovate or extend? I don't think I have 2.40 anywhere in our house, built in 1936..
A stable you say.. it's not always so bad with a stable..L Lotta100 said:
My wife says I am like a real stallion sometimes..
Then she puts me out in a shed where I can snort for a while...
I would much rather stand in a low stable for a couple of hours now and then if I could choose for myself...
What regulations are you thinking of?L Lotta100 said:
There are countless homes in the countryside with a ceiling height lower than 2.40.
And even more barns/stables, where raising the roof is so technically complicated and therefore expensive, that it becomes more economically justifiable to demolish the building and construct something new.
215 and 2 to the beam. However, we need to insulate the slab and install underfloor heating. Either with a mechanical ventilated floor or breaking up, so more height in between won't happen anyway. We have been informed by the municipality that they count the free height in the whole room and that it applies to the beam, not in between.Jonatan79 said:
It will be a building permit as we are also going to move a bathroom.
BBR.S skogaliten said:
Yes, that's my thought as well, but if we are going to have a residence in the stable, the new rules apply. Inside the house, it's okay with lower ceilings as long as you don't move the kitchen, bathroom, etc., because then you need to get planning permission, which then follows the new regulations.
So one should probably avoid moving these, then.
We will probably install completely new ones.
Will that help us to be able to remove joists and move them up onto the walls instead of inside the walls?
In the bathroom where the requirement is only 2.10, this would have helped. Can trusses rest on the walls and then in theory you can remove the joists. We will, of course, have it calculated, but mostly want to know if the ceiling height is wishful thinking.
