In an under-roof bedroom, with the sloped ceiling right up at the rafter bottoms, coming down to a kneewall, what “standards” guide you for setting a kneewall height?
Will that height vary depending on ceiling pitch?
In an under-roof bedroom, with the sloped ceiling right up at the rafter bottoms, coming down to a kneewall, what “standards” guide you for setting a kneewall height?
Will that height vary depending on ceiling pitch?
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Rule of thumb I've heard is 5 feet at the kneewall and it's all usable floor space. Makes sense, as your average person can stand pretty near the kneewall without bumping the slope. If the roof was steep, you could probably get away with lower.
Edit: just looked up code. Ceiling height minimum of 7'6, not more than 50 percent of the required floor area of a room can have lower than minimum height, and no area under 5 feet counts toward required area.
Steve
Edited 6/1/2008 9:12 pm by mmoogie
It would depend on your storage and other needs.
For instance, you could tuck the feet of a bed right up tite to a 3' kneewall and be happy. A trunk could be stored at the 3' high level.
I'm sure there are local guidelines that dictate whether it's "square footage" or not but that isn't always the criteria buyers or users go by.
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