Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Aug 16, 2021 9:16 am ****************************************************************** Our Build Journey: https://www.instagram.com/cteafamily/ ****************************************************************** Hi everyone, will you upgrade your ground floor ceiling from 2.74m to 3m for extra $10k? And upgrade your first floor ceiling from 2.59m to 2.74m for extra $4k? Will you think it's worth to have hight ceiling versus more cost on building and heating/ cooling usage? Which option will you do? 1) Ground Floor: 2.74m - First Floor: 2.59m 2) Ground Floor: 2.74m - First Floor: 2.74m 3) Ground Floor: 3m - First Floor: 2.74m 4) Ground Floor: 3m - First Floor: 2.59m Our first home build journey https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=96594 Our second home build journey https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... 1&t=103533 Our build journey on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cteafamily/ Re: 3m High Ceiling? 2Aug 16, 2021 10:53 am I built option #1: 2.7m ground floor, 2.55m first floor. Also - upgraded all door heights everywhere to 2.4m -- standard doors would've looked strange with high ceilings! Re: 3m High Ceiling? 4Aug 16, 2021 6:25 pm It does come down to budget and also the size of rooms, eg a 2mx1m room with 3m ceilings would look odd but larger open plan areas feel more spacious with high ceilings. Without knowledge of you floor plan or budget option 2 2.7 meters is a good height for most areas IMO Re: 3m High Ceiling? 5Aug 18, 2021 10:28 am r_13 I built option #1: 2.7m ground floor, 2.55m first floor. Also - upgraded all door heights everywhere to 2.4m -- standard doors would've looked strange with high ceilings! Thanks, that's what I did last build Our first home build journey https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=96594 Our second home build journey https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... 1&t=103533 Our build journey on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cteafamily/ Re: 3m High Ceiling? 6Aug 18, 2021 10:29 am alexp79 I wouldn't worry much about internal doors (they still look fine at 2.1 m) but, you probably would need to upgrade your external doors and windows to 2.7 m for 3 m ceilings, this won't be cheap. Thanks, good points on external doors and windows Our first home build journey https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=96594 Our second home build journey https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... 1&t=103533 Our build journey on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cteafamily/ It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 8195 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39289 Unless the room is for storage then it's non compliant BCA V2 2019 S3 P3.8 You have 2 options 1. The builder deconstructs the section and rebuilds as per plan /… 7 10614 |