Browse Forums Building A New House Re: consent for ceiling height 41Jan 20, 2012 1:30 pm Thought I would give you guys a quick update. My neighbour had hired a building's engineer to work out - how we not have a higher ceiling. The reasons have now changed 1. blocking light and 2. something to do with ground level. Council is working on this at the moment. They have advised us that we may need to reduce the height but we can get away by reducing the garage height to 3 mts. To me, a person with no technical knowledge, it means that my garage will look a bit lower than rest of my house. Council is talking to Structural Works to figure out what can be done. Fingers XXXXX 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 10684 ok thanks - yes was wondering if that should have been listed as Option Three! 2 7742 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9563 |