Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 20, 2012 7:09 pm ok, we are at brick stage. I have measured our ground floor ceiling height ( concrete slab to bottom roof truss) we are supposed to have 2590mm NOMINAL ceiling height! my measurement today is 2570mm!! that is without plaster or floor coverings! so once they are installed it's say our finished height would be close to say 2540mm being 50mm UNDER what we thought would be our ceiling height. so is this acceptable?? what is "nominal" and can the builder get away with this? Re: NOMINAL CEILING HEIGHT - ours seems to be way under!!! 2Sep 20, 2012 8:58 pm I have no idea what nominal is... But I thought 2400mm was standard ceiling (once there is an actual ceiling of course)? 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 Re: NOMINAL CEILING HEIGHT - ours seems to be way under!!! 7Sep 20, 2012 10:29 pm Minimum ceiling height is 2400mm in a habitable room, its usually 2400mm or 2700mm to reduce timber and plasterboard offcuts. But check your plans, project builders always allow for 2400mm and then you pay 10k extra for 2700mm. Re: NOMINAL CEILING HEIGHT - ours seems to be way under!!! 8Sep 20, 2012 10:32 pm I repeat... side elevation plan says "o/a plates 2570" contact says nominal ceiling height 2590 if you check the henley website in inclusions for the sahara q1, you will see it clearly stated there. it's even printed on the web. NOMINAL CEILING HEIGHT - ours seems to be way under!!! 9Sep 20, 2012 10:33 pm Look likes someone screwed up. The contract and plans are different, Framing was done as per plans not contract. Carpenters wouldn't know what's in the contract. 50mm isn't huge, but I'll be asking them for a substantial discount as they are unlikely going to fix it, it's not a simple fix like taking off the roof/posi trusses and adding a 90x45mm pine on top of the existing frames. I feel for you, good luck. Stand your ground and get a substantial discount. 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 7302 Yeah mine about 9 metres long and 8 wide with slope of 25% at one point but the end point of the outlet is past the side of garage and if he concretes allowing for… 4 3564 4 7178 |