Browse Forums Building A New House Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 2Sep 24, 2014 3:56 pm splash-back78 Hi, would anyone happen to know how high 31c ceilings are in feet? Thank you! 31c ceilings are 2.657m high based on the assumption of 8.6cm high bricks. That equates to 8.717 feet or 8 feet, 8.6 inches. I can't imagine why you would need to know that, but there you go. Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 3Sep 24, 2014 4:07 pm Why not? Won't you be interested how high the inside of your house would be? Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 4Sep 24, 2014 4:20 pm I think cause the old feet and inches is dated and not used any more. With building and everything else that requires measurements they are done in either meters or mm (metric system) Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 5Sep 24, 2014 4:31 pm splash-back78 Why not? Won't you be interested how high the inside of your house would be? What belzey said. The imperial system of measurement is antiquated and mostly irrelevant. Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 6Sep 24, 2014 11:14 pm splash-back78 Hi, would anyone happen to know how high 31c ceilings are in feet? Thank you! What size feet do you have ? I prefer to work in international standards, as in the metric system that's been in effect since 1974 in Australia, so I work in metres and millimetres generally. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 7Sep 25, 2014 10:01 am Im amused at the irony of ridiculing imperial but still happy to talk about brick courses. At least feet are the same vertically and horizontally, and don't change then they turn a corner! 7 courses is equal to 600mm. 86 might be the first course, but it's a rounding of mm. You shouldn't multiply this number to get your heights. Use 600/7. 31c is 2657.143mm but when you talk ceiling heights they also put a timber plate ontop of the brickwork. This takes it to 2692mm, and once they install plaster underneath - final height of 2682mm To answer the question 31c ceilings are the equivalent of the old 'nine foot ceilings' where 28c is the standard 'eight foot ceilings' as I imagine that is what the op is referring to. The dimensions are a little off, but to your eye it's much of a muchness Small footprint in Eliza Ponds, Spearwood WA Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 8Sep 26, 2014 6:06 am Let me ask the naysayers the following questions. When you're at the beach how high are the waves? When you are in an aircraft how is the pilot measuring his altitude? When you bought your last TV, LCD Monitor or phone what size were the screens? What size is the DPI on your printer? What size was the last pair of jeans you bought? When you last checked your tyres did you use PSI? How did you buy your last set of tyres without stating the rim size? “The imperial system of measurement is antiquated and mostly irrelevant” I THINK NOT!! Well not for us old folk. I think the OP may be elderly and some of the comments have scared her off. Don’t worry splash-back78 when we chose our builder they asked us if we wanted to upgrade to 9ft ceilings. Regards, Grumbles Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 9Sep 26, 2014 8:17 am All builders we got quotes from were talking about heights in metres, not courses nor feet. However every single real estate ad I've seen for a house has been in feet; so I only have a feel for ceiling heights in feet, not in metres. Even though I'm well aware that imperial measures are a joke (and as an aside I'm yet to be find a way to bait an American with their desire to stay in the British Empire with their Imperial measurements). Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 10Sep 26, 2014 8:58 am Forg All builders we got quotes from were talking about heights in metres, not courses nor feet. However every single real estate ad I've seen for a house has been in feet; so I only have a feel for ceiling heights in feet, not in metres. Even though I'm well aware that imperial measures are a joke (and as an aside I'm yet to be find a way to bait an American with their desire to stay in the British Empire with their Imperial measurements). Yeah, all the builders/tradies that I've been dealing with have been talking about metres or millimetres, not feet and inches. Real Estate are strange, 2000 sq m and above they talk about acres, below that they talk about square metres, such as 250sq m blocks at Yarrabilba. Houses they are all seemingly to be moving to how many square metres the house is, rather than the antiquated squares. Love to dig the US though, not only do they persist with imperial, they have their own modified versions, such as the US Gallon and the like ! To answer grumblebum54, :- half a metre or metres high when the captain calls out to the cabin, he tells us we'll be flying at 10,000 metres. I have 125cm and 80cm LED TV's here My printers print what I want on A4 paper My fat bum goes in to size 122 you got me on the tyre pressures, 40psi front, 38psi rear, but I am going to have to use kpa as the old guages disappear. 185/65/14 , as that's how the tyres are still branded, dunno why. Never my intention to scare of the "elderly" OP, just having a bit of fun if you like. The reason why there is still some usage of the old imperial measurements is the Resistance to Change (RC factor), because people just don't want to learn or move forward, and prefer to live in the past when it was so much easier. One of the vagaries of brick courses, is how high is 31 courses with double height bricks ? But really, should we simply ignore this old brick courses thing, and talk about ceiling heights instead? That seems a lot more relevant to a new home build, as that's what you want inside the house, in my case 2550mm ceilings. I don't care how many brick courses I need, that's up to the brickies to work out his requirements. Dare I say it, but move with the times and don't get left behind. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 11Sep 26, 2014 9:19 am grumblebum54 Let me ask the naysayers the following questions. When you're at the beach how high are the waves? When you are in an aircraft how is the pilot measuring his altitude? When you bought your last TV, LCD Monitor or phone what size were the screens? What size is the DPI on your printer? What size was the last pair of jeans you bought? When you last checked your tyres did you use PSI? How did you buy your last set of tyres without stating the rim size? The OP asked I question, which I answered in my free time under no obligation. An answer which was readily available on Google mind you. That's what we do on homeone, we pay it forward and help out. Although I guess the keypad warriors of the world would see to it that there is something deeper and more meaningful to be gained. Good work fighting the good fight. grumblebum54 I think the OP may be elderly and some of the comments have scared her off. I also note that they are building their first home. Though not impossible, I put to you that the likelihood of building for the first time in your old age is much lower than building in your youth to middle age. But I'm not about to make sweeping generalisations about all old timers, just as I will not speculate as to the age of someone I have never met. I simply reject your deduction of the events that transpired. Please do not assume I am conducting some kind of assault of the silver haired members of the population. I genuinely wanted to help the OP which I why I bothered commenting in the first place. splash-back78, please do not be deterred by this banter. Go about your business and ignore the lot of us, including me. Tristanium 7 courses is equal to 600mm. 86 might be the first course, but it's a rounding of mm. You shouldn't multiply this number to get your heights. Use 600/7. bpratt Dare I say it, but move with the times and don't get left behind. Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 12Sep 26, 2014 11:38 am This escalated quickly. I wasn't having a go at your maths panraptor, just expanding on it. Small footprint in Eliza Ponds, Spearwood WA Re: 31c ceiling, how high is it in feet? 13Sep 26, 2014 12:06 pm Tristanium This escalated quickly. I wasn't having a go at your maths panraptor, just expanding on it. On an unrelated note I like your profile picture of the hipster cat. 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