Ceiling too low?

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Muse1982

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Morning

I feel such a tool. A few weeks ago i am embarked on sorting out the living room floor. I layed plywood on the floorboards then self levelling. I got so obsessed with the level that i didn't take into account how high the ceiling will be after i had finished . I installed some 10 mm laminate on top and trim. The door was yet to be installed, it then dawned on me that ceiling was considerably lower, I have a measure it and it comes out at 237.5, I feel like ripping it out and starting again, but i think the wife will kill me. Do you think this is too low.?
 
That doesn't sound like it's as bad as some. Personally I prefer high ceilings but I know someone who thinks the opposite. Low ceilings are better for warmth apparently.
 
Doesn't sounds that low, my ceilings are under 8' downstairs (1958 house), and I can just touch the ceilings if I stretch when upstairs and I'm 5' 8".
 
Frutbunn said:
Should have been 7' 6 1/2", that was the minimum height required under building byelaws at the time, metric equivalent was 2300mm. Regulation was abolished in 1985.
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Maybe it is 7' 6 1/2", But I'm not that pedantic, and what's half an inch twixt friends?...:)
 
Muse1982 said:
Morning

I feel such a tool. A few weeks ago i am embarked on sorting out the living room floor. I layed plywood on the floorboards then self levelling. I got so obsessed with the level that i didn't take into account how high the ceiling will be after i had finished . I installed some 10 mm laminate on top and trim. The door was yet to be installed, it then dawned on me that ceiling was considerably lower, I have a measure it and it comes out at 237.5, I feel like ripping it out and starting again, but i think the wife will kill me. Do you think this is too low.?
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Muse1982 said:
Morning

I feel such a tool. A few weeks ago i am embarked on sorting out the living room floor. I layed plywood on the floorboards then self levelling. I got so obsessed with the level that i didn't take into account how high the ceiling will be after i had finished . I installed some 10 mm laminate on top and trim. The door was yet to be installed, it then dawned on me that ceiling was considerably lower, I have a measure it and it comes out at 237.5, I feel like ripping it out and starting again, but i think the wife will kill me. Do you think this is too low.?
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About 30mm for the ply and floor, a few mm for the self levelling so not really a big loss in height.
 
gadget man said:
Decided to measure mine again tonight, and it's 7' 7" plus thickness of laminate flooring and underlay...:)
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They got it right at the time then!
I found some old copies of the building byelaws (as well as some 19th century public health acts) in a cupboard years ago and had a browse through them, mind you they were little more than a pamphlet.
 
Frutbunn said:
They got it right at the time then!
I found some old copies of the building byelaws (as well as some 19th century public health acts) in a cupboard years ago and had a browse through them, mind you they were little more than a pamphlet.
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That pamphlet will probably seem like a limerick compared to todays building bylaws which I'm guessing is like reading Tolstoys "War and Peace"..:)
 
I can't see why there has to be a regulation for ceiling height. If a builder makes them too low or too high he just won't sell his houses. Just let the market decide.
 
AnotherTopJob said:
It seems there isn't any regulation for minimum ceiling height except for 2m on stairs/landings.
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I think I may have already covered it, there was a regulation until nov 85 that habitable rooms required 2.3m, however, following a review of the regs and the introduction of the new format of B Regs, this was abolished.
 
Frutbunn said:
I think I may have already covered it, there was a regulation until nov 85 that habitable rooms required 2.3m, however, following a review of the regs and the introduction of the new format of B Regs, this was abolished.
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Yes sorry I missed that.
It always amazes me how low doorways were a few hundred years ago, it shows how much shorter we used to be!
 
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