New home construction window height with 9ft ceilings

[pmsmechanic]

Well scrap that...lol. Went over with wife one more time and we are back to 18"

I laughed out loud when I read that.

I can see that I think differently about ceiling height than most people that are posting here. I like reading all the reasons for higher ceilings. I still don't feel as comfortable under a nine foot as I do under an eight foot but that's just me. One reason that I haven't seen talked about yet is that is that many houses in warmer climates are built with higher ceilings so that the heat has somewhere to go.

 

[EddieWalker]

If you are using standard height doors and you have walls that are more then 8 feet, in my experience, it looks funny to have all that wall above a window. The basic width of a header above a window is around a foot, and that seems to be the most common distance for window height. Taller walls means buying taller windows.

Eddie

 

[JMER817]

House is going up. Decided on 16" from floor. Makes it easy to frame as well. Two top plates, 2x12 header and 1.5" 2x6 below that. Puts the bottom of the window at 32"

 

[Rock knocker]

16" requires safety or tempered glass, while above 18" AFF does not

 

[JMER817]

Sorry meant 16 from ceiling. Been a long day