Standard ceiling height in the apartment

When arranging new housing, the height of the room is very important, it is she who dictates further actions to be taken in the apartment. Proper repair, taking into account the nuances of space will make any home comfortable and beautiful.

The situation when people are beginning to wonder how the standard height of ceilings should look like arises both during the purchase of secondary housing and in the early stages of building a new room. This aspect is of great importance when choosing repair options, since it is the height of the ceiling that often dictates the conditions of registration in the newly purchased room.

There are special documents that indicate what the height of the ceilings should be in different homes. In apartment buildings of ordinary development, this indicator is regulated by a document called SNiP 31-01-2003, p. 5.8. This document clearly spelled out the various minima on which to rely when choosing a dwelling.

In this case, in order to understand the smallest distance between the bottom plate of the floor, you should rely on several factors:

1. Climatic conditions.
2. What will be used in the future room.

The climatic region allows to calculate the standard temperature of the place in which the constructed room is located. Wind speed and humidity are also taken into account. There are a total of 4 districts, which are divided into sixteen more subdistricts. The figure indicates the severity of the area, the smaller the number, the more severe the area.

Subdistricts are divided into variants from 1A to 4D, with a minimum ceiling height of 2.7 meters. In other areas, the ceiling height in the living room may be 2.5 m. Some of these areas have a very harsh climate. For example, 1A - the place is very cold, often called the extreme north.1D - located near the island of Taimyr and in its terms meets the standards of the Nenets Autonomous District. 4А - is located outside the Russian Federation and is located near the Aral Sea. The standard of the maximum height of ceilings in the norms of SNIP is usually not written, but most often it does not do more than 3.2 meters.

It seems to be confused in such a definition as the height of the ceiling is impossible, but this statement is not true. Just getting a tape measure and measuring the height of the ceiling will not work for several important reasons.

The first problem is that in the construction language there are several concepts that denote almost the same meaning. For example, most often builders talk about the height of the floor, and not the ceiling itself. This term refers to the height from the floor of one floor to the floor of another. Including ceilings and other things. Accordingly, if you read the description of a residential complex and see a height of 3 meters, you should think about whether or not 20-30 cm go to various types of overlap.

There is another calculation option - this is the distance between the plates, in which case their width is subtracted, but the height of the ceilings and other finishing works is not calculated.It is worth paying attention to this aspect, since the declared 3 meters can very easily turn into a 2.5 m after repair.

Sooner or later, almost all people are faced with the question of buying or selling an apartment, the question immediately arises of what realtors are paying attention to. They look at all the state of the apartment. Whether there is a repair or not, whether there are double-glazed windows, an attic, what kind of insulation and high ceilings. For realtors, an apartment according to GOST with high ceilings is, of course, in a higher priority than with low ones, and such an apartment will sell much more expensively.

Houses come in different formats, as well as the height of the ceiling. Different types of houses have their own standards. Standard monolithic buildings have typical buildings, respectively, the distance between the ceiling and the floor is about the same throughout the house. Apartments may be located in different parts of the Russian Federation and, one may say, they do not have any distinction at all. The difference in height may differ by only a few centimeters. Now about each apartment house a little more detail.

These houses are considered to be old buildings, and they are distinguished by a large area, which was often met in the Soviet period.In Stalin's homes high ceilings, which is not always the case in modern construction. Often inside the apartment all the plates are decorated with stucco, beautiful platbands, the optimum height can be 3.2-3.5 meters.

Nevertheless, the apartment can be made very stylish and beautiful, and external wiring does not hurt. By themselves, these apartments were very soundly made, respectively, settling in this house, you can live in it for centuries.

In those days, when Khrushchev was the head of the Soviet state, builders and architects had a difficult task: in a short time to make sure that each family had its own individual housing. Thus, a large number of houses and, accordingly, apartments appeared in the cities, the hallmark of which was a small area and low ceilings. These houses were built, albeit with a small area, but with high-quality walls and fairly good sound insulation.

When the next era began, and people wanted more comfortable conditions, and began to devote time to personal space, apartments of a new type began to appear.The living area became more spacious, hallways began to appear in the houses. People decided to better design their home: there were cabinets that were built into the wall, mezzanines and much more.

The first panel houses began to be built back in Khrushchev times, and construction began on 5 floors. The area of ​​such apartments is small, the thickness of the walls is also not very happy. The height does not exceed 2.5 meters. Such apartments are clearly not enough space.

At the end of the 20th century, new houses began to be built. They were distinguished by a large number of floors, a more comfortable layout and a larger area. The height of the ceilings also became more - from 2.6-2.7 meters.

Make repairs in these houses will not be difficult, the overlap for the most part have a flat surface and do not require serious repair.

Houses of a new type are very different from all the above examples in that they have a large variety of layouts. Currently, you can find houses of both economy class and elite housing. The difference in the area of ​​apartments, in the level of comfort, as well as in infrastructure.

The most economically acceptable and acceptable building materials are used in the economy class apartments during construction. In normal construction, ceilings do not build more than the minimum, namely 2.7 meters. Better materials are used in business class apartments, ceilings are usually from 2.8-3 meters. The size of the living quarters and their number often also more.

When considering different types of premises, you should pay attention to the large difference in height between the floors:

• "Stalinki" - 3 meters or more.
• "Khrushchev" - up to 2.5 meters.
• "Brezhnevka" - up to 2.7 meters.
• Modern homes - up to 2.7 meters.

When building ceilings, it is worth remembering such an important point as air exchange.

Such rules are applied due to the fact that in the highest place of air there are a large number of different flying particles (dust, bacteria) that it is very undesirable for a person to inhale, for this the ceiling tiles must be one meter higher.

Heating should not be too expensive. Building a ceiling too high is also not worth it: the higher the ceiling, the harder it is to heat the room.

You should not make an extremely high ceiling in a private house. It is worth paying attention to the average height of the ceiling. Too high ceiling will require a more cumbersome staircase, which will take quite a lot of space.

If you want to make the room more spacious, it is better to use a second light.

It is worth remembering the meaning of the room. It is necessary to refrain from high ceilings in rooms in which there will not always be people, such as a storage room, a bathhouse, a change house and others. In these places you can make a ceiling of 2-2.2 meters. Such a solution saves space, as well as money for heating, if it is in a given room.

We need to remember an important rule: the larger the area of ​​the room, the more desirable it is in a high ceiling. This should be done so that the room does not seem "flat." There are a large number of documents that tell about the standard height of the room. But most often it happens that the ceiling height is very different from what is certified in the technical documents.

When building a private house you should pay attention to personal preferences for maximum comfort of the living space.

It is not often the case that a person wants the apartment to appear with a low ceiling. Most often the opposite happensand there is a desire to visually increase the area of ​​the room.

To visually enlarge an apartment with a low ceiling, some design techniques are used:

1. You can paint the ceiling in colder colors (light blue, dark green, gray blue). Visually, this will make the room taller.
2. You can use the tension canvas, but it must necessarily consist of two colors.
3. Another unusual, but very effective way is a mirror design. Thanks to this design decision it will be impossible to understand the height of the room.
4. The use of wallpaper contrasting with the ceiling will also make the room more spacious.

Repair in any apartment is not an easy task, especially for apartments like the “brezhnevka”. In homes of this type it is strictly forbidden to use tension structures. Such rules are due to the fact that in these houses the overlap is not very high anyway. If you make an additional stretch ceiling, the room will seem like a microscopic apartment.

Difficulties with the design are not only in the apartments, which have a low ceiling, but too high also carries certain problems.

If the ceiling height is about 3.7 meters, then you can use a bold design decision to make a small attic room. This idea will look very organic and will be a pleasant bonus to both a child and an adult. This solution will avoid the feeling of emptiness, which can be in apartments of this type.

In apartments with high footage you can give free rein to your imagination. Lay out the high arches between the aisles or make a specially decorated ceiling. Options for the ceiling can be different.

This material is ideal for rooms with low ceilings. Benefits:

• a wide variety of tile design options;
• ease of laying out;
• almost does not occupy space.

But there are several drawbacks:

• The tile cannot hide surface irregularities. If there are large drops, then it is impossible to guarantee the quality of work.
• Also, we can not exclude the chance that it can simply peel off.

Of course, you can solve the problem by simply leveling the surface, but then the important advantage will disappear, namely the design for low ceilings. The alignment layer will “eat” that most saved place.

This is a new and convenient option to make the room more spacious and very stylish. In order to use this technique, the work surface does not need to be prepared in any way. The advantage of these structures is that they can be made by almost anyone, the main limitation is imagination.

Most often it is considered that such a construction is not suitable for a room with a low ceiling. But this is not entirely true, because if the structure consists of one level and is as close as possible to the working surface, then it will not steal space and allow diversifying the space.

If the height in the room is large, then you can give free rein to your imagination, since the designs are very different. Hanging design will help create any shape.This design technique allows you to solve many different tasks: increase noise insulation, hide wiring, make an interesting light transmission.

Stretch ceilings are designed for large and spacious rooms. This is one of the best repair options in the design of ceilings. There is a large variety of design and texture ideas. On the ceiling can be applied to any pattern, and it is limited only by the imagination of man.

If the height of the room allows, then you can use designs from a large number of levels, which will allow to diversify the room well.

The science that deals with the creation of the best parameters for the height of ceilings is called macroeconomics.

An important task of this science is the calculation of the parameters of the apartment in order to live in the room a person was comfortable.

In order for a home to be considered convenient, it must meet several important parameters:

• The right amount of natural light.
• Plenty of fresh air.
• The right combination of humidity.

The combination of all these important factors very often depends on the height of the ceilings and the correct calculation of the parameters of the living space. The first correct height was calculated by Durer.

How to visually lift the ceiling, see below.