You ll need enough ceiling height so that the space underneath is usable but you re not so close to the ceiling that you feel claustrophobic.
Minimum ceiling height for loft bedroom.
After you determine that you want a loft bed figure out if your home can handle a loft bed.
Or too close to the ceiling etc.
Loft bed is a great way to get around the whole height issue.
In a corridor or passageway or the like 2 1m and.
You could get away with 210 cm 240 cm for studies bathrooms children s rooms etc.
According to bca you ll need a minimum clearance height from the finished floor to the underside of the loft of 2 4m.
Additionally the parts of the loft that with a height of less than 3 feet due to a sloped ceiling cannot be included when calculating the floor space for minimum area the exception to this rule is with gable roofs detailing that portions of the loft with a height of less than 16 inches from the floor to the ceiling cannot be included when calculating for minimum area.
In a habitable room excluding a kitchen 2 4 m and.
In a kitchen laundry or the like 2 1m and.
As long as your proposed loft area does not take more than 5 sqm planning permission is not required from bca.
According to bca vol 2 part 3 8 2 for the requirement to be satisfied the ceiling height must not be less than.
16 totally feasible loft beds for normal ceiling heights.
In a room with 10 foot ceilings a 30 inch headspace between the loft mattress and the ceiling provides about 80 inches of space below the bottom of the loft platform enough for most tall people to walk comfortably.
A room that has a sloped ceiling shall at no point have a ceiling height less than 5 feet and no less than 50 of the floor area shall have a ceiling height less than 7 feet.
Quite easily but i d recommend keeping above 240 cm for living areas and master bedrooms if you can.
Higher ceilings up to 12 feet are not uncommon especially in renovated loft apartments and pre war style architecture.
Space to keep the things you might need in a typical bedroom you.
In a room with 9 foot ceilings a 30 inch head space provides about 68 inches of room below the bottom of the loft bed enough for average people to walk beneath.