Standard Window Height From Floor Nz
Glass quality is governed by international glass standards and manufacturers production standards.
Standard window height from floor nz. Window association of new zealand page 11. I think in the bedrooms this is too low especially if a bed is against the window. Technical altus co nz 0800 397 263 fletcher window and door systems is a licensed altus nz ltd brand low level glazing the height is now 800mm from floor level increased from 500mm. Does this sound reasonable considering i have 4.
For any glazing within 800mm of a window seat. I am planning on 40 above the floor for the bedrooms. Window placement is greatly varied as exemplified by the narrow windows placed real high in 1950s tract housing and the low and tall openings located almost on the the floor in suburban mansions of recent years. Towel rails are normally mounted around 900mm above the floor.
Window height varies by location style and period. If a shower has a glass enclosure it normally reaches a minimum of 1900mm in height from the floor. Its use will impact on the airflow into the cavity around the window and therefore its ability to pressure. Clause 9 1 10 2 c d describes the basics of window installation for wall claddings over a cavity.
It seems 32 to 36 is standard for height from floor. These standards such as as nzs 4667 quality requirements for cut to size and processed glass set out the allowable requirements for thickness size squareness flatness bow surface and internal imperfections. I am working on window height and placement for each rooms. Have a height from finished floor to finished ceiling of at least 2 1 metres in an existing house as at 1975 or 2 4 metres in a new house a new house is defined as being built after april 1975 have at least one window situated in an external wall to admit adequate light this could be a skylight.
Every habitable room shall have a height from finished floor to finished ceiling of at least 2 1 m in the case of an existing house and of at least 2 4 m in the case of a new house. 9 5 quality standards. The truth is that there is no normal height of a window from the floor. If you have fixtures on opposite walls a minimum space of 800mm from the front edge of each fixture to the front of the opposing one allows for comfortable space to move around in.
This also affects other areas such as unimpeded path of travel glazing safeguarding a fall and window seats. These units were configured in many different ways from a single unit typically for a bathroom to two side by side to as many as a dozen arranged together in a bay or bow window or some other arrangement. New zealand standard 9201 chapter 3.