QOD for 1/25/07 - Ceiling Height

[John Bowman]

I'll be on the road tomorrow, so thought I would post a QOD a day early. Hope you don't mind.

In discussion of ceiling height requirements, would the below statement (quoted for clarity of this posting, not quoted from a source) be considered true or false.

General Ceiling Hight Requirements are listed below. Your jurisdiction may vary. Check with your local authorities:

A. Habitable rooms. At least sixty (60) square feet of floor area of every habitable room shall have a ceiling height of at least seven and one-half (7 1/2) feet and the floor area of that part of any room where the ceiling height is less than five (5) feet shall not be considered as part of the floor area in computing the total floor area of the room for the purpose of determining the maximum permissible occupancy thereof. Habitable rooms in dwellings legally erected or converted prior to 1951 shall have a ceiling height of at least six and one-half (6 1/2) feet.

B. Common spaces other than habitable rooms. Every bathroom, water closet compartment, utility room, hall and passageway shall have a clear ceiling height of at least six (6) feet eight inches. Bathrooms, water closet compartments, utility rooms, halls and passageways in dwellings legally erected or converted prior to 1951 are exempt from the six (6) feet eight inches ceiling height requirements, but shall meet the ceiling height requirement prevailing at the time each of such dwellings was erected or converted.

[jschulte]

Can I ask how this applies to a home inspection?

[Brian E. Kelly]

General Ceiling Hight Requirements are listed below. Your jurisdiction may vary. Check with your local authorities:

Well since my jurisdiction may vary.

[Bruce A. King]

Its easy for me, I'm 6' 5" so if I come close to cracking my head anywhere it gets a writeup. Still see new homes with only 6'5" at the bottom of interior stairs.

[jschulte]

Originally Posted by bking

Its easy for me, I'm 6' 5" so if I come close to cracking my head anywhere it gets a writeup. Still see new homes with only 6'5" at the bottom of interior stairs.

What is your comment?

[John Bowman]

ANSWER: True.