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I'd wager that when that standard was established the divisivility of those metric measurements would not have been a consideration. Most likely it's also close
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
I'd wager that when that standard was established the divisivility of those metric measurements would not have been a consideration. Most likely it's also close to some even fraction of feet and inches.
- lostlogin 8y ago2.5m is 8 foot 2.4 inches according to Google (decimals in measurement that are in inches is a thing? I’m metric so don’t know). The standard ceiling distance between floors must be 8 feet in the U.K..
- ChristianGeek 8y agoThe joists and surfaces between floors in a home are 12-14 inches thick in total, bringing the distance between the floor and ceiling in each level closer to 7 feet.
- NickNameNick 8y agoThe joists go on top of the studs, not between them. 'standard' ceiling height is 2.4m.
- lostlogin 8y agoI’ve phrased that badly. Obviously the stairs go floor to floor... wall height would obviously be floor to floor minus joists, flooring, ceiling material.
- fanf2 8y agoThis house dates from about 1990 so I think it is built to modern dimensions, but I know nothing about this so I am mostly guessing... the 19cm ish riser also matches an 8’ floor-to-floor height, so it’s a bit hard to tell from just the stairs :-)