Minimum door height
G&M
Building regs K1 require a minimum height of 2m for stairs and landings but
I can't find anything for doors.
I'm having to replace several rotten wooden lintels above quite low (about 5
1/2 feet) door frames (actually the door frame formed part of the lintel) so
have to meet regulations but can't find anything on how high I have to
install the new lintel.
Or can I just put it at the existing height and require everybody to duck as
they enter rooms :-) ?
BigWallop
I think new interior doors are all around the 1,981 mm (6ft 6inches) in height
by 686 mm (2ft 3inches) in width, and exterior doors give a bit of a wider
opening at around the 850 mm (2ft 9inches) in width. These are about the
standard sizes today.
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Rick Dipper
Sir
I had a bit of a ding-dong with an architect who designed a door too
low to walk through, he insisted it passed building regs as there is
no minimum door height in the regs. However being the prod owenr of an
old house with low doors, I recommend that you keep then as tall as
possible, my head still gets wacked when I mis juege in the middle of
the night ......
Rick
Michael Mcneil
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> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 22:56:17 +0100, "G&M" <m11...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Is there any standard for the minimum door height ?
> I had a bit of a ding-dong with an architect who designed a door too
> low to walk through.
There is plenty of information on here about putting new lintles in a
wall. All you have to worry about is the clearance inside. Are the
ceilings low? Why was the original doorway low in the first place?
If you do go the whole hog and put them in for a full size frame or one
as high as possible, you might want to consider moving the whole
entrance if there is a more suitable spot for it.
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G&M
"Michael Mcneil" <weathe...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >Is there
any standard for the minimum door height ?
> wall.
That's not a problem. Apart from the BCO insisting on lintel calculations.
> All you have to worry about is the clearance inside.
What clearance do you mean ?
> Are the ceilings low?
A bit. Not sillily so like some old cottages though.
> Why was the original doorway low in the first place?
Because the previous idiot owner was trying to give it that old cottage feel
I think.
garyh...@gmail.com
John Rumm
> 2.m 30..high 900. Wide
...is probably the wrong answer!
Minimum door height for what anyway?
A standard UK internal door is usually 1981mm tall and 762mm wide (or
about 2'6" x 6'6").
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bert
Rumm <see.my.s...@nowhere.null> writes
>
>> 2.m 30..high 900. Wide
>
>...is probably the wrong answer!
>
>Minimum door height for what anyway?
>
>A standard UK internal door is usually 1981mm tall and 762mm wide (or
>about 2'6" x 6'6").
>
>
1979, Well there was a transport strike on at the time. Bastard size if
ever there was one.
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bert
j...@mdfs.net
to be effectively a standard.
Mike Humphrey
> I thought six-six by two-six was so embedded into British house building
> to be effectively a standard.
Just checked some: 5'11"x2'6", 5'11"x2'0", 4'9"x3'6" (duck!), 6'3"x2'3",
6'6"x2'5", 6'1"x2'9".
Mike
John Rumm
j...@mdfs.net
> > I thought six-six by two-six was so embedded into British house building
> > to be effectively a standard.
> What standard?
mechanic
accessibility requirements on new houses these days?
bert
>On 16/09/2017 11:32, bert wrote:
>> In article <j46dnQGLkbyTUSbE...@brightview.co.uk>, John
>> Rumm <see.my.s...@nowhere.null> writes
>>> On 15/09/2017 07:04, garyh...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2.m 30..high 900. Wide
>>>
>>> ...is probably the wrong answer!
>>>
>>> Minimum door height for what anyway?
>>>
>>> A standard UK internal door is usually 1981mm tall and 762mm wide (or
>>> about 2'6" x 6'6").
>>>
>>>
>> Ours are 2042 x 720 approx. "metric" size according to the builder in
>> 1979, Well there was a transport strike on at the time. Bastard size if
>> ever there was one.
>
>2040 x 726 is a fairly easy size to get hold of...
>
size - pre-painted and soft pine.
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John Rumm
http://www.doorsworld.co/
They seem to have a pretty wide range of size options.
bert
>On 16/09/2017 23:28, bert wrote:
>> In article <GYCdnRCXD-9y9yDE...@brightview.co.uk>, John
>> Rumm <see.my.s...@nowhere.null> writes
>>> On 16/09/2017 11:32, bert wrote:
>>>> In article <j46dnQGLkbyTUSbE...@brightview.co.uk>, John
>>>> Rumm <see.my.s...@nowhere.null> writes
>>>>> On 15/09/2017 07:04, garyh...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2.m 30..high 900. Wide
>>>>>
>>>>> ...is probably the wrong answer!
>>>>>
>>>>> Minimum door height for what anyway?
>>>>>
>>>>> A standard UK internal door is usually 1981mm tall and 762mm wide (or
>>>>> about 2'6" x 6'6").
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Ours are 2042 x 720 approx. "metric" size according to the builder in
>>>> 1979, Well there was a transport strike on at the time. Bastard size if
>>>> ever there was one.
>>>
>>> 2040 x 726 is a fairly easy size to get hold of...
>>>
>> A quick look in B&Q and out of all the range only two styles are that
>> size - pre-painted and soft pine.
>
>I have ordered some from here in the past:
>
>http://www.doorsworld.co/
>
>They seem to have a pretty wide range of size options.
>
>
though.
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bert
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Robert
whisky-dave
> On 16/09/2017 23:28, bert wrote:
> > In article <GYCdnRCXD-9y9yDE...@brightview.co.uk>, John
> > Rumm <see.my.s...@nowhere.null> writes
> >> On 16/09/2017 11:32, bert wrote:
> >>> In article <j46dnQGLkbyTUSbE...@brightview.co.uk>, John
> >>> Rumm <see.my.s...@nowhere.null> writes
> >>>> On 15/09/2017 07:04, garyh...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> 2.m 30..high 900. Wide
> >>>>
> >>>> ...is probably the wrong answer!
> >>>>
> >>>> Minimum door height for what anyway?
> >>>>
> >>>> A standard UK internal door is usually 1981mm tall and 762mm wide (or
> >>>> about 2'6" x 6'6").
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Ours are 2042 x 720 approx. "metric" size according to the builder in
> >>> 1979, Well there was a transport strike on at the time. Bastard size if
> >>> ever there was one.
> >>
> >> 2040 x 726 is a fairly easy size to get hold of...
> >>
> > A quick look in B&Q and out of all the range only two styles are that
> > size - pre-painted and soft pine.
>
> I have ordered some from here in the past:
>
> http://www.doorsworld.co/
>
> They seem to have a pretty wide range of size options.
as you can se from teh picture it's small.
https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1107/61806.php