I'm building a house. Should the tops of the windows be even with the tops of the casement doorways?
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That`s typical. But it depends on how tall your units are. If you`re installing 8ft tall doors you may or may not want windows of that size or elevation.
One thing you may consider is the windows proximity to the floor. If the glass is less than 18 inches off the floor, they will probably need to be tempered. This will be an added cost.
That is the norm--look at existing houses
Depends upon the intensity of rain & requirement of sun light. If it rains more & if you want to decrease the flux of light, you should have protruding shades. Drawing/photo of the house & the city in which it is located will help in suggesting you the better solution.
You need to figure that top dimension based upon what kind of trim you plan to put around windows and your drop of the eaves/ soffit . This needs to be drawn out full size, the roof, the soffit eaves and window trim Full size view this is that important.
For example, lets say you are using AndersonNarrowline windows with a 3 1/2 cedar trim a round them and brick exterior. Then you'd want to make an actual drawing full size and see where that aluminum/plastic roof soffit would be and figure in that 3 1/2 trim on the Andersons around the entire perimeter of the window.
In other words, no guess work here. Draw the roof, the soffit, the window trim and so on Draw that full size, and then figure that spacing above the widows .
There is no hard and fast rule to match any door way opening height. Nothing like that. You want those windows to look good in there with the trim you plan on using.
Ever look at a house where a full size drawing wasnt made. Notice that WIERD spacing above the windows, Simply doesnt match the trim around the windows. Its a mistake that one cannot correct at a later date.
In our neighborhood we have a $400K house with 3 1/2 trim around 3 sides of the window, the top trim is about 2 inches, Looks wierd. The house is bricked and a ranch.
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