Height & Size Regulations For Rooms


Height Regulation:

1. Habitable rooms: The minimum height from the surface of the floor to the ceiling or bottom of slab should be not les than 2.75m. For air-conditioned rooms, a height of not less than 2.4 m measured from the top of the floor to the lowest point of the air-conditioning duct or the false ceiling should be provided.

2. Bathrooms, water closets and stores: The height of all such rooms measured from the floor in the ceiling should not be less than 2.4m. In the case of a passage under the landing, the minimum headway may be kept as 2.2m.

3. Kitchen: The height of the kitchen measured from the floor to the lowest point in the ceiling should not be less than 2.75m except for the portion to accommodate floor trap of the floor.

4. Ledge: It shall have a minimum head room of 2.2m.

Size of Rooms:

1. Habitable rooms: The area of habitable rooms should not be less than 9.5 sq.m where there is only one room. Where there are two rooms, one of these should not be less than 9.5 sq.m and other be not less than 7.5 sq.m with a minimum width of 2.4m.

2. Kitchen: Minimum floor area required is not less than 5.5 sq.m. It should not be less than 1.8min width at any part. With a separate storeroom, the area may be reduced to 4.5 sq.m. A kitchen cum dining room should have a floor area not less than 9.5 sq.m with a minimum width of 2.4m. Each kitchen should be provided with a flue.

3. Bathrooms and water closets: The size of bathroom should not be less than 1.5m x 1.2m or 1.8 sq.m. If it is combined with water closet, its floor area should not be less than 2.8 sq.m. the minimum floor area of a water closet should be 1.1 sqm.

4. Ledge: A ledge in a habitable room shall not cover more than 25% of the floor area of the floor on which it is constructed and should not interfere with the ventilation of the room under any circumstances.
The minimum size of a mezzanine floor, if it is used as a living room, should not be less than 9.5 sq.m.

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