What is the knees?

In the architectural sense, the knee wall consists of a flat plane created when the inclined surface, usually the roof plane, intersects the wall at a point lower than the normal height of the ceiling. In other words, it is usually a short wall in the attic that connects to the inclined roof. It has a name, because it usually came to the knee height. They are often referred to their height, for example: "6-foot (1.8 meters) knee wall" or "5-foot (1.5 meters) knee wall."

Although most commonly found in the attic, they can also be built in other places. Sometimes people build these short walls to function as dividers of the room. Sometimes they are also installed in the entrances as a decorative element.

For the existence of knee walls, at least two practical reasons can be given. The first is that they can be part of the structural integrity of the building. The knee walls can also be clarified to clarify this concept. The bearing walls help to promote weights above them. Also called the walls of the bediska. The attic knee walls can even be added to the building that has already been built if the building shows structural problems such as a weak roof.

The second practical reason has more in common with the comfort and habitation of the space in which the knee wall is found. The performance of the finished attic space will help illustrate. If there were no knee walls in the attic, it would be very difficult to provide space comfortably, because there would be small angles where the ceiling and the wall joined, instead of a flat wall to which it could be provided. The attic space would have a special feeling and scale. The knee walls improve the inhabitants of the finished attic space and create a welcome and relaxation room.

In addition, the space created by the presence of a knee wall often creates a great storage space. Ophthen, between a short wall and a peak consisting of a connection between the floor and the ceiling is quite a lot of placesa. To this space, the door of the knee wall or hatch in the face of the knee wall is to approach this space. Getting access to the knee space for storage is a good choice, whether the attic is completed, but the owner of the building does not want to completely give up the opportunity of the storage that the attic usually provides.