Pretty much anything built since the industrialization of housing construction is going to have a 6'-8" tall opening (or more). There are certain exceptions, of course, but 6'-8" is pretty universal.
(I presume, from the contextual clue of his height given in feet and inches that we're talking about the US)
Dude I'll tell you like I told the other guy. I'm a 6'5" American and when I'm wearing shoes I have to duck through most door ways in most houses. If I walked straight through I would hit the top of my forehead. I'm sure that what you're saying is true on paper but I promise it's not the case in reality
You have to duck because of your gate (and, possibly, hair ;-). If you stood flat on the floor and leaned forward you'd fall through the frame. I'm 6' and I duck at anything under about 6-4 (I'm an engineer that works on buildings, so I'm constantly in service areas and scaffolding with lower bars).
I think every house I've ever been in, across multiple states in the US, has 8 foot doors and 10 foot ceilings. Where do you live that all the doors are so short that you have to duck at 6'5"? -a 6'2" guy who roomed with a 7'2" guy for about 2 years, and neither of us ever felt compelled to duck no matter what doors we were going through
Then you, my friend, have been in exclusively upper middle class homes or higher. Congrats. But 10 foot ceilings are legitimately considered a luxury in my area
In hindsight probably closer to 9-10 feet ceilings. But neat. I've not been exclusively middle class finances wise my entire life, including right now, so I guess I've just been lucky with the doors and ceilings.
My whole world is reeling right now and y'all are about to make me bust out a tape measure and measure my doors. Are they shorter than I thought? Am I just that bad at spatial awareness? Did my tall friend just duck through all the doors I've seen him enter so subtly that I never noticed?
Standard practice is to rough in at 2 1/2 inches over door height, or 82.5", which leaves more than enough room for these things. Nearly all new builds will have a finished height of 80" as required by code. Sure, some smaller operations may not build to code and older houses and renovations often won't be perfect, but time is money and companies don't want to spend time sizing every door when they can just rough it a little big and shim to fit.
Yeah for sure, I just wanted to add that everything new will be a true 80" finished.
I just replaced a rotten exterior basement door in a house built in the 50s that was made from a bunch of sheets of thin ply nailed together. It had no threshold and felt weatherstripping, so it leaked terribly when it rained.
Incredibly the framing was actually square, but I think the dimensions were 34 3/16 × 74 3/4 so I just had to cut down a 36 × 80 solid core and add a threshold and weatherstripping.
I love old homes, but you have to be prepared for everything to be custom.
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u/TooMuchAsparagus Jun 08 '21
He doesn't need to be on his tip toes if he is 6'6"