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jdez

Michelle, we went with 9 foot ceilings in every room except the vaulted LR and we are very happy with them. All of our doors and windows are standard sizes but we set the top of the windows (not all of them) at 8 feet and they seem normal.

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Reply to: Michelle, we went with 9 foot ceilings in every room except the vaulted LR and we are very happy with them. All of our doors and windows are standard sizes but we set the top of the windows (not all of them) at 8 feet and they seem normal.

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Bungalow14

MrsPete is correct, and NorthPole hit on a key cost driver: taller doors. 8 ft doors are much more costly than standard 80" units, and if you have a lot of doors, that translates to a lot of $$$. A cost-saving substitute for taller doors is to go with standard 80" and make the top (header) casing taller - it gives the appropriate appearance (height) and costs a fraction of a 96" door. A 1x8 header trim does the trick nicely.

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Reply to: MrsPete is correct, and NorthPole hit on a key cost driver: taller doors. 8 ft doors are much more costly than standard 80" units, and if you have a lot of doors, that translates to a lot of $$$. A cost-saving substitute for taller doors is to go with standard 80" and make the top (header) casing taller - it gives the appropriate appearance (height) and costs a fraction of a 96" door. A 1x8 header trim does the trick nicely.

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