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I neeed help.
Whats the average height of a story in an industrial building in the USA.
I mean a building like this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atthebottom...otostream/
Thank you.
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That's probably an eight foot front door. The windows look similar, so you are looking at ~10 feet per floor?
Andrew
I think the standard story height in commercial buildings is 12 feet, so that may be the case here.
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JWB is right when we estimate the length of a wire pull we figure 12 feet per floor.
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Thank you for help.
pics of the reason for this question will follow.
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Joerg, if in doubt it is often a good hint to have a parking limousine immediate in from of the building. You may print a photo, measure the length of the car, rotate it 90° and use that known length to estimate the height of the levels of the building. I used that method for my LA buildings last year.
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Look up 666 Kentucky Ave Indianapolis, IN
Seriously 666.
That's where the building was. It was torn down a few years ago. Its not far from where the Indianapolis Colts NFL team's stadium was built a few years back. This building is actually very well documented on the internet because of its look and easy access. Google Street view has very clear pictures of it, as do a lot of urban explorer types. Hetherington and Berner.
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e-paw Wrote:JWB is right when we estimate the length of a wire pull we figure 12 feet per floor.
That's quite right and standard for this era. I checked your picture and it fits the building. Must be about 26 feet high (not counting the third storey).
The easiest way is to calculate by counting brick rows. 3 bricks piled up equal about 8 inches, they are also 8" in length. Bricks on the third storey are easy to distinguish for this purpose. If you have access to good pictures (via Google Street View), you will be able to measure precisely every details, windows, door, etc...
Good luck
Matt
