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"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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I never did understand why people would build a house with all the
bedrooms upstairs. Fine maybe for the younger, but not the older.

Er, in UK English the 'first floor' *is* upstairs! :-)

Most houses have a 'ground floor' and a 'first floor' in the UK. Yes,
I know it's not very logical but that's the way it is.




The labeling on many things ,especially in different countries can be
confusing.

My house would probably confuse some. It has a walkout basement (even
with the ground on one side with a door but the other wall is
underground, then the floor that we call the 1st floor, then the 2nd
floor. So depending on where you go in the house may determine what you
call the floors.


Havent noticed anyone do it like that. Its normally called
the ground floor or the first floor depending on the country
based on what is at roughly ground level with the front door.

Sure, a few houses don't have just once front door,
but most do have one primary door except ****ing
great country mansions or real castles etc.

I spose a few big houses that had been converted into
flats and them back to just one house might well end
up with more than one front door but it would be rather
uncommon for those to be on different floors. There are
a few with big ramps up to the higher one, and stairs etc
to down to a lower one but even with those the lower
one isnt normally called the first floor or the ground floor.

In the US I have seen elevators in buildings labeled G,1,2 for the
Ground (where you normally go into the building) and some just
1,2,3. Then there is the floor called Lobby. Also the normal floor
to go in and out of the building.


Seems to me that for the blind there is a big star
raised next to the normal into and out of the
building floor along with the dots for the floors.


Never seen that here. Dunno what the blind do about
that here. Brian might comment about the UK, he is
blind but he doesn't appear to read all posts.

The large plant I worked in was built and added on to over about 40 years.
Some parts the floors were very tall and the height of 2 normal floors.


Yeah, some houses are done like that in part of the ground/first
floor too but that is normally the floor you enter the house by.

So you are walking down the floor and it is the 2nd floor. You pass
through an opening about 15 feet wide and it becomes the 3 rd floor.
Then go to the other side of the building and the floors are 1,
mezzanine, 2,3. So going down a hallway about 200 feet long you start
on the 2nd floor, go through an opening in the wall and you are on the
Mezz floor, and then through another opening and you are on the 3 rd
floor.