Talk:Floor numbering

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So, what's the US convention on "Lower-ground floor" (LG)? In the UK, this is where there is something useful below the ground floor, e.g. an office lobby, a shopping area below ground level, etc. In many cases, there is a "basement" level below this.
 * I don't always pay much attention to this, but I think the U.S. analogue is "Lower level" (LL)--Pharos 20:22, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC).


 * In some places (ie. Carleton University, which has an underground tunnel system) the below-ground level is called the first floor, the ground level the second floor, and so on. Carleton is something of a special case (being fairly sloped, so that sometimes the tunnels open onto higher floors, even the fourth in one case), but the same scheme exists elsewhere, as noted in the article. Thus there's actually yet another method shifted by one from the typical North American numbering. - toh 21:53, 2005 Feb 24 (UTC)


 * This numbering (from 1, with the ground level usually being 2) seems to be common practice at universities, including in Australia (where we generally follow UK practice of G,1,2,3...). I imagine it's because the first digit of room numbers at universities tells you which floor the room is on. FiggyBee 23:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

American convention
I highly disagree with the assertion that the American convention is always to label the bottom floor as '1' rather than 'G'. I think at least half of the buildings here have a "ground" floor if not more, and I think the statements to the contrary throughout the article are a major issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.20.182.58 (talk • contribs)

I don't know if I agree with the above. But actually, I think the entire article blurs the distinction between floor numbering and elevator button labeling. --24.128.69.169 03:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

can remove chinese chars
Actually no need for chinese chars in this article.

Open question
Are there any buildings without any numbered floors? --84.61.9.161 17:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

14th floor in China
seems that 14th floors also tend to be omitted in China

Fire safety
Unusual floor numbering has occasional hampered fire fighting efforts. The article should mention this. 70.20.136.170 06:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you have any proof? &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 12:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)