ᐅ WC window in guest bathroom next to the front door – is that now considered a no-go?

Created on: 2 Dec 2018 21:30
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Garten2
Hello everyone!

I’m writing this here because it’s somehow related to floor plans. A few months ago, a civil engineer I know said that all toilet windows next to entrance doors should be bricked up. Since then, I’ve been looking more closely at floor plans on this forum with that statement in mind.

A lot of people plan a toilet window next to the entrance door. Is this just the personal opinion of a perfectionist? What do you think?

By the way, the term "guest toilet" seems strange to me, since the family uses it daily and guests occasionally. I only learned this term here on the forum.
Climbee3 Dec 2018 12:44
Mycraft schrieb:
You can do that, but it’s not necessary. Ventilation systems can be used to create completely soundproof rooms very effectively.

That statement surprised me as well; we’ve never heard anything about a gap under the doors in our case either...
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halmi
3 Dec 2018 12:46
The doors are often simply 0.5–1cm (0.2–0.4 inches) shorter to ensure proper airflow between the individual rooms.

Zehnder and Tecalor even explicitly point this out.
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Müllerin
3 Dec 2018 12:55
You can also rout out the door frames and leave out the seal at the top, so you don’t have to cut the door leaf in a visually unappealing way...

Our door installer tried to talk us into installing a ventilation grille for the heating room *lol nice try
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Garten2
3 Dec 2018 12:59
Since most bathroom windows are left permanently tilted open outside the heating season, noises and odors can be unpleasantly noticeable to residents, visitors, or delivery and postal workers at the front door, potentially causing embarrassing situations, he said.
Of course, I also have the bathroom window next to the front door – haha.
Now, however, we can move on to more relevant topics again.
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Müllerin
3 Dec 2018 13:00
Ventilation system... windows are never left permanently tilted open...
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halmi
3 Dec 2018 13:00
Well, no one will notice that; in our case, the doors are about 0.7mm (0.03 inches) shorter than the door frames.