ᐅ Utility room without windows – is a ventilation system sufficient?
Created on: 4 Jun 2021 12:46
C
Chloe83
Hello everyone,
Our floor plan is currently with the architect. We want to build an urban villa with an attached garage. The garage will be built from masonry. Since the garage is directly adjacent to the house wall, one room will inevitably have no window.
This will be the utility room with the heating system, washing machine, dryer, and other technical equipment.
However, I am a bit concerned about the heat and possible moisture these appliances might produce.
Would a 24-hour ventilation system (like those used in interior bathrooms) help, or would a small window—only opening towards the garage—be better?
Maybe someone else has a similar windowless utility room and can offer advice.
Thank you!
Our floor plan is currently with the architect. We want to build an urban villa with an attached garage. The garage will be built from masonry. Since the garage is directly adjacent to the house wall, one room will inevitably have no window.
This will be the utility room with the heating system, washing machine, dryer, and other technical equipment.
However, I am a bit concerned about the heat and possible moisture these appliances might produce.
Would a 24-hour ventilation system (like those used in interior bathrooms) help, or would a small window—only opening towards the garage—be better?
Maybe someone else has a similar windowless utility room and can offer advice.
Thank you!
i_b_n_a_n schrieb:
A room adjacent to a garage can certainly have two external walls. The fact that it borders the garage alone is not a reason to exclude a window. Sure, but my husband wants to avoid having a second external wall.
I also considered having a passage between the garage and the house, but that, of course, increases the costs again.
Chloe83 schrieb:
Sure, but my husband wants to skip the second exterior wall. 😳Chloe83 schrieb:
I was also thinking about creating a passage between the garage and the house, but of course that drives the costs up again.Those two things have nothing to do with each other.He meant that the utility room either starts with the garage or ends at/behind the garage.
Accordingly, it lies right in between. For example, the utility room is 4 m (13 feet) and the garage 8 m (26 feet). 🙄
So the only solution here is to wait for the plans.
AMNE3IA schrieb:
I would never design a room without a window. No artificial light can replace natural daylight.That's basically true. But on average, it’s dark outside for half the day... and just because of a window in the utility room, I’m not going to compromise the floor plan in a more important area, no!
Tolentino schrieb:
You can also install a 40 cm (16 inches) strip of fixed glazing at the top. But only with a lowered or dwarf garage, or a ceiling height above 270 cm (8 ft 10 in). Nowadays, frame profiles are already about 20 cm (8 inches) thick (10 cm (4 inches) at top and bottom each).
A 10 cm (4 inch) glass strip over 3 to 4 meters (10 to 13 feet) might be possible. But would that be enough for “daylight without artificial lighting?”
Scout schrieb:
But on average, half the day it’s dark outside… and just because of a window in the utility room I don’t want to disrupt the floor plan in a more important area, no! I wouldn’t want to work in a dark room during broad daylight from the hallway. I can accept a basement room like that, but not on the ground floor.
Similar topics