Hello, I’m not sure if this is the right place, but I’ll give it a try:
We fell in love with a house, and everything seems fine except for one thing.
The heating/hot water system is entirely gas-based (gas instant water heater).
The house was built in 1886 and was fully renovated in 2001 according to the building energy act (the heating system is about the same age). A few key points:
- Radiators installed only in the bathroom and partially in the living room, which also has underfloor heating
- No basement
- Very small utility room, about 4 sqm (43 sq ft), approximately 1.14 m (3.7 ft) wide and 4.08 m (13.4 ft) long
- Low ceiling height (approximately 2.15 m (7 ft) downstairs and 1.96–1.98 m (6.4–6.5 ft) upstairs)
Now we are considering alternative options, so here are my questions (think of them as brainstorming for ideas):
- An energy consultant suggested solar thermal, but it seems the storage tank might not fit in the utility room?
- Would an air-source heat pump work with just radiators?
- What other solutions might be possible? There is no fireplace either. I don’t have much experience, so I’m a bit stuck.
I hope this information is helpful. I’m just looking for some ideas, not a complete solution.
Thanks!!
We fell in love with a house, and everything seems fine except for one thing.
The heating/hot water system is entirely gas-based (gas instant water heater).
The house was built in 1886 and was fully renovated in 2001 according to the building energy act (the heating system is about the same age). A few key points:
- Radiators installed only in the bathroom and partially in the living room, which also has underfloor heating
- No basement
- Very small utility room, about 4 sqm (43 sq ft), approximately 1.14 m (3.7 ft) wide and 4.08 m (13.4 ft) long
- Low ceiling height (approximately 2.15 m (7 ft) downstairs and 1.96–1.98 m (6.4–6.5 ft) upstairs)
Now we are considering alternative options, so here are my questions (think of them as brainstorming for ideas):
- An energy consultant suggested solar thermal, but it seems the storage tank might not fit in the utility room?
- Would an air-source heat pump work with just radiators?
- What other solutions might be possible? There is no fireplace either. I don’t have much experience, so I’m a bit stuck.
I hope this information is helpful. I’m just looking for some ideas, not a complete solution.
Thanks!!
The Beetle is certainly not your everyday car, but rather something for a Sunday afternoon drive in the sunshine. The grey daily routine is then managed with a modern car.
Living somewhere in a small gem with a ceiling height of 2.1m (7 feet) for a few days can be great, but for everyday living, I would prefer a contemporary ceiling height!
Living somewhere in a small gem with a ceiling height of 2.1m (7 feet) for a few days can be great, but for everyday living, I would prefer a contemporary ceiling height!
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SaniererNRW12331 Aug 2022 07:32Snowy36 schrieb:
No, but you wouldn’t tell me that you would never want to buy a car with only 34 horsepower just because you once had 170 horsepower. I don’t understand the comparison… he fell in love with the house, so he wants and doesn’t need a 2.50m (8.2 ft) height.
My Beetle also has only 34 horsepower. I love it, so you don’t need to bring up Porsche specs now.It’s about quality, appearance, and modern features. Please don’t reduce it to just one performance criterion like the heating capacity of the heating system. That would be like comparing horsepower.hanse987 schrieb:
The Beetle is surely not your everyday car, but rather something for a Sunday afternoon drive in the sunshine. The daily routine is handled with a modern car.
Living somewhere in a charming little place with a 2.1m (7 ft) ceiling height for a few days can be great, but in everyday life I would prefer a contemporary ceiling height!If you look at magazines like Dream Living and others, there is always someone renovating a cottage and actually living there full-time. All these people live with low ceilings. Just because it’s not for us doesn’t mean it isn’t suitable for everyone.
We are currently renovating a house with a ground floor ceiling height of 2.15 m (7 ft). The ground floor includes a bathroom, a guest toilet, and a bedroom—rooms where you mainly sit or lie down. I don’t find this height to be a problem. I come from an old apartment with nearly 2.70 m (9 ft) ceilings, which has always annoyed me because it just doesn’t feel cozy. My brother-in-law’s renovated cottage also has only 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) on the ground floor. After spending a week there on holiday, I didn’t feel like I was missing anything in terms of ceiling height.
DeepRed schrieb:
My brother-in-law's renovated cabin also only has 2.10m (6 ft 11 in) ceilings on the ground floor. After spending a week there on vacation, I didn’t feel like I was missing anything (in terms of ceiling height).My great-uncle also lived during his lifetime in a small house with about 2m (6 ft 7 in) ceiling height, which today wouldn’t be considered habitable space (maybe it wasn’t really back then either, but he didn’t care). However, the man wasn’t 1.50m (4 ft 11 in) tall either. That still leaves more than 50cm (20 inches) of free headroom above him. For myself (~1.72m (5 ft 8 in)) visiting there, it wasn’t a problem, but for my husband, who is about 20cm (8 inches) taller, it would already be somewhat uncomfortable.So, if we were to look at a property like this one, raising the ceiling height upstairs would be absolutely necessary and factored in. Otherwise, with a ceiling height of 1.96m (6 ft 5 in) and a person of 1.92m (6 ft 3 in), you’re entering the realm of “Honey, don’t forget to take your slippers off before you go upstairs,” and putting on a T-shirt would only be possible sitting down or while doing the limbo. Even with ceilings at 2.10m to 2.15m (6 ft 11 in to 7 ft 1 in), I always keep in mind that I have two cousins around 2m (6 ft 7 in) tall — one just above, the other just below, although I’m not sure if the younger one at 18 is fully grown yet — and who knows how tall one’s own children will become and if it won’t already feel uncomfortable...
(Yes, my family has a huge range of heights… one side is very short, the other is mostly very tall 😉 Interestingly, my parents are basically the same height, which is rather unusually short on one branch of the family but comfortably tall on the other.)
edit: I can’t contribute much regarding heating technology but find the topic interesting. As far as I know, radiators can work with heat pumps, but they will likely need to be replaced by larger, more surface-area units.
netuser schrieb:
No, seriously. For me, a ceiling height of 2m (6 ft 7 in) would fall below the acceptable tolerance limit. netuser schrieb:
No, seriously. For me, a ceiling height of 2m (6 ft 7 in) would fall below the acceptable tolerance limit. Well, there’s your dream woman sitting in front of you, and standing up she’s just under 1.60m (5 ft 3 in) – already a no-go for you… and then you’d send her away over 5cm (2 inches)? There are plenty of ways to adjust visually…!
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