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SebastianH.21 Sep 2020 13:18Hello,
we are considering adding an access door from the garage to the house, specifically into the utility room, as part of our planning. The issue is that the garage is located 1 meter (3 feet) away from the neighbor's property. If I remember correctly, it should be at least 3 meters (10 feet) away if there is direct access between the garage and the house. I have already checked the garage regulations for LSA but could not find a relevant clause.
Does anyone have experience with this topic and can provide more detailed information? Moving the garage further away to achieve 3 meters (10 feet) distance is not possible.
we are considering adding an access door from the garage to the house, specifically into the utility room, as part of our planning. The issue is that the garage is located 1 meter (3 feet) away from the neighbor's property. If I remember correctly, it should be at least 3 meters (10 feet) away if there is direct access between the garage and the house. I have already checked the garage regulations for LSA but could not find a relevant clause.
Does anyone have experience with this topic and can provide more detailed information? Moving the garage further away to achieve 3 meters (10 feet) distance is not possible.
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SebastianH.21 Sep 2020 14:14I believe I heard (possibly incorrect information) that if there is direct access to the garage, a 3-meter (10 feet) distance requirement applies. However, I have not found any reference to this so far.
In our region of NRW, the garage was approved without any issues as a boundary structure, including a secondary entrance door leading into the house.
However, after careful consideration, we decided to remove it because we realized that it would have been one door too many into the house. Of course, this depends on the household. Since we mostly come home by car, the main entrance would likely have been downgraded to the secondary door and hardly used.
In the end, it was more of a nice-to-have feature, especially since the door in the garage would not have been inexpensive. For one thing, it must be burglar-resistant, and in our case, a fire-rated door is required at that location.
All these factors led us to drop the door, and now we will simply walk about 3m (10 feet) from the car to the main entrance.
However, after careful consideration, we decided to remove it because we realized that it would have been one door too many into the house. Of course, this depends on the household. Since we mostly come home by car, the main entrance would likely have been downgraded to the secondary door and hardly used.
In the end, it was more of a nice-to-have feature, especially since the door in the garage would not have been inexpensive. For one thing, it must be burglar-resistant, and in our case, a fire-rated door is required at that location.
All these factors led us to drop the door, and now we will simply walk about 3m (10 feet) from the car to the main entrance.
SebastianH. schrieb:
I think I heard (possibly incomplete information) that a 3m (10 feet) distance rule applies if there is access to the garage. However, I haven’t found any clear reference so far.Also, this might also be incomplete info... I believe it depends on whether the garage leads to a living area or not. If it leads to a utility room, then it probably isn’t an issue.
SebastianH. schrieb:
If I remember correctly, it has to be at least 3m (10 feet) away if there is access, right!?No, why?However, such a secondary entrance should be carefully planned. From my experience over seven years of floor plan discussions here, only a few architect-designed houses have managed this successfully. In 98 out of 100 cases, it is poorly executed and not well thought out (see the parallel floor plan discussion from today/yesterday).
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