Hello everyone,
I took Yvonne’s PDF and your comments on the socket topic to heart and tried to place the sockets and switches. Does this make sense? I mentally went through all the walking paths and thought about possible devices.
What concerns me a bit more are the doors... first, the patio doors in the kitchen leading outside, and second, the pocket sliding door between the living room and kitchen.
For the patio doors, especially which parts should be operable – or should it be a sliding door after all?
Regarding the door from the living room to the kitchen, I feel uncertain because I haven’t found a nice pocket double sliding door yet... A double hinged door would of course also work, but it takes up space. What do you think?
How is it generally? Is a door leaf usually left open? Or both? (This also relates somewhat to the door between the hallway and dining area. In our apartment, I think all doors are usually open...)
Thanks for your input. I hope everything is at least somewhat clear (legend is below the image).
L = Living room (2 switches)
B = Bedroom
U = Under the stairs
H = Upstairs hallway
E = Entrance hallway (ground floor)
C = Cloakroom
W = WC (in the bathroom 😉 )
K = Kitchen
D = Dining
O = Outside
S = Utility room
Ba = Bathroom (ground floor)
Green = Network
Orange = Sockets
Blue = Switches
Number = Quantity
I took Yvonne’s PDF and your comments on the socket topic to heart and tried to place the sockets and switches. Does this make sense? I mentally went through all the walking paths and thought about possible devices.
What concerns me a bit more are the doors... first, the patio doors in the kitchen leading outside, and second, the pocket sliding door between the living room and kitchen.
For the patio doors, especially which parts should be operable – or should it be a sliding door after all?
Regarding the door from the living room to the kitchen, I feel uncertain because I haven’t found a nice pocket double sliding door yet... A double hinged door would of course also work, but it takes up space. What do you think?
How is it generally? Is a door leaf usually left open? Or both? (This also relates somewhat to the door between the hallway and dining area. In our apartment, I think all doors are usually open...)
Thanks for your input. I hope everything is at least somewhat clear (legend is below the image).
L = Living room (2 switches)
B = Bedroom
U = Under the stairs
H = Upstairs hallway
E = Entrance hallway (ground floor)
C = Cloakroom
W = WC (in the bathroom 😉 )
K = Kitchen
D = Dining
O = Outside
S = Utility room
Ba = Bathroom (ground floor)
Green = Network
Orange = Sockets
Blue = Switches
Number = Quantity
Let's see, maybe I can still convince my wife. The idea of a central switch for the kitchen / dining / living area is a great tip!
I'm curious to hear what the electrician will say about the costs. We don’t have many more sockets than described – just significantly more light switches 😀
I'm curious to hear what the electrician will say about the costs. We don’t have many more sockets than described – just significantly more light switches 😀
Living / Dining area .. definitely a sliding door if there is a door at all. It can be placed in the dining area. And the dining/hallway can be situated in the hallway. Also, motion sensors in the hallway are great because the lights will turn off automatically when no one is there. Especially with children or guests, people can often forget to switch off the lights.
Umbau-Susi19 Jun 2015 12:19kbt09 schrieb:
And, motion sensors in the hallway are great because the light turns off automatically when no one is there. Especially kids or guests can sometimes be careless about that.We have those too. However, I really appreciate having an additional switch to turn the light on permanently. Especially in winter, when there are many visitors, the motion sensor would otherwise be triggered constantly and might break. Normally, everything is controlled by motion sensors, and when there are many guests, the light is switched on permanently using the switch.
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Sebastian7919 Jun 2015 13:00What does "somewhat decent looking" mean? They practically always look the same – wall/ceiling track with a glass or wooden door sliding on it.
We have planned a double door (2 x 100cm (40 inches) x 230cm (90 inches) height) – in glass (whether clear or dark tinted is still undecided).
They should perhaps be "accentuated" accordingly, so they become a focal point in front of the walls.
We have planned a double door (2 x 100cm (40 inches) x 230cm (90 inches) height) – in glass (whether clear or dark tinted is still undecided).
They should perhaps be "accentuated" accordingly, so they become a focal point in front of the walls.
Umbau-Susi19 Jun 2015 13:07In post 32, you can see our sliding door between the dining room and the kitchen.
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