ᐅ Utility room without windows – is a ventilation system sufficient?
Created on: 4 Jun 2021 12:46
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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!
Chloe83 schrieb:
@driver55
For better understanding, I made a quick hand sketch, roughly drawn. The other windows are also not final. The extension is intended to be a kind of canopy under which you can at least half park a second car.Phew, carrying the groceries from the car to the pantry will take quite a while.@debaser
That's true, but I don't find it too problematic. Alternatively, we could install a T30 fire-rated door from the utility room to the garage -> increased risk of break-in, and now the garage is not going to be attached directly to the house wall but built as a separate structure on each side (the house and garage will be independent buildings).
Another option would be a door from the hallway to the pantry. However, we want a "hidden pantry" accessible through the kitchen cabinets.
For these reasons, walking through remains the only option 🙂
That's true, but I don't find it too problematic. Alternatively, we could install a T30 fire-rated door from the utility room to the garage -> increased risk of break-in, and now the garage is not going to be attached directly to the house wall but built as a separate structure on each side (the house and garage will be independent buildings).
Another option would be a door from the hallway to the pantry. However, we want a "hidden pantry" accessible through the kitchen cabinets.
For these reasons, walking through remains the only option 🙂
Mycraft schrieb:
Have a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery installed, and many smaller and bigger concerns will be resolved immediately. Even a utility room with mechanical ventilation and no windows has been working here without any problems for almost 10 years now.Is it possible to combine such a mechanical ventilation system with air conditioning? The living room, children's room, and bedroom should have air conditioning installed.
untergasse438 Jun 2021 21:48Chloe83 schrieb:
Is it possible to combine a controlled residential ventilation system with an air conditioning unit? The living room, kids’ room, and bedroom should have air conditioning. Combine in the sense that the controlled ventilation system would supply the cold air? If we’re talking about standard air conditioners and a typical controlled residential ventilation system: definitely not. The volume of airflow just isn’t sufficient for that purpose. That’s why conventional practice is to use split air conditioning units. A standard controlled ventilation system and standard split air conditioners can operate well alongside each other.
Of course, you could install industrial cooling systems in a single-family house. However, as far as I know from this forum, only one person has done that—and they did it properly.
As Untergasse says, yes, of course you can run a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery and an air conditioning unit side by side without any issues. Each device operates independently. This is completely sufficient for a typical single-family house.
A combination of both systems usually leans more towards commercial building systems and is generally not installed in single-family homes.
Of course, in the USA this is common practice, as heating is often done through the air system. However, this is usually not economical in many other countries.
A combination of both systems usually leans more towards commercial building systems and is generally not installed in single-family homes.
Of course, in the USA this is common practice, as heating is often done through the air system. However, this is usually not economical in many other countries.
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