ᐅ Planning utility room / laundry room – technical drawings unknown
Created on: 14 Apr 2021 09:14
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squier23
Hello everyone,
we are building with a developer and using fairly fixed floor plans, but we are trying to make the most of it. We are building without a basement, so the utility room (HAR) also has to serve as the laundry room. We imagine having one of those currently quite popular laundry room layouts, with the washing machine and dryer side by side, a work surface above them, and cupboards above and next to that—basically like a dedicated laundry area (you probably know what I mean). Since the carport is right next to the utility room, it would be ideal to use it as a mudroom as well. There is already a window planned there, which I would like to simply extend into a (balcony) door.
Now the construction company says that the entire room is filled with technical equipment and there is barely enough space for a washing machine. They say the window cannot be enlarged because there are some pipes running beneath it. However, there are no detailed plans available yet that they could send me. So far, I only have the attached general selection plan, from which I have cut out the dimensions.
The equipment in the room includes the local heating transfer station (which is supposed to be space-efficient, right?) and a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery (which should be mounted on the wall near the ceiling, I thought?). The photovoltaic inverter and battery storage are located in the attic. I find it hard to believe that there isn’t even room for a utility sink and am very frustrated about missing the chance to have a mudroom. What kind of pipes are supposed to run there? The utility room is on the ground floor next to the carport, with the living room directly adjacent along the upper wall of the plan. Should I just accept these details or is it worth pushing for more information?
Thank you very much for any opinion, even if it’s just to reassure me that I can trust the construction company on this.
we are building with a developer and using fairly fixed floor plans, but we are trying to make the most of it. We are building without a basement, so the utility room (HAR) also has to serve as the laundry room. We imagine having one of those currently quite popular laundry room layouts, with the washing machine and dryer side by side, a work surface above them, and cupboards above and next to that—basically like a dedicated laundry area (you probably know what I mean). Since the carport is right next to the utility room, it would be ideal to use it as a mudroom as well. There is already a window planned there, which I would like to simply extend into a (balcony) door.
Now the construction company says that the entire room is filled with technical equipment and there is barely enough space for a washing machine. They say the window cannot be enlarged because there are some pipes running beneath it. However, there are no detailed plans available yet that they could send me. So far, I only have the attached general selection plan, from which I have cut out the dimensions.
The equipment in the room includes the local heating transfer station (which is supposed to be space-efficient, right?) and a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery (which should be mounted on the wall near the ceiling, I thought?). The photovoltaic inverter and battery storage are located in the attic. I find it hard to believe that there isn’t even room for a utility sink and am very frustrated about missing the chance to have a mudroom. What kind of pipes are supposed to run there? The utility room is on the ground floor next to the carport, with the living room directly adjacent along the upper wall of the plan. Should I just accept these details or is it worth pushing for more information?
Thank you very much for any opinion, even if it’s just to reassure me that I can trust the construction company on this.
i_b_n_a_n schrieb:
Only empty conduits, or does the electrician pull the cables in directly? If not, will you do it yourself? Then good luck pulling them through later 😀
If the attic is an unventilated roof, then distributing LAN in the attic is unfavorable (due to weather conditions and comfort), otherwise it’s "just" a matter of comfort loss. There are definitely enough threads about LAN cabling, just make sure to plan enough outlets 🙂. Only empty conduits, pulling cables through each conduit costs an extra €175, which I wanted to avoid. The attic is fully planned and finished as a living space, insulated to KfW 40+ standard.
Outlets are planned in every room and once per floor on the ceiling. To relate to this thread: also in the utility room, it’s good to stay flexible when reading meter values, and maybe a washing machine will prefer a cable connection over wireless at some point.
hanse987 schrieb:
Then please define the conduit diameter with your electrician. For 2 LAN cables, at least M25. He should also install the conduit with as few sharp bends as possible. The standard is DN25, which should hopefully be enough for twin cables?
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