ᐅ Structural opening size for the door to the utility room

Created on: 29 Nov 2019 17:29
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Oakland
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Oakland
29 Nov 2019 17:29
How wide does the rough opening for the utility room door need to be to allow both the boiler and hot water tank to fit through? This concerns a single-family house.
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Scout
29 Nov 2019 21:37
88.5 cm (35 inches) should be enough. This results in a clear passage width of nearly 82 cm (32 inches).
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ypg
29 Nov 2019 23:27
Uh... now I'm a bit confused. See, the architect and so on...
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Oakland
29 Nov 2019 23:55
ypg schrieb:

Uh... now I'm a bit confused. See architect and so on...

Exactly: "architect" and so on...

He said that the equipment wouldn’t fit through a 76mm (3 inches) structural opening and therefore wanted to plan part of the wall to the guest room using drywall. I took a look at water storage tanks and similar items and found that they are about 65cm (26 inches) wide, so they should fit through the door, right?
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kbt09
30 Nov 2019 07:55
Well, if the appliances are already 65cm (26 inches) wide, there might be brackets around them to make carrying easier, and fingers holding them also need some space. A shell construction of 76cm (30 inches) means a maximum finished width of 71cm (28 inches).

I also find that too narrow.

Is the washing machine also located there? Getting a laundry basket through the door can then be quite tight.
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Scout
30 Nov 2019 08:10
The large AAA+ freezers from Bosch Siemens also do not fit through 76cm (30 inch) doors—at most, just once, during the shell construction phase.