Babenhausen
2020-02-28 08:08:00
- #1
Hello,
my parents-in-law and my wife and I have taken on the big project of dividing a terraced house into one unit for the seniors in the basement and one unit for the juniors with expected offspring on the raised ground floor and attic. The conservatory, guest toilet, laundry room, workshop, heating (in the basement top right), and sauna are used communally.
The attic has a floor area of 74 sqm with a base height of 1.02 m and a roof pitch of 23°, so not much area with a height over 1.8 m results. Access is from the conservatory via an open staircase.
So far, only the supply and wastewater pipes as well as the heating pipes run in the area where I have drawn in the toilet. Except for the chimney, the room is completely open.
Where the pipes come from the basement, we plan our bathroom (our bed is to stand in the bottom right and a work area is to be created on the left). Under the skylight, a bathtub (my wife bathes every other day) is to be installed, and a double washbasin is to be installed on the recessed wall on the right.
This is now supposed to be specifically about the hot water supply.
The easiest way would be to connect the hot water from the basement to the bathtub and washbasin. However, since no circulation pipe is installed, it will probably take forever for warm water to reach the washbasin (the pipe would be about 20 m long).
Therefore, our idea would be to install an electric instantaneous water heater directly on the back of the washbasin (theoretically a small instantaneous water heater would be enough), but continue to take warm water from the basement for the bathtub.
What do you think, which type of hot water supply is most sensible for our purpose?
Best regards from
Babenhausen

my parents-in-law and my wife and I have taken on the big project of dividing a terraced house into one unit for the seniors in the basement and one unit for the juniors with expected offspring on the raised ground floor and attic. The conservatory, guest toilet, laundry room, workshop, heating (in the basement top right), and sauna are used communally.
The attic has a floor area of 74 sqm with a base height of 1.02 m and a roof pitch of 23°, so not much area with a height over 1.8 m results. Access is from the conservatory via an open staircase.
So far, only the supply and wastewater pipes as well as the heating pipes run in the area where I have drawn in the toilet. Except for the chimney, the room is completely open.
Where the pipes come from the basement, we plan our bathroom (our bed is to stand in the bottom right and a work area is to be created on the left). Under the skylight, a bathtub (my wife bathes every other day) is to be installed, and a double washbasin is to be installed on the recessed wall on the right.
This is now supposed to be specifically about the hot water supply.
The easiest way would be to connect the hot water from the basement to the bathtub and washbasin. However, since no circulation pipe is installed, it will probably take forever for warm water to reach the washbasin (the pipe would be about 20 m long).
Therefore, our idea would be to install an electric instantaneous water heater directly on the back of the washbasin (theoretically a small instantaneous water heater would be enough), but continue to take warm water from the basement for the bathtub.
What do you think, which type of hot water supply is most sensible for our purpose?
Best regards from
Babenhausen