Khullx1
2017-06-03 20:36:25
- #1
The apartment building in which we purchased an apartment is currently under construction. The current plan is that there will be a laundry room in the basement, where each apartment has a space for its own washing machine/dryer. In addition, connections for a washing machine and dryer were planned in the storage room of our apartment, as we wanted the machines inside the apartment. Now the electrician, who apparently is also on the council of the local housing cooperative, has pointed out to us that we definitely should not place the washing machines in the small storage room. Mainly because of moisture and the risk of mold. The storage room has shell construction dimensions of about 1.5m x 1.55m, so 2.33 sqm. There is supposed to be a fan installed there, but he still sees it critically because there will also be "technology" in the room (the apartment’s network cabling comes together there, etc., and the fuse box is also in that room).
Now our question: How problematic is the moisture issue? And if the washing machines really should not be placed in the storage room, could they somehow be placed sensibly in the bathroom? There would not need to be a washer/dryer stack, but rather we would more likely use a washer-dryer combo that has both washing machine and dryer in one unit.
This is the current bathroom layout:

And this would be an idea from us with the washing machine in the bathroom... but here the question would also be whether this "works" or is rather not sensible?

It should be noted that the dimensions of the red walls around the shower remain the same as in the current plan (i.e. 1.52m instead of 1.42m and 45cm instead of 55cm), here they are just "old." Also, hopefully, the bathtub would be oriented the other way so that one looks into the room and not at the wall.
In addition, we would make the pre-wall only about 1.50m long at the sink and have no pre-wall for the washing machine, if that is somehow possible. The water connections for the washing machine would then come out sideways from the pre-wall so the washing machine could be pushed further back.
Now our question: How problematic is the moisture issue? And if the washing machines really should not be placed in the storage room, could they somehow be placed sensibly in the bathroom? There would not need to be a washer/dryer stack, but rather we would more likely use a washer-dryer combo that has both washing machine and dryer in one unit.
This is the current bathroom layout:
And this would be an idea from us with the washing machine in the bathroom... but here the question would also be whether this "works" or is rather not sensible?
It should be noted that the dimensions of the red walls around the shower remain the same as in the current plan (i.e. 1.52m instead of 1.42m and 45cm instead of 55cm), here they are just "old." Also, hopefully, the bathtub would be oriented the other way so that one looks into the room and not at the wall.
In addition, we would make the pre-wall only about 1.50m long at the sink and have no pre-wall for the washing machine, if that is somehow possible. The water connections for the washing machine would then come out sideways from the pre-wall so the washing machine could be pushed further back.