House connection planning and technical room in the basement

Hello everyone,

I have a general question about the house connections. Ideally, one should bring them into the house as close to the street as possible, right? Are there any disadvantages if the technical room is located elsewhere? We are planning with a basement. The street runs to the east. The technical room is in the west. Would it theoretically be possible to bring water and electricity in from the northeast corner and also place the electrical panel where the sink is currently marked? Is there enough space here? And put the heating with buffer, controlled residential ventilation, etc., all in the technical room? Or would it make more sense to redesign the basement floor plan?

Thanks and best regards

I have "very far" from the street technology. This is located in a separate technical room attached to the house on the north side, the street is to the south. The total distance is almost 30m. Costs are higher, suppliers usually include a few meters in the flat rate dinr, the rest costs extra per meter. This can possibly be a few thousand!

We have discussed the position and space requirements with the trades in advance (planning). Of course, something changed during construction, but by and large I would do it the same way again. Feel free to ask your waterworks and the network operator, they do provide good information. In some places, there are certain regulations that can change the space requirements (water meter only allowed to be installed horizontally or vertically, distance to the house connection box above/below, etc.)

P.S. What do the architect, electrician, and plumber say about this? Also let them talk to each other! (if only that would always work ;-) )

Every meter costs, so keep it short. Our water supplier also wants an additional shaft from 20m, which then costs money again. Fortunately, despite the little extension for the driveway, I still stay just under that. And regardless of the costs... if possible, you want to minimize building over the connections in case you ever have to access them. Going all the way around the house is also rather mediocre.

If possible, one wants to build over the connections as little as possible

… Or one is not allowed to do it at all

I have technology "very far" from the street. It is located in a separate technical room adjoining the house on the north side, the street is on the south. The total distance is almost 30m. Costs are higher, utilities usually include a few meters in the flat rate, the rest costs extra per meter. This can be a few thousand in some cases!

We discussed the position and space requirements with the trades in advance (planning). Of course, something changed during construction, but by and large I would do it the same way again. Feel free to ask your water works and the network operator, they do provide good information. In some places, there are certain regulations that can change the space requirements (water meter only allowed to be installed horizontally or vertically, distance to the house connection box above/below, etc.)

P.S. What do the architect, electrician and plumber say about it? Also let them talk to each other! (if only that would always work ;-) )

They haven't said anything about it yet, we're not that far along;-)

Ok then I already know. But basically, is it possible to enter the house connections elsewhere and from there into the technical room? That should actually work. Then the fuse box is just somewhere else, but that doesn't matter, right?

In principle, it "doesn't matter," however, you must ensure the appropriate distances & work areas – since there are also "Hausanschlussnischen" (approx. 90 cm wide x 200 cm high x 30 cm deep), there would theoretically be space there – the door might need to be moved, but it should be possible. Basically, it would be very sensible to keep the media as short as possible, and as others have already mentioned, avoid building over them as much as possible.

However, you need to check to what extent the electrical wiring can then be routed there without problems (pay attention to ceiling penetrations, etc.) and secondly, you or your planner need to consider how the TW lines can be routed sensibly.

If I were you, I would generally consider whether you want to place the heat pump + ventilation unit directly in the [Einliegerwohnung]. Although the devices are not extremely loud, and during installation the sound decoupling should be implemented as perfectly as possible, they still don’t operate completely without noise. I also think that’s why it would be better if you have the technical room where "Waschen" is now, because then you have everything related to [Hausanschluss] & technology compactly together.