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Today the heating pipes were laid. Looks good! The general contractor's inspector was also here and says, all good!

Tomorrow the screed will probably be laid.

Something from your construction site.
I'm glad.

Did the expert say anything about the water?

Looks good!

Is it "standard" that these ugly boxes are surface-mounted?

I already thought it was annoying in our place that these steel covers were in the wall. Luckily, we were able to position both distributors (discussed with the architect beforehand) so that they disappear behind 2 doors - of course INSIDE the wall.

Such a block in the room is just awful.

By the way: In the hallway, the hoses could have been distributed a bit better instead of being all squeezed to the right and then having space on the left. (But probably no one will notice this during operation.)

Did the expert say anything about the water?

He said that the roofing work urgently needs to be completed. This was initially omitted because the scaffolding is still standing. And if something falls off during the dismantling of the scaffolding, then all the work was for nothing. But now they have no other choice. Yesterday, the roofer still applied a layer of cement or something similar to the corner at the floor where the garage roof meets the house wall, but today it was already cracked horizontally from front to back. We now assume that the water intrusion came purely through the unfinished garage roof and the unfinished garage roof drainage.

Is it "standard" for these ugly surface-mounted boxes to be installed?

I assume so. We have moved very often and did not know it any other way. But it doesn’t bother us. Recessed installation probably won't work either where an exterior wall is involved, because the exterior wall must not be affected if it is not a KS wall with ETICS but one with Poroton bricks.

Is it "standard" that these ugly boxes are installed surface-mounted?

I already thought it was annoying in our place that these steel covers were built into the wall. Luckily, we were able to position both distributors (discussed with the architect beforehand) so that they disappear behind 2 doors – of course INSIDE the wall.

Such a block in the room is just terrible.

Btw:
In the hallway, the hoses could have been distributed a bit better, instead of pressing them all to the right and then having space on the left. (But probably no one will notice during operation.)

We intentionally have a distributor surface-mounted because all around are load-bearing walls and it is anyway a technical/storage room. The space in front of the distributor is useless anyway, whether flush-mounted or surface-mounted.

That may be all true. But in the planning, you can take that into consideration. You can wonderfully plan those things behind doors on interior walls. Nothing can stand behind the doors anyway – so why additionally take up space with such a box in another place?? I don’t understand (With all other things/plans, you also pay attention to space/paths etc., and suddenly it doesn’t matter there? Strange)

In the technical room it really doesn't matter. At least to me. Appearance is irrelevant there and not worth a single euro.