SAnAH
2012-06-03 15:41:32
- #1
Hello *,
we are at the beginning of the house planning and would like to have a pantry for vegetables, fruit, cakes, drinks, etc.
In my opinion, integrating this into the highly insulated building envelope is not sensible, since the room on the one hand would probably not stay particularly cool or, if it does (e.g. through additional cooling?), I would get condensation on the walls inside the room due to cooler interior walls and warmer walls of the other rooms—right?
Therefore, the idea was to "add" the pantry, about 5-6m2, outside the insulated envelope.
There should be direct access from the kitchen to this room (through a door that is otherwise always closed), a second door in the room itself allows access from the garage/carport for easy storage of purchased goods.
We are aware that 2 doors also mean less space.
It is also often recommended not to use concrete as the floor, but the earth, in order to regulate the room humidity accordingly.
So I would only lay a foundation for the walls here, and cover the rest with ???, so that the existing soil moisture can regulate well there.
Are my considerations sensible/feasible (without huge effort) or what do you think about it?
Should I connect the room to the planned ventilation system or would a ventilation opening at the top suffice here (topic winter)?
Oh yes, it is to be a passive house, construction type "Holz-Lego" Steko with cellulose interior insulation (blown into the "stones") as well as probably wood fiber soft boards as exterior insulation.
The room faces north.
SAnAH
we are at the beginning of the house planning and would like to have a pantry for vegetables, fruit, cakes, drinks, etc.
In my opinion, integrating this into the highly insulated building envelope is not sensible, since the room on the one hand would probably not stay particularly cool or, if it does (e.g. through additional cooling?), I would get condensation on the walls inside the room due to cooler interior walls and warmer walls of the other rooms—right?
Therefore, the idea was to "add" the pantry, about 5-6m2, outside the insulated envelope.
There should be direct access from the kitchen to this room (through a door that is otherwise always closed), a second door in the room itself allows access from the garage/carport for easy storage of purchased goods.
We are aware that 2 doors also mean less space.
It is also often recommended not to use concrete as the floor, but the earth, in order to regulate the room humidity accordingly.
So I would only lay a foundation for the walls here, and cover the rest with ???, so that the existing soil moisture can regulate well there.
Are my considerations sensible/feasible (without huge effort) or what do you think about it?
Should I connect the room to the planned ventilation system or would a ventilation opening at the top suffice here (topic winter)?
Oh yes, it is to be a passive house, construction type "Holz-Lego" Steko with cellulose interior insulation (blown into the "stones") as well as probably wood fiber soft boards as exterior insulation.
The room faces north.
SAnAH