Planning consultation for facade and ventilation shaft

Hello everyone,

we have decided to build a detached villa in solid construction. We are in the final stages of planning and are still discussing the following points:

1) Alternating facade plaster/brick or continuous brick
We have decided on the facing brick Alt Berlin in NF with a dark joint. The windows will also be anthracite on the outside. Without an alternating facade, we expect a rather modern look. What is your opinion? What advantages would an alternating facade have?

2) Ventilation shaft in the bedroom
In the current design plan, the ventilation duct runs in the corner of the bedroom on the upper floor. Directly below is the utility room with the ventilation system. The planner says the duct will be well insulated. Does anyone have experience with ventilation ducts in the bedroom?

Thanks in advance for your opinions!

Best regards Ingo

Hello everyone,

2) Ventilation shaft in the bedroom
In the current draft plan, the ventilation duct runs in the corner of the bedroom on the upper floor. Directly below it is the utility room with the ventilation system. The planner says the duct will be well insulated. Does anyone have experience with ventilation ducts in the bedroom?
Ingo

Yes, we do. Not recommended. It is insulated and dampened many times over for us, still noisy. But what is loud to us is hardly audible to others,... So very subjective, depending on how well you hear.

No, in the bedroom it is really bad, no matter how well it is insulated, it will be the main duct and that is loud... in the bedroom only supply air, nothing else

1) Alternating facade plaster/brick or continuous brick We have decided on the facing brick Alt Berlin in NF with a dark joint. The windows will also be anthracite from the outside. Without alternating facade, we expect a quite modern look. What is your opinion? What advantages would an

Do you mean a mixed facade? In your case with white plaster? Your stone (I googled it once) is one of the few I really like I think it’s great with the plaster combination.

Nevertheless, a mixed facade should have no advantages – at best optical ones... you simply work with two different wall constructions, and that can lead to problems.

Layman’s opinion!

Hello everyone,
thank you very much for your opinions!

Regarding the ventilation duct in the bedroom:
Sometimes you just need a confirmation of your own opinion. So we will swap bathroom and cloakroom with the utility room on the ground floor --> done!

Regarding the facade:
We have deliberately chosen the Alt Berlin clinker brick from Hagemeister. It simply looks great even under different lighting conditions. Fully clad or alternating facade from the middle of the upper floor (with white plaster) costs the same with our construction company. At the transition from the clinker brick to the plaster facade, a zinc sheet parapet cover would be installed.

The little devil on my shoulder says: The combination could look too dark:
Alt Berlin clinker brick (continuous), anthracite windows, anthracite front door system, black/anthracite roof gutter,
+ garage next to it with Alt Berlin clinker and anthracite sectional door

The little angel says: Very nice modern look, maybe it can be pimped up with a wooden element in the front door! Also probably no problems with the parapet cover and maintenance of the white plaster areas.

I must admit that I have a crush on a house that has a similar combination but a roof with almost no overhang....

Bring on your opinions

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