It's not about redesigning the house but about having the door to the WC open outwards. This then conflicts with the front door in the floor plan, but both doors are actually never open at the same time.
It's not about redesigning the house but about having the door to the WC open outwards. That then conflicts with the front door in this floor plan, but both doors are actually never open at the same time.
Why not? With several people, someone can always coincidentally come into the house while someone else is coming out of the toilet. And in the warmer season, the front door might sometimes stay open a bit longer. That means you always have to be very careful opening both doors. I wouldn't do it that way. Or rather, despite a tiny guest WC, we have the door opening inwards.
It's not about redesigning the house but about opening the door to the WC outwards. This then conflicts with the front door in the floor plan, but both doors are actually never open at the same time.
We had the same with our first house. We thought a lot about the door situation and ultimately decided on it despite the possible collision problem because that allowed a shower to fit into the guest WC and made the WC more comfortable and better usable. In over 10 years, nothing has ever happened, even with children. However, in our case, regardless of the door situation, the front door is never left wide open for an extended period.
if it was actually built exactly as shown in post #42 – that is, with insulation and facing bricks seamless over the joint line – then your house separation joint in the quasi "party wall" would be nonsense and there would still be effective sound bridges (?)