Save space by ceiling mounting?

Hello!

We are planning a city villa without a basement and just under 130 m². On the ground floor, we have planned a small utility room (HAR) (7.10 m²). The heat exchanger for the local heating, the freezer chest, a refrigerator, the washing machine, the dryer, and possibly a shelf are to be placed here. The controlled residential ventilation was originally intended for the unfinished attic.

Now it is said that this is not easily possible because the attic would then have to be insulated all the way to the peak (which is logical) and it would not be a rafter roof but a more expensive variant would have to be installed. For this reason, the controlled residential ventilation is to be placed in the 7 m² utility room (HAR).

Does anyone know if a ceiling unit can save enough space so that the above-mentioned appliances can remain in the HAR/utility room? A shelf is not a must, as we also have a pantry under the stairs. I don’t want to completely redesign or place the refrigerator and/or freezer chest in the garage.

Best regards

Hello,

Now it is said that this is not possible without further ado, since the storage then has to be insulated up to the peak (which is logical) and it would not be a truss roof but a more expensive variant would have to be installed. For this reason, the controlled residential ventilation is to be included in the 7 m² HAR.

After the contract signing, right?

Does anyone know if a ceiling device can save enough space so that the above-mentioned devices can remain in the HAR/utility room? A shelf is not a must since we still have a pantry under the stairs. I have no desire to completely redesign or to put the fridge and/or freezer in the garage.

What does "ceiling device" mean?

Greetings from the Rhineland

Hi RFR,

like you, I decided on a controlled residential ventilation system after signing. BUT my seller talked me out of it. Then I decided on it again during the shell construction. I insulated the roof for it. Apart from the storage space you have in the roof (of course a cold roof without an attic ladder was also planned), insulating the roof frost-free was not really a problem. I don't know the systems you mentioned, but just the silencers and pipes of my system take up quite a bit of space. I'm glad we did it the way we did!

Hello Perlenmann,

thank you for your response. I had the controlled residential ventilation planned on the attic before signing. The insulation of the apex is not the problem. The problem is the truss roof, which in the case of a hipped roof has many, many, many braces. And because of that, the attic is not usable and therefore a controlled residential ventilation cannot be installed.

Regards
RFR

Hello,

The problem is the binder roof, which has many, many, many struts in a tent roof. And because of that, the attic is not usable and therefore no controlled residential ventilation can be installed.

That is not entirely correct, even with a binder roof construction you have a fairly strut-free space right in the middle

Rhenish regards

I'm just a complete layman, I googled it once
So in the pictures it doesn't really look like a system wouldn't fit in there.