Granny flat

hbab2009

Hi,

I received planning permission for a granny flat, I live at home with my parents and the granny flat is going to be down the garden 25 metres from their house.

I plan to have a bath in the flat as my parents don't have one.

Could I get some advice on what I could use to heat the water?

Thanks

Wearb

How are you going to heat the flat?

hbab2009

I suppose that should've been part of my question, how can I both heat the flat and heat the water?

Wearb

Oil, gas, electricity ie heat pump. Did you not have something added for that by your architect?

Esel

I thought a granny flat had to be attached to the main house?

Murph85

How is your parents house heated and hot water from immersion ?

Dtp1979

for the sake of digging up the garden I’d avoid all that. Use electric heaters, and have double immersions heating an A rated cylinder. Regarding the bath, looking a few years into the future a bath isn’t the best thing for the elderly. I’d be putting in a wet room with non slip tiles

sydthebeat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117996393#Comment_117996393

Often is, but if a site is large enough, it may be acceptable to have it detached.

In the vast majority of cases where people want to do this, the sites are not big enough as they would have been original designed as single unit sites

Sleeper12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117996393#Comment_117996393

It does so it's not a granny flat. OP seems to have planning for a separate dwelling/ office

OP, you need to be careful using electric showers, electric heating etc, assuming you are tapping into the main house for power. For example running an electric shower in the house & the flat at the same time will eventually blow the main ESB fuse. They charge around €150 each time this happens

Murph85

I'd go with likes of dafi instantaneous water heater, around 9kw. Will serve the two sink taps and shower....

It's hard to advise without further info...

sydthebeat

If this is being built as a new detached dwelling, it will have to conform with Part L NZEB and be A2 rated.

So the OP will probably be looking at a heat pump regardless

Sleeper12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117996842#Comment_117996842

OP has gone silent for the moment but it won't meet building regulations without its own dedicated power & water supply AFAIK.

Dtp1979

Everyone has gone silent in this new boards 😏