Mechanical room ideas

Tips and related code for designing a safe and efficient HVAC mechanical room, where some of a house's most expensive components live.

Mechanical room

Functional Looking Mechanical Room | Sometimes the service spaces in a building are really fascinating and quite beautiful. What if they were more visible to the served spaces? I could see all that copper piping as being quite the art statement!

Heavily insulated compartment for the hot water tanks. ©2011 Jens Gerbitz www.seeing256.com

Mechanical room

15K likes, 614 comments - risingerbuild on January 10, 2024: "This house was designed by @stevenbaczekarchitect and I love this mechanical room with @moeninc electronic shower valves easily accessible! If you have ever pulled a thermostatic valve out of a finished shower to clean a clogged screen ( I had scale issues at my old house) you’ll know why I think this should be the future. Easy to service or frankly replace or upgrade in the future. No need to pull trims or worry about tile…

DPC Diamond Plate in mechanical room for cleaner look

One persistent problem during the process of planning out the basement was the enormous space devoted to the mechanical area. We have a hot water heater, a giant and ancient boiler powering our rad…