The East Mechanical room will be congested.  Yes, making it look simple will be complex and difficult.

East Mechanical Room

Many of the systems in our house will be in the East Mechanical room.  For example, we have the following:

• Power inverters for the solar panels on the roof.
• Breaker panel for east side of house (main and lower level).
• Whole-house water filtering system.
• Sewage ejector system for lower level.

We want the layout of the two mechanicals rooms to anticipate the space requirements for the various components that will be located in these rooms.

Heating electrical conduit so it curves smoothly and gracefully.

Electric Service and Breaker Panels

Meeting the functional requirements for our solar system translating those into a robust physical layout and placement of the components took some planning.  We want to embed the panels and infrastructure in our 10 inch concrete walls to reduce the visible conduit and pipes in the East Mechanical room. (more…)