Vestibule removal
We decided to remove the vestibule (and yes it’s our primary entrance). Watch this space…..

david-lewis
in Doors & Windows 6 years and 2 months ago
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JPDA | 7 years and 7 months ago
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Removing the vestibule and opening up the living room is one of the great advantages to a doing a Passive House renovation. With a conventional building and historic or typical contemporary doors, you will most certainly have some drafts from the outside. If this isn’t your primary entrance, then go ahead and get rid of them. If it’s your front door, make sure you have somewhere to put your wet boots and umbrellas!

dorkofwindsor | 7 years and 7 months ago
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1) Draft city with an open floor plan. I live it every day. We want vestibule back.
2) Initial Mudroom for the nasty storms, wet smelly shoes. Those wet shoes really stink up the entire front of the house w/o a vestibule…
3) Moths! You can put some moth traps up high by the vestibule light and catch many of them that wait on your door until you open it. We are inundated with moths (live by the park)
edit: forgot to add that without vestibule we have wood floors. So that means rug. A rug that needs replacing every 6 months it gets so nasty. So consider keeping the tile if you do remove vestibule.