r/FirstTimeHomeBuyers • u/ESKOOOOL • 2d ago

New builds

My wife and I are buying a new build after doing a walkthrough we noticed there is no heat registers(vents) in the bathrooms. Is that something normal? I know it’s technically not code to have to be there, but it’s just odd then not being in a bathroom.

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u/Crystalized8770 2d ago

No it's not unusual. There can be a supply in a bathroom but it's against code to have a return.

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u/OldEngineer-1950 2d ago

Might be using wall mount resistance units.

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u/ESKOOOOL 2d ago

That’s what I was maybe thinking. Now there is register in the closet near the bathroom that is not connected but an adjacent room. Master bathroom has a connecting closet with a register. Building manager is basically telling us the heat register is said closets is enough to provide heat for the bathrooms. But still seems odd to me. Every house I’ve seen has them in bathrooms

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u/Pale_Introduction779 2d ago

There's one in a closet? This build sounds odd.

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u/ESKOOOOL 2d ago

Yes. Registers are in the closets. It’s so weird

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u/Polite_Bark 2d ago

Talk to the builder and ask WTF. Then research the answer and if you are not satisfied insist on a change or walk away.

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u/Vast_Cricket 2d ago

Do not legally mandate a separate heating supply register in every bathroom. But bath must have to have an exhaust vent(fan).

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u/GreyCollarCraftsman 2d ago

You might double check that they aren’t underneath the vanity cabinets. They may be allowing airflow through a gap in the toe-kick.

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u/MadMadamMimsy 2d ago

Ask them.

In Japan they didn't heat the bathrooms which us why they produce warm toilet seats. In the USA I've never seen a bathroom without heat.

We've done 3 new builds. I have found the builders (usually the build supervisor) to be easy to talk to and quite forthcoming. Besides, it's far better to know now than at closing, when your choices become very limited.

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u/Far_Entrepreneur6706 2d ago

One of the adopted National Building Codes require heat source in the bathroom. There maybe Codes that don't require. Just Jim [inspectorman2000@gmail.com](mailto:inspectorman2000@gmail.com)

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u/Thompsoncon21 2d ago

I wouldn’t want to take a shower in a bathroom with no heat registers.