2024-07-30

The third season of the “Dream Yiju” home renovation project was jointly initiated by the century old water purification professional brand – Yikou Water Purification and PChouse Pacific Home Furnishings Network. The second phase of the dream journey came to Rachel and her husband’s home in Shanghai.

How can a 100 square meter old house be revitalized, perfectly realizing Rachel and her six cats’ happy expectations of living comfortably together, and improving the overall water quality and health of the house? Come with us to uncover the truth!

[Basic Project Information]

Type: Renovation of old houses

Area: 100 square meters

City: Xuhui District, Shanghai

Owners: Rachel and her husband

Designer: Wang Linpeng

Owner’s demand:

1: Transforming the layout of the house, optimizing spatial functions and flow lines, and improving space utilization efficiency;

2: Add “cat friendly design” to make cats live more comfortably at home;

3: Build a whole house water purification system to improve the quality of drinking water and water for the whole family.

Customized renovation plan

01

Adjusting the spatial pattern; Function optimization

Renovation plan layout diagram

【 Expanding the living room 】: Connecting the living room and balcony, removing old sliding doors, and changing curved door openings to incorporate the original independent balcony into the living room area. This not only expands the living room space, but also makes it more spacious and provides better lighting.

Before and after renovation

【 Add a dressing room 】: Remove the infrequently used bathroom in the master bedroom and transform it into a dressing room to expand the owner’s storage space. A one door to top wardrobe will fully meet the dressing and hat storage needs of both husband and wife.

Before renovation

after renovation

Before and after renovation

Improving the kitchen and dining environment: Cooperate with the homeowner’s habit of rarely cooking, drinking coffee, and eating Western style breakfast. Simplify the kitchen area, open double door openings, and add island tables, sideboards, etc. in the restaurant to create an open dining area, which not only improves space utilization but also better fits the daily life flow of the homeowner couple.

Before and after renovation

Before and after renovation

After the renovation, the integrated design of LDK (Guest Kitchen Kitchen) connects the balcony, living room, dining room, and kitchen, greatly improving the spatial layout and utilization of the home. The continuous flow also makes the daily life of the owner’s family more convenient and comfortable; The lighting and ventilation have also been improved synchronously, making the overall visual experience more open and transparent.

The renovated living room space

02

Cat friendly design

Create cat climbing frames, cat holes, etc., and increase the freedom of cat movement in details

Integrating cat friendly design into spatial details, incorporating settings related to cats’ daily activities into the entire home space. Set up a huge cat climbing frame in the area connecting the living room and balcony, set up an area below the dining island where pet automatic feeders and water dispensers can be placed, purchase a coffee table that can serve as a cat bed, a cat scratching board that also functions as a seat, etc., to achieve comfortable cohabitation between the homeowner couple and their cats.

Cat friendly design

Opening cat holes for free entry and exit: There are openings on the walls of the bedroom and living room, as well as on the doors of several rooms, allowing cats to move freely throughout the house according to their usual movement patterns.

03

Plan and install a whole house water purification system

Professional services throughout the entire lifecycle to enhance water health and quality of life for the whole family

Compared to ordinary single water purification products, whole house water purification can achieve systematic and progressive filtration and scientific and reasonable distribution, taking into account the cleanliness and comfort of household water, ensuring that every water used in the home is purified at different levels, and solving the problem of drinking water and water for homeowners and their pets living together throughout the house. After on-site investigation and scientific evaluation by professional engineers from Yikou, as well as repeated communication with the owner and designer, it was finally agreed to adopt the Yikou product combination of pre filtration, central water purification, central soft water, and end of pipe direct drinking, to build a whole house water solution.

Pre planning of waterways: Installing a whole house water purification system involves the location of water usage points throughout the house, as well as the positioning and pre embedding of pipelines. Therefore, starting from the hard installation stage, it is necessary to plan specific waterway renovations in advance. The overall layout of the water pipeline is designed based on the characteristics of the house layout, taking into account the daily drinking and walking routes of the homeowner couple and cats, as well as the functional arrangement of spaces such as meals and bathrooms.

After careful design and planning, the pre filter was installed at the tap water inlet gate in the public water meter box to perform primary filtration on the tap water entering the household. After the initial filtered water enters the house, it is further purified by the central water purifier under the cabinet, and then divided into two paths. One path leads to the central water softener for softening, ensuring the use of soft water for all water related appliances and equipment in the house and avoiding the troubles of subsequent water stains and scale; The other route leads to the end drinking machine, ensuring the safety and cleanliness of daily water and drinking water in the kitchen. In addition, a separate direct drinking waterway is designed to connect to the bar faucet on the island of the restaurant, improving the convenience of water intake and drinking.

Revised waterway planning

Usually, installing whole house water purification equipment requires a separate “equipment room”. But Rachel’s family lacks such basic conditions due to limited space. Thanks to Yikou’s rich product line and a variety of sizes of product models, as well as the professional skills of Yikou’s water purification installation team, the 4-piece set consisting of Yikou pre filter ESF105-M, Yunzuan central water purifier 710WHF, Yunzuan central water softener 710ECM, and Yunzuan full kitchen dual outlet water purifier ERO615-3 was successfully installed in the limited space of the cabinet. Not only is it convenient for device management, but it also optimizes pipeline layout, allowing each device to fully utilize its functions and leaving some operating space. It is also very convenient for owners to add soft water salt themselves in the later stage, and the remaining space is still reserved for daily storage use.

【 Product Installation 】 Building a whole house water purification system not only requires reliable waterway planning and high-quality products, but also professional installation and responsible service for the entire life cycle of water purification equipment. Therefore, professional matters need to be entrusted to professional brands and professionals. In this renovation, Yikou not only demonstrated reliable product quality, but also provided meticulous and attentive installation services. The installation technicians dressed neatly, provided shoe covers, tested water pressure, and other professional services, which received unanimous praise from designer Wang Linpeng and the owner couple. The Yikou brand’s after-sales service throughout the entire life cycle, including maintenance, replacement of filter elements and media, also ensured that the owner could use it with peace of mind.

Yikou engineer comes to the door

installation site

Real scene record after installation

【 Installation Effect 】 At Rachel’s house, a pre filter is installed at the main tap water gate in the public water meter box to perform primary filtration on the incoming tap water. After the initial filtered water enters the house, it is further purified by the central water purifier under the cabinet, and then divided into two paths. One path leads to the central water softener for softening, meeting the needs of the shower room, toilet, and washing machine on the balcony of the two bathrooms, ensuring the use of soft water throughout the house; The other route leads to the end drinking machine, ensuring safe, healthy, and sweet tasting drinking water for homeowners and cats. Especially the bar faucet on the island in the restaurant, and the automatic water dispensers for the six cats at home are placed below, making it very convenient for homeowners to receive and pour water, comprehensively improving the quality of life in their new home.

Yikou central water softener provides comfortable soft water for the whole house

Yikou End Drinking Machine provides fresh and sweet drinking water for homeowners and cats

Now, Rachel and her husband have embarked on a comfortable new life with cats in their delicate and elegant new home. Next, which city will be visited in the third season and third issue of “Dream Home · Good Water and Good Life”, and which lucky homeowner will be helped to set sail for their dreams and record a brand new renovation diary? Stay tuned!