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Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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02-18-2020, 10:58 AM #1651Registered User
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02-18-2020, 11:00 AM #1652
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02-18-2020, 11:00 AM #1653
Seriously. Are you planning on moving in <12 months? If not, do what you want and fuck the opinion of hypothetical buyers who may or may not be buying your house a decade from now*.
* - statement excludes BDSM dungeons and other truly crazy shit.
It's pretty big stretch to classify replacing a dishwasher as "renovating."
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02-18-2020, 11:04 AM #1654
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02-18-2020, 11:17 AM #1655
Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
I didn’t renovate my kitchen if you had read correctly. Also, even if I had renovated the kitchen, if I planned on staying I would not trash a reliable dishwasher that is easy to replace later.
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02-18-2020, 11:26 AM #1656
A bathtub is useful for many things. First of all, baths. I have a 30's house with an extra deep tub. I love soaking in it. I love it more the older I get. Washing dogs. Washing down sleeping bags. Cialis ads. I went home with a woman once, she changed her mind after we got into her bed. Her friend and my friend were in the living room not changing their minds so I spent the night sleeping in the bathtub. Spent 12 hours driving from the Grand Canyon to Albuquerque in a sub zero blizzard to visit a friend, he was on call, heat off, pipes frozen, warmest place in the house was the bathtub so I got in there in a sleeping bag until the place warmed up. Did I mention baths?
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02-18-2020, 11:31 AM #1657
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02-18-2020, 11:37 AM #1658
That is pretty awesome.
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02-18-2020, 11:41 AM #1659
I'm always amazed that some of these bathrooms appear to be larger than most of the bedrooms in my house. WTF are people doing in these giant bathrooms? It seems such a waste of real estate...
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02-18-2020, 11:41 AM #1660
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02-18-2020, 11:43 AM #1661
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02-18-2020, 01:11 PM #1662
Alright, all things point to the tub being enamled steel and not cast iron. I don't think it makes sense to spend thousands having a new bathroom built around a questionable tub, so I just bought a cast iron tub to replace the current tub.
I know there's hate for tubs these days, but with the master not having a tub the closest tub would be down two flights of stairs in the basement if I were to remove this tub. I can't imagine your average parents being OK with that idea when house shopping.
Last question- I'm replicating the dark gray porceline tile for the floor and white subway tile for wall that my master bathroom has. I'm going to go tub to ceiling tile in the bathtub area. What are the collective's thoughts on doing subway tile halway up the walls outside the tub?
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02-18-2020, 01:19 PM #1663
Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
I don’t think tile outside the tub is necessary or aesthetic. It makes the room look colder which in a way is good for bathroom; certain sterility feel. A piece of art you like on the soft wall will look good. I ran out of stone for my outside walls so just omitted it at the advice of contractor. Happy I did. Sink backsplash maybe add tile.
If you can wire in a wall heater consider it. It’s nice luxury to have warm bathroom.
All the hardware and fixtures were sourced on Craig’s or eBay as used or closeout.
All natural light btw. Bathroom skylights are the bomb.
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02-18-2020, 04:15 PM #1664Registered User
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Nice bathroom photos
Like the dbl tp holder but the reach around to get paper to wipe your ass looks painful should a been on your right by your knees
And yes kevo to the continued wainscot tile. 32 to 36 inches high especially behind the shitter for easy cleaning
Tubs are over rated kids only bath once a week
And fuck the tub who cares about resale unless your dumping the house in a year or two tubs are old people killers and always look up the ada stuff and put blocking in the shower wall for grab bars
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02-18-2020, 04:29 PM #1665
Blocking everywhere. Overkill now but really nice when you need it a few years down the road. And take rough in pics before you close it all up.
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02-18-2020, 06:42 PM #1667Registered User
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On a commercial building I need to move the front door and then remove the tiny front garden (near the front door) in order to put in a parking spot, all to code. I hope to spend 15-20k on labor/material, based on what we have found peeking and poking in the walls, but that number is not including getting an architect bill to draw it all out, as a reference. The contractor I like uses an architect who is a minimum of $5k. Ouch. I get that her time is valuable, she is worth it, yadda yadda. I've never hired an architect though, so any advice on if it's possible to find a decent architect to do a basic job like mine for less than $5k? And by decent I mean simply competent, not the next Frank Gehry. And where the hell do I find a cheaper one without cold-calling a bunch of high-end architects and waste their time? I'm in SLC.
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02-18-2020, 07:50 PM #1668
Not sure why you need an architect, unless he/she is making sure that the design is ADA compliant
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02-18-2020, 08:23 PM #1669
you don't - there's no easy button
just call a bunch of architects that do primarily small commercial and tenant improvements & ask their hourly rates
pick the cheapest one
don't tell them you don't understand or value their services...at least until you've got the permit in hand
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02-18-2020, 08:29 PM #1670
Hoyer lift.
On a serious note--for old people you need either a shower big enough to sit in, preferably without a curb, or a tub--there's a chair that fits half in and half out of the tub that you sit on and slide across into and out of the tub.
Friends of ours--husband has parkinson's, always bad but especially so when your 6'6. They had a handyman install a grab bar. The guy used screw in plastic sheetrock anchors and my friend pulled the thing out of the wall. There appear to be no studs, it's a false wall--a large piece of sheetrock with the only structure being at the ends and top and bottom. Maybe a plumber can stick a scope in there and figure out if there's any other wood behind that sheetrock.
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02-18-2020, 08:34 PM #1671
Bath I built 10 years ago. Georges wife picked it from a K&B magazine. Took over a bedroom and a closet from another bedroom and moved a wall 7" to add to the existing bath to fit it in. Surface Whore installed the handmade tiles ordered from the magazine contact list.
52" soaking tub installed before framing final walls.
Right wall moved 7" over to fit the vanity
Steam Shower
Travertine topped soaking tub finished
Original 5x7' bath houses a dry sauna, bench and robe hooks.
I have house sat several times with my gal and with some cold ipa's and music a good amount of time can be spent in this space.www.apriliaforum.com
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02-18-2020, 08:42 PM #1672Registered User
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02-18-2020, 09:17 PM #1673
That was supposed to be a joke, but it apparently came off as butthurt, so I’m sorry for that
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02-19-2020, 09:46 AM #1674User
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Irul is right. You shouldn't need an architect for this, at least in Utah. The contractor should be able to draw this up and have an engineer stamp it.
Depending on zoning, planning may take issue with the exterior change. Contact your local planning/building dept., but this shouldn't be that complicated.
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02-19-2020, 10:02 AM #1675
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