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Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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02-19-2020, 10:07 AM #1676User
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02-19-2020, 10:25 AM #1677one of those sickos
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This is typically how I do things. I have an in house draftsperson who is way cheaper than an architect. I used to know an engineer who would just do a couple of small revisions and then stamp it, but he stopped taking work (prob bc he's like 85). Now I have to wait 3 months for the engineers to call me back like every other schmuck. I've basically stopped taking work that requires engineering because of this bottleneck.
Honestly, this building boom needs to calm the fuck down. I'd be happy to take an income cut for the sustainability of the world.
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02-19-2020, 10:52 AM #1678
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02-19-2020, 10:55 AM #1679
I’ll defer to the locals here who will know better the local development reqts.
But, where I am, draftsmen & engineers rarely crack any zoning that isn’t directly related to structural. Zoning can involve any impacts from district overlays (land use reviews, design review), landscape reqts, urban forestry (tree reqts), parking/loading/bike reqts per occupancy, accessibility (25% for accessibility), etc. This is aside from life safety/occupancy reqts if the project changes walls/doors around. These can stretch out a small reno project if they exist and you end up dealing with them as they percolate out from jurisdictional review. Better to address them holistically in a single submittal to the reviewer.
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02-19-2020, 02:44 PM #1680Registered User
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Thanks ::: :::, I hear ya. If a contractor has to deal with unknown setbacks, tree requirements, safety, building lighting, etc he's charging me for drafting time and research when I could be paying someone who does this shit every day, do it quicker, more accurate, and will hopefully tell me I'm not fucked with all the requirements to re-do a front of a really old building to make it to modern code. Or this is just the voice of inexperience guessing wrong here, as usual.
And to everyone else: I thought my city (SSLC, technically not SLC) required an architect to sign off, sounds like I need to give City Hall a call first. Just at the pre-planning stage here...thanks for insight.
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02-19-2020, 02:57 PM #1682User
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I’d be really surprised if SSLC has some architect requirement that is more restrictive than state rules. Spend five minutes on the phone talking to a planner, you may be in a zone that has lax requirements. Also ask if they do over the counter permit reviews. It’s likely this is a two dept. (bldg and planning) review and doesn’t need a full submittal.
For bonus points, tell them their new homeless shelter has created this need for a new door due to number of homeless hanging around. Then ask for grant money for the change.
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02-19-2020, 04:50 PM #1683Good-lookin' wool
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Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
Who here has a urinal in their house?
My wife has a week long business trip in a few months and I’m thinking about putting one in while she’s gone so I don’t have to hear about how bad an idea it is. It’s a total roll of the dice whether I will be sleeping next to it after doing this. My buddy has a urinal and it’s glorious. I can only pee in so many sinks.
I also want to be able to add urinal cakes to the shopping list without it being a joke.
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02-19-2020, 04:53 PM #1684
I don't, but I don't know why more homes aren't built with them.
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02-19-2020, 04:54 PM #1685Funky But Chic
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Get one of the no-flush ones and sell it as saving the planet.
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02-19-2020, 04:59 PM #1686
pretend you're installing a walk-in shower...
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02-19-2020, 05:36 PM #1689Funky But Chic
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Can you get sick drinkin piss?
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02-19-2020, 06:42 PM #1691Funky But Chic
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These pretzels are making me thirsty.
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02-19-2020, 06:44 PM #1692
Do it.
Buddy's dad had one in his hangar, I don't know why they aren't more common. I'd have added one if my bathroom had more space. I don't think you need to go for the no flush option for home use.
That guys bathroom setup is where I got the idea for an amnesty toilet, but the practical details are tricky. I've been pushing my parents to do it when they redo one of the bathrooms+laundry area
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02-19-2020, 09:26 PM #1693
I’m planning on putting a urinal in the garage. Hidden in a cabinet.
Don’t go flushless, they have to be cleaned more often.... because they don’t flush..... not an issue in a commercial setting with a janitorial service.... but obvious issues at home with a wife...
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02-20-2020, 12:31 AM #1694Registered User
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Isnt the bathtub the home urinal?
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02-20-2020, 01:51 AM #1695Registered User
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That's something I should have added upstairs. Theres plenty of room next to the shitter to do it.
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03-01-2020, 11:04 PM #1698
bathroom remodel - mostly down to studs (need to tear out some subfloor due to leak). Q: just tear it all out or is leaving in some old drywall fine. I've hung and done m&t on new construction but not on a partial, easier to be all new?
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03-01-2020, 11:15 PM #1699one of those sickos
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My drywall guy always thinks I'm dumb for trying to save any. For an average sized bath, unless you're not touching an entire wall, pull it all down. It will be less expensive and give you a better outcome than trying to piece it together. If you can leave a wall in corner to corner, leave it.
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03-01-2020, 11:20 PM #1700
I'd pull it all down if only to stuff sound insulation in the walls so people can't hear you blowing up the toilet.
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