Floor Plan
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Just catching up. The floorplans have changed so damn much it's hard to keep up.
Big improvement on ROI going from 3B to 4B.Can always finish a room in the basement.
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Cliffs Notes: The layout sucks
Revision 19, plus a first pass at the second floor.
Changed the master bath water closet and small closet area when I realized that I couldn't incorporate that "closet" area into the master bed due to the width being too wide to support floor joists above unless there is a beam, and I just don't think that would look good.
Corrected a math error on the steps, which makes them a lot more friendly to the plan.
Second floor was originally intended to have a single bath at top of steps, but that would put the bath right over the main kitchen island and I'm not keen on having to pipe the toilet waste 6' horizontal. Drew it with two ensuite baths where drains would be against outside walls. Not exactly sure how much that'll impact the cost. I'm thinking $5-8k, but maybe less. Dormers are drawn at 3', but I think they need to be 4' to accommodate a 30" window.
Could make the left upstairs bedroom into two rooms with a shared bath, but we don't currently need 3BR so I'm leaning towards just having more space. Could also be a second floor master and is in fact larger than the master bedroom, though not when you consider the full suite.
Changed the master bath water closet and small closet area when I realized that I couldn't incorporate that "closet" area into the master bed due to the width being too wide to support floor joists above unless there is a beam, and I just don't think that would look good.
Corrected a math error on the steps, which makes them a lot more friendly to the plan.
Second floor was originally intended to have a single bath at top of steps, but that would put the bath right over the main kitchen island and I'm not keen on having to pipe the toilet waste 6' horizontal. Drew it with two ensuite baths where drains would be against outside walls. Not exactly sure how much that'll impact the cost. I'm thinking $5-8k, but maybe less. Dormers are drawn at 3', but I think they need to be 4' to accommodate a 30" window.
Could make the left upstairs bedroom into two rooms with a shared bath, but we don't currently need 3BR so I'm leaning towards just having more space. Could also be a second floor master and is in fact larger than the master bedroom, though not when you consider the full suite.
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The new studor vents are actually key. They are nothing like the old ones. We've had to use them in certain venting applications and got extremely strict jurisdictions to approve them with a sample sent including cutsheets.
Ardvark
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Not sure how you are wasting so much space. But you should have more stuff in 900 sqft
Could make the left upstairs bedroom into two rooms with a shared bath, but we don't currently need 3BR so I'm leaning towards just having more space. Could also be a second floor master and is in fact larger than the master bedroom, though not when you consider the full suite.
My addition is 1168 and has 3 bedrooms large bathroom, dining room and pantry
Based on that description, I'd assume your rooms are dramatically smaller and not even remotely open between them.
Revision 20: Dormer on garage was not centered. Now using as toilet area. Actually need to open it up a bit wider to match the ones on the main roof as I've drawn in revision 2 of the second floor.
Revision 2 Upstairs: Didn't make sense to have such large bedrooms. Really did seem wasted. Split it into three rooms with two full baths, one that is shared between two rooms. Much better use of space. The issue I see is that the rear bedroom doesn't have a window. Might actually work better for an office, but probably wouldn't make sense to have the large shared bath with independent sinks per room. Need to think on that some. Might actually make sense to add a couple rear dormers, but that again adds cost.
Has to have a window to be considered a bedroom.
exactly, must have egress
Technically it does have a second egress through the bath. Figure the bath will have a couple side windows as well. Would have to rearrange a bit to fit a second dormer on the other side of the back, but that may be the thing to do. Could also have a small shed dormer on that side alone I suppose.
Thinking the left bath can be shrunk substantially towards the front, lose the second toilet & sink, and expand the rear bedroom to the side so it has windows on the side of the house. Can still share the bath, but would cut the cost down and solve the window problem without a rear dormer. I'd like to keep the rear roof intact for possible future solar uses.
edit: I could be wrong, but I really don't think a room has to have an emergency egress unless it's a bedroom. If I call it an office or play room, it's good to go.
edit: I could be wrong, but I really don't think a room has to have an emergency egress unless it's a bedroom. If I call it an office or play room, it's good to go.
Ardvark
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It has to have a huge ass window also I want to say 3ft by 5ft. You're better off calling it an office on the plans. I had to replace 3 windows because I thought the Sq inches was for the whole window but it is just for the bottom half
Also your first floor bedroom make sure the windows in th rest of the house look ok next to the big bedroom one
Also your first floor bedroom make sure the windows in th rest of the house look ok next to the big bedroom one
