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Bris' basement, that's what we call it although it's not undergound at all. It's the first floor of her three floor townhouse. Behind the garage is an unfinished room and the plan is to finish it off - including a bathroom.
In the plan above, we are closing off a walkthrough from the garage, opening the hall to the new room and putting a door in the hall at the stairs end - in addition to making the room and bath.
Bris' basement, that's what we call it although it's not undergound at all. It's the first floor of her three floor townhouse. Behind the garage is an unfinished room and the plan is to finish it off - including a bathroom. In the plan above, we are closing off a walkthrough from the garage, opening the hall to the new room and putting a door in the hall at the stairs end - in addition to making the room and bath. We got started last Monday.
This is the ceiling of the garage, but it was exactly the same in the new room. Bri and Chris started taking it down because we're going to need lots of access for the new electrical and plumbing.
Here's the ceiling in the new room. The drywall had been screwed into those flimsy metal brackets. A good secton of the brackets came down with the drywall so we removed all of them.
Sue and Bri broke all the drywall down and filled up my heavy duty trash bags.
Oh, did I forget to mention that it was ten degrees out in the morning and never got above freezing? Here's Bri all bundled up handling one of the heavy bags full of drywall.
Drapes over the connector to the garage kept in the heat from Bri's heater and lights. The missing drywall on the left is where the hall will enter the room. We'll open that up completely at the same time we close up the garage connector.
We started off construction with the back wall.
Then we added the far wall over by the bathroom.
Here we filled up the connector, leaving out the center stud until we close it up.
Where the block wall ended, Bri decided she wanted a half wall. It will make a nice shelf space when done.
Here's the plumbing for the bath. It caused us lots of headaches trying to decide how it should be used. Plan #1 was a corner shower stall, toilet in the opposite corner and the vanity in the upper left. That resulted in a cramped floorplan and still took about 7-8 feet away from the width of the new room. In the end we decided on a tub to the left, a toilet next to it and the vanity off to the upper right. That only uses 5.5 feet of space in width with the longer dimension only cutting into the entry area space.
The pipe for the vanity had broken off way earlier. I'll re-attach it and run the line past the toilet to the far right where we're now putting the vanity.
Then Bri asked that we move the door to here from the shortened entry area side, so we did. Bri was on hand to help out and direct through Wednesday.
Bri put up a packing blanket over the connector entrance to help hold in more heat. It worked well, except for the floor. It was still freezing and all our toes and feet forgot what it was like to be warm. Around here Chris got caught away from home in the ice storm and spent the night in an unheated trailer. Kim had problems getting home too, but she made it after walking the last few hundred yards. Good thing our commute to Bri's is under a mile!
After the framing I started the electrical. Here I opened up the wall of the garage to run the three new circuits back to the new room. The only issue was getting the wiring up into the ceiling at the end of this run so it could access the new room.
The electrical went in with few problems after that.
The main lighting switches will be just inside of the new hall entry.
With the electrical in, Sue added the insulation. We added more in the spaces above the wall around the outside of the room. We could see light from the outside up there in some places. I added wood and foam sealant to those spots first.
This is the hall that will open up to the new room at the far end. The exercise gear will come down and a new door will go there. I'll finish up the trim on the storage door to the right (that I put in a few weeks ago) with the rest of the new room.
Because of the new door, the hall will need a light. I figured out how to get one here that will be a three-way; working off a switch at both ends of the hall. So that's where we ended the week. We went shopping today to complete 99% of what we'll need. We'll be able to pick it up as we need it over the next few weeks.
Merry Christmas!
Here's wishing y'all a Merry Christmas!
Back to work around noon Monday after seeing the grandparents off. Here's that hallway that needs opening into the new room and a new door.
We moved the flooring out of the hall and put up a new 30" door.
At the other end of the hall we got a header up to create the new opening.
Taking down the rest of the drywall created our pass-through to the hall and new door.
Here's a shot of where it opens into the new room. I'm standing in the room, that's the bath to the left and the small area between the bath and the old wall is our 'cubby' - big enough for some exercise equipment.
The hall light, all outlets and the electric heat are all in and working fine.
So it's on to the tub. I guess it goes here.
So that's where we put it. It fit like a glove.
But the problem was with the existing plumbing. Taking the drain off the overflow to the existing pipe was to close horizontially. Trying to hook up off of the tub drain worked horizonally but was too close vertically. So in the end we did what "Mike" woulda done . . .
We dug and cut out all the old, incorrect stuff. We also had to cut the floor, as you can see, in the upper left, cuz that's where the drain should be.
Here's the new drain set-up.
Comming up exactly where it needs to be.
Installing the rest of the drain was then pretty srtaightforward.
We tested it with a bucket of water. It drained nicely and stopped when we flipped the lever. Neat.
Next came the supply side plumbing. I hooked up to the existing hot and cold pipes here.
And ran new copper straight down to the tub area and teed off some more copper to the right for the vanity and commode.
The tub portion just comes down and got capped off. We need the drywall in to properly set the fixtures, so they will wait till later.
The commode and vanity supplies are also in and capped off. Sue got the rest of the insulation up too.
Bonus Pix
Here are Sue and my Dad on Christmas morning. Sue's cooking up the traditional family brunch of Aebleskivers.
Bri got a batch while Kayla and Cody dug into their stockings.
Isaac came to visit but Reagan had to stay home with Mom because she had the flu. Here are Isaac and Cody chowing down.
Then it started snowing so all the kids, and a bunch of adults too, went out to enjoy it.
The giant flakes drove Isaac to take the high ground under a tree.
Kayla enjoying the moment with her new cap.
After getting good and cold and wet it was time to go in.
It was time for opening presents!
Cody and Kayla under Dad's watchful eye.
Isaac at Grandma's feet.
Bri with Kayla and Cody. The Christmas Blizzard (without sound) is on the TV in the background.
Trav got some loot while Grandma and Jimmy look on.
The snow continued throughout the day and eventually started to stick. Our first white Christmas since 1882.
Grandpa and Grandma look on.
By nightfall we had a couple of inches and wondered what the morning would bring.
Jay was off in Denver so he and Katrina (Kat) phoned it in. They had much nicer temps.
Well, there was a bit more snow in the morning, but at least the roads were clear. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! 1-1-11
Bris' basement, that's what we call it although it's not undergound at all. It's the first floor of her three floor townhouse. Behind the garage is an unfinished room and the plan is to finish it off - including a bathroom.
In the plan above, we are closing off a walkthrough from the garage, opening the hall to the new room and putting a door in the hall at the stairs end - in addition to making the room and bath.
Bris' basement, that's what we call it although it's not undergound at all. It's the first floor of her three floor townhouse. Behind the garage is an unfinished room and the plan is to finish it off - including a bathroom.
In the plan above, we are closing off a walkthrough from the garage, opening the hall to the new room and putting a door in the hall at the stairs end - in addition to making the room and bath.
This is the ceiling of the garage, but it was exactly the same in the new room. Bri and Chris started taking it down because we're going to need lots of access for the new electrical and plumbing.
Here's the ceiling in the new room. The drywall had been screwed into those flimsy metal brackets. A good secton of the brackets came down with the drywall so we removed all of them.
Drapes over the connector to the garage kept in the heat from Bri's heater and lights.
The missing drywall on the left is where the hall will enter the room. We'll open that up completely at the same time we close up the garage connector.
Here's the plumbing for the bath. It caused us lots of headaches trying to decide how it should be used. Plan #1 was a corner shower stall, toilet in the opposite corner and the vanity in the upper left. That resulted in a cramped floorplan and still took about 7-8 feet away from the width of the new room. In the end we decided on a tub to the left, a toilet next to it and the vanity off to the upper right. That only uses 5.5 feet of space in width with the longer dimension only cutting into the entry area space.
Bri put up a packing blanket over the connector entrance to help hold in more heat. It worked well, except for the floor. It was still freezing and all our toes and feet forgot what it was like to be warm.
Around here Chris got caught away from home in the ice storm and spent the night in an unheated trailer. Kim had problems getting home too, but she made it after walking the last few hundred yards.
Here I opened up the wall of the garage to run the three new circuits back to the new room. The only issue was getting the wiring up into the ceiling at the end of this run so it could access the new room.
Bris' basement, that's what we call it although it's not undergound at all. It's the first floor of her three floor townhouse. Behind the garage is an unfinished room and the plan is to finish it off - including a bathroom.
In the plan above, we are closing off a walkthrough from the garage, opening the hall to the new room and putting a door in the hall at the stairs end - in addition to making the room and bath.
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