Help with challenging basement floorplan
Amy Cirillo
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Help with my basement floorplan pleeease!
Comments (3)What parts of the basement are underground? Where are the windows? Where are the stairs? I'd be tempted to put the bathroom where the sewage line is, and put the bedroom on the other side, where the wt bar is. I'd put the wet bar where the bedroom is...or where the hall is, on the other side of the Home Theater. If you go with your original design, putting a closet in the 9 by 9 ares would be fine. Storage space is always valuable, especially in a bedroom. Make sure none of these areas leak...then design with the assumption they will some day. (Flooring that won't get moldy if a minor puddle forms.) Be sure to insulate....See MoreBasement floorplan layout help please! Home Theater Info
Comments (9)Put all your specs into this: http://www.carltonbale.com/home-theater/home-theater-calculator/ It will help with seating distances and such based on your screen size. Ours is 12 wide by 15 long, drywall to drywall. 144 inches wide is just enough for a bank of 4 chairs on our rear, elevated seating, just one step up. The front is a bank of three, creating a small "aisle" on each side. We have a 100" screen (diagonal) which is basically a 4x8 screen. Keep in mind, that neither of your designs allow for a raised second row. For two rows, you either need to elevate the second row, or elevate the screen, which can look odd. In your first plan, can you swap the bottom bedroom with the home theater, extending towards the pool table where the couch is? Then the door into the HT can be on the extended wall by the closet and the closet can be made larger for that bedroom. From the grid in your pics, you could get about 12x21 without impeding on the pool table, and narrowing the closet slightly (while making it longer). You should be able to get all of your seating (and dry bar) in there with raised levels going back. Brian...See MoreHelp pick a floorplan for basement!
Comments (2)I guess my question is who will be using the bedroom? It is a long walk to the bathroom and to have it next to the media room does not work for me.What are the small spaces on the drawing like the area on the bottom left below the bathroom....See MoreReverse 1.5 Story Daylight Basement Floorplan Layout Help
Comments (15)I have a finished walk-out basement with two windows about the size you mention, and a slider. Unfortunately, all of the windows face north and the slider is under the deck, so it's still pretty dark. So as to the lighting, it depends on which direction the windows face as to how much light you will get. The other thing about basements is that it's hard to keep them as warm as the space above. Other posters have mentioned this and I've certainly noticed it. So if you can, have a dual HVAC system such that they operate separately on each floor and be prepared to run around opening and closing ducts when the seasons change. I also hate Jack and Jill bathrooms. We had two in our last house and changed both of them so they weren't anymore. Now we have one in our current house that can't be changed. :-( But we're empty nesters now so we don't really care. :-)...See MoreAmy Cirillo
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