8.5 ft vs 9 ft basement ceiling
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Comments (9)Our basement is walkout on the entire rear and right side. Every room other than storage you cna walk out to the yard. So there will be plenty of light. Not sure if it worth the extra expense to deepen it or not. It's about 6k to do it. While that is not alot of money by any means...it's still money. I am trying to reserve as much as possible for extras I may want as we build. Which I know I will want. But many of those things will be cosmetic...not structural. Moldings, light fixtures and such. I am also toying with making the house all brick again. That will cost about 20k. That is money that could be spent on that. What would give me higher resale? I guess it would be in the eye of the beholder....See More5 ft x 8 ft 5' Bathroom Challenge
Comments (8)We are just finishing a similarly sized bathroom, with what sounds like a similar layout. Ours is 7.5 feet x 7 feet, with the door on one short wall and the window on the opposite wall. The best decision we made, I think, was changing the inward swinging door to a pocket door. That door took up so much space in the small room and not having it is a huge improvement. Beyond that the layout is the same as what was there before: tub along one long wall, with a wall and base cabinet (with a small counter surface -- the old cabinet was very deep, floor to ceiling, no counter) taking up the remaining space on that wall. The toilet and sink are on the other long wall. We went with a console sink, with a long shelf running the entire length of that wall, from window to door, above the sink, to give space for setting stuff. We also put in a recessed medicine cabinet. We're hoping that will give enough storage (along with the cabinet). It should be finished -- or at least usable -- by the end of the week. It's looking good so far but the true test will come when we start using it again! Good luck with your reno....See MoreCeiling height 16 ft vs. 12 ft.
Comments (27)Just a random (maybe obvious) point, a mountain house favors taller ceilings than a lake house. I am super energy conscious but I don't necessarily agree with the arguments about taller ceilings and energy use. Of course it uses more energy but that is also easy to compensate for. Large windows are a lot harder/more expensive of an energy hit - depending on orientation. It is possible to get wall based heat losses to near zero. Windows are always a lot worse. So having 8 foot tall wall of glass is worse than normal windows on a 12 ft ceiling for example. Presumably this build is in Canada which generally has very strict codes - and plenty of hydro already built.......See MoreContract Mess up: 9 vs 10 ft ceiling
Comments (7)Agree 100% with what David Cary said. Our current project is a heavy reno of a house with 9' ceilings but with 6'8 head heights for doors and windows, and even with the lower ceiling height 6'8 feels bizarrely low - way too much sheetrock between the top of the windows and the ceilings. In addition to looking weird the rooms are darker as a result. We're pushing all the headers up to 8' in the 9' rooms and 10' in our 11' room. I find it quite bizarre that details like this are offered as adjustable items in the contract. It makes me wonder if they will in fact scale everything else up, or leave you with something oddball like I just described that you'll be unhappy with. Typically the height of the ceiling is something that is integral to the design of the house as it impacts not only the appearance of the rooms from the inside but also the exterior elevations. If you have an upstairs it's also something you have to think about (10' means going up two more risers to reach the 2nd floor - so many 2 storey houses around here are designed to have their second storeys built over 9' sections, and have living rooms with higher ceilings built outside the footprint of the second storey)....See MoreMark Bischak, Architect
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