Would appreciate any opinions on our initial floorplan thoughts for adding a walk in closet and ensuite to our master bedroom.... The fireplace is already there - so we are working around that....
How much leeway do we have? You said the fireplace is existing. What about the walls? Do you have to work within the walls shown on your drawing or can they be moved?
What's across from the toilet? A stacked washer/dryer? Most adults never (or very rarely) use a tub, just the shower, so you might consider ditching that in favor of a larger vanity space and more storage. We're in the process of redoing our master suite and have a tub in the guest bath but not in the master.
Since you have another bath in the lower left, would it be better to swap the bed and bath so your plumbing is closer to the other bath? In any case, give some thought to how the plumbing (especially the drains) will run and tie in to existing as it can be a challenge in a remodel. Another plumbing consideration, since you are in CA, is to try to avoid plumbing in exterior walls to minimize any chance of frozen pipes. It can be managed with proper air sealing and insulation practice, but it's easier if you can avoid it altogether.
Are you of an age (or health) where you should consider accessibility? Wider doors and low thresholds are your friend in that case. And while having the WC in a separate cubby is nice, it's not practical for someone using a chair.
Hi guys,
We are doing some work on the crawlspace in our foundation. The foundation is good but we want to replace the piers and posts. We noticed there is a few small cracks on the foundation concrete as well.
A foundation company sent a bid and mentioned these two item:
1. "Epoxy anchor Simpson Strong Tie HST- 5 plate, or equivalent steel plates to interior face of stemwall/footing spanning the main vertical crack on the east side of foundation."
2. Seal exposed cracks in the stemwalls of the residence in the crawlspace with epoxy and/or by Epoxy Injection as necessary.
If we were going to do this ourselves, I found the Simpson String Tie HST5. Looks like a long steel plate 5"x21". What does epoxy anchor mean? Do I drill holes and put a fasten in those holes, and then use the epoxy anchor product in those holes?
Is this epoxy good to use for the application? Simpson Strong-Tie SET-XP Anchoring Adhesive ? hat fasteners should I use?
Secondly, is the sealing exposed cracks just using a product like "Simpson CILV32 Low-Viscosity Structural Injection Epoxy" and filling the crack holes?
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Ok, so I've been waiting almost a year for fiber to be installed. When we bought this house, there was no internet option at all other than 4G. They told us we'd have fiber within 2 months of us moving in. Its been just shy of a year and it's scheduled to be installed next Tuesday.
Over the year, I've hodgepodged my internet. I work in IT and I work from home. We have a detached garage and I wanted Internet out there. The 4G signal here isn't the greatest. So, shortly after moving in, I put up a huge antenna that extends past the roof line with a 4G modem antenna pointing towards the nearest 4G tower. (When we bought the house, I first tested it with a little hotspot and it worked great. Must've been just a good day because signal with a hotspot alone was terrible after we moved in.)
Well, I have that antenna coming into the house and plugged into a switch and a router. I then have CAT 6 direct burial wire coming out of the switch running on top of the ground out to my garage. I've just had it on top of the ground for the last year. I didn't know where they were going to hook fiber up. I can't run hard wired internet within my house easily, so the easiest way to make sure that the garage is hard wired to the backbone of my home internet without any wireless jumps or complicated wire runs within my house is to wait for the fiber to get hooked up so I can then re-run the cat 6 from the house where the fiber is hooked up to the garage.
When they're out next Tuesday to hook up the fiber, they're going to have to drill through the house. I'm going to ask if I can sneak in my cat6 in with their fiber so I can then run it out from that spot. But, I have to get it out to the garage and I can't just leave it lying on the ground for eternity. The garage has power. The panel for power is right across the driveway and the house's panel is in the room other side of the driveway. Also, I guess I could go mess with the breakers, but I doubt they ran the subpanel in the garage off the subpanel in the house. I'm 99% sure they ran it from the panel you can see in the picture. So, I'm sure there's a hot 220 lines running under the ground. There's also a propane line, but the propane tank is in the side yard. I can't see exactly which way the propane line is going since it's underground, so I'm assuming a direct b-line to the garage where the furnace is at... although maybe not. It's also getting propane to the house's furnace too.
So, I have propane lines and electrical I need to watch out for. My driveway is gravel, so I can trench it.
Below are some pics to give you a visual. I marked the pictures up with hand writing to explain the parts I'm concerned with.
I don't think I can call 811... they'll only tell me the lines from the road to the house. They won't tell me lines that are from one building to another. That's the owner's responsibility to know or figure out.
I also wrote room with the modem. There is no modem there yet, but where I'm assuming I'll have to get them to run it. Where it's at now, if they went directly in, it would go into the dining room. I would've way rather them run it to the opposite side of the house, but I dont' think I'm gong to have a lot of luck convincing them of that.... only reason because I already have a CAT6 cable running over the ground. I've already drilled through the wall and already have a nice spot for all of the equipment in that room. It's where I work. But, doubt they'll do that.
Just got to thinking, there is water in the garage too... no idea where that line is running. Water heater is on the left side of the front of the garage. We have street water. I know the water comes in from the street on the opposite side of the house that is in this picture. But how it gets from the house to the garage, not a clue.
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