As I noted in the last post, I am ready for the building inspector to check out my framing, plumbing and electrical work so that I can start hanging drywall. Below are a few pictures with descriptions. Taking good pictures of a framed room is so difficult because there is so much junk in the background! (I trust that you will forgive me - I had to put all of the collected materials somewhere!) Plus, let's be honest - you have a few piles in your basement as well, don't you - you just aren't bold (or stupid) enough to put pictures of them online.
In this first picture, I have tried to show the new "hallway" that I built. Because the bathroom is situated in the back half of the basement (which is unfinished), I don't want guests to feel like they are entering the dark, cold, creepy portion of the basement just to use the facilities. That would feel like a typical basement bathroom. I built this little hallway to make it feel like the bathroom was a part of the family room. From this picture, you can kind of see that I removed the door, built a wall on the right, and rough-framed for the same door to sit at the end of the little hallway. I considered opening up the entire wall and enlarging the family room, but the furnace and hot water heater sit about 6 feet back from that new wall, and I didn't want to make a closet access to them, but chose to keep them (and their noise) hidden in the darky, dingy portion of the basement.
In this second picture (to the right), I have attempted to show the shower area. I have a 48"X32" shower pan to install. The fixture will be installed to the right, and I built a support wall on left. On the far left side of the picture, you can see a portion of the small space in which I will build a linen closet (similar to what I built when I remodeled by upstairs bathroom).
You may also notice the framing that I built to hang drywall at the ceiling. In order to get the ceiling to the required 84" height, I will have to put it right under the HVAC ducts. (I asked the inspector and he said it was okay).
In this third picture (to the left), I have attempted to show the corner just inside the bathroom where the vanity will go. On the right side, I have a receptacle for two light switches- one to turn on the two main recessed light and the exhaust fan, and one to turn on the vanity lights. Next to it is the first of two GFI outlets.
In this final picture, I am standing outside of the bathroom looking in. To the far left is the new doorway I built at the end of the new hallway.
To be honest, I am excited to put up some drywall. With just a few hours of work (and lots of white dust!) it will really start to look like a bathroom!
I am really praying that I pass the inspection this morning, as I have 35 days to pass the final inspection!
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