ᐅ My floor plan is (almost) finalized; now I could use your help :-)
Created on: 29 Dec 2014 14:44
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cheakyboy
Hello everyone,
I’m new to the forum, 28 years old, and from the beautiful Unterfranken region ;-)
I have owned a building plot for about three weeks now, and the house construction is planned to start in the new year. Since we have many skilled tradespeople among our friends and family, we want to do a lot of the work ourselves. After visiting many show homes, we designed the floor plan together with a well-known bricklayer. We have requested quotes from construction companies for the shell of the house and hope to receive prices from the three desired companies by the end of January. (All three companies would also prepare the planning permission / building permit drawings.)
Now to my first questions:
1)
We are still considering if it would be more practical to relocate the toilet to the area marked in green and build a small wall about 1 meter (3 feet) long. My heating engineer (who also handles plumbing) said we might encounter problems with the wastewater system, as we would either have to build a step in the floor near the window side to connect to the soil pipe (red point), or we would have to route the pipes through the ceiling to the ground floor, which would result in a support post in the kitchen area. Do you see any option to place the toilet in this position? Or do you have other suggestions for the bathroom layout that we might not have thought of yet?
The bathroom is 3 meters (10 feet) wide and 4 meters (13 feet) long, with a partition wall at 1.25 meters (4 feet). We have a door opening width of 75 cm (30 inches). There will also be a skylight installed on the sloped ceiling. The soil pipe is planned inside the 24 cm (9.5 inches) wall (red point).
2)
Are water supply pipes typically installed inside the walls or on the floor?
3)
In the living room area, we want recessed ceiling spotlights with a dropped ceiling made of drywall panels. This would reduce the room height to about 2.45 meters (8 feet). Alternatively, should we break out the concrete ceiling? Is it possible to build 11 courses of bricks instead of the usual 10.5 to gain some extra room height, and what additional costs should we expect for this increase?
Thank you very much in advance.
I’m new to the forum, 28 years old, and from the beautiful Unterfranken region ;-)
I have owned a building plot for about three weeks now, and the house construction is planned to start in the new year. Since we have many skilled tradespeople among our friends and family, we want to do a lot of the work ourselves. After visiting many show homes, we designed the floor plan together with a well-known bricklayer. We have requested quotes from construction companies for the shell of the house and hope to receive prices from the three desired companies by the end of January. (All three companies would also prepare the planning permission / building permit drawings.)
Now to my first questions:
1)
We are still considering if it would be more practical to relocate the toilet to the area marked in green and build a small wall about 1 meter (3 feet) long. My heating engineer (who also handles plumbing) said we might encounter problems with the wastewater system, as we would either have to build a step in the floor near the window side to connect to the soil pipe (red point), or we would have to route the pipes through the ceiling to the ground floor, which would result in a support post in the kitchen area. Do you see any option to place the toilet in this position? Or do you have other suggestions for the bathroom layout that we might not have thought of yet?
The bathroom is 3 meters (10 feet) wide and 4 meters (13 feet) long, with a partition wall at 1.25 meters (4 feet). We have a door opening width of 75 cm (30 inches). There will also be a skylight installed on the sloped ceiling. The soil pipe is planned inside the 24 cm (9.5 inches) wall (red point).
2)
Are water supply pipes typically installed inside the walls or on the floor?
3)
In the living room area, we want recessed ceiling spotlights with a dropped ceiling made of drywall panels. This would reduce the room height to about 2.45 meters (8 feet). Alternatively, should we break out the concrete ceiling? Is it possible to build 11 courses of bricks instead of the usual 10.5 to gain some extra room height, and what additional costs should we expect for this increase?
Thank you very much in advance.
EveundGerd29 Dec 2014 21:55Why do you want to build such a small walk-in closet? Have you considered not having one at all?
I also think the floor plan is quite good, except for the dirt/mud area directly in front of the stairs, but I’m sure you had that in mind. 🙂
Regarding your bedroom layout: What do you think about closing the bedroom door and accessing the sleeping area through the walk-in closet? I would then place the bed on the other side and plan the walk-in closet larger, extending around the corner or something like that. I’m not sure if the space works out that way, but I roughly sketched what I had in mind. 🙂
Regarding your bedroom layout: What do you think about closing the bedroom door and accessing the sleeping area through the walk-in closet? I would then place the bed on the other side and plan the walk-in closet larger, extending around the corner or something like that. I’m not sure if the space works out that way, but I roughly sketched what I had in mind. 🙂
I like the idea from @Kisska86 regarding the bedroom:
Place the bed against the straight wall, then install sliding door elements along the entire sloped ceiling about one meter (3 feet) in front of the knee wall. This creates a lot of storage space for clothes, and due to the depth, you can also place shelves behind the clothes rails for seasonal clothing and boxes with Christmas decorations.
A width of 3.30 meters (10 feet 10 inches) isn’t much, but in my opinion it’s manageable.
Best regards, Yvonne
Place the bed against the straight wall, then install sliding door elements along the entire sloped ceiling about one meter (3 feet) in front of the knee wall. This creates a lot of storage space for clothes, and due to the depth, you can also place shelves behind the clothes rails for seasonal clothing and boxes with Christmas decorations.
A width of 3.30 meters (10 feet 10 inches) isn’t much, but in my opinion it’s manageable.
Best regards, Yvonne
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cheakyboy30 Dec 2014 11:54Thank you, I hadn’t thought of the idea with the sliding doors before. How does that affect the structural integrity? Since a steel beam was originally planned in the wall of the dressing room, can I simply place it in the area where the door is currently located?
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