ᐅ Renovating a Children's Room – Splitting One Window into Two?
Created on: 14 Oct 2016 09:59
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Abzahler
Hello,
I’ve been thinking for a while about how we can create two equally sized children's bedrooms with minimal renovations and clear costs. This morning, I realized that you all in this forum generally have a lot of experience and are also very creative. So, I’m hoping for many good ideas.
Attached is a floor plan. The orange lines show one idea for a major renovation.
Current situation:
We currently have one (huge) children’s bedroom (the lower one) and a small walk-in closet (the upper one). These should be turned into two children’s bedrooms. I should also mention that there used to be three children’s bedrooms, which is why there are three windows and three doors, but it was later converted to the current layout.
So, one partition wall definitely needs to be removed. But how should the new partition wall be positioned? It could be placed diagonally, but that probably looks odd and would be impractical, right?
The expensive solution is marked in orange. A new partition wall in the middle. However, this would mean one door has to be closed off and, worse, the middle window would have to be removed and replaced by two smaller windows. If that window is entirely closed off, the rooms might be too dark (north-facing).
So, dear forum, does anyone have a creative idea?
Or could you give me an estimate of how much such a planned renovation might cost? I’m guessing around 4,000–5,000 (assuming currency here), but I don’t have much experience.
Best regards and thanks!
I’ve been thinking for a while about how we can create two equally sized children's bedrooms with minimal renovations and clear costs. This morning, I realized that you all in this forum generally have a lot of experience and are also very creative. So, I’m hoping for many good ideas.
Attached is a floor plan. The orange lines show one idea for a major renovation.
Current situation:
We currently have one (huge) children’s bedroom (the lower one) and a small walk-in closet (the upper one). These should be turned into two children’s bedrooms. I should also mention that there used to be three children’s bedrooms, which is why there are three windows and three doors, but it was later converted to the current layout.
So, one partition wall definitely needs to be removed. But how should the new partition wall be positioned? It could be placed diagonally, but that probably looks odd and would be impractical, right?
The expensive solution is marked in orange. A new partition wall in the middle. However, this would mean one door has to be closed off and, worse, the middle window would have to be removed and replaced by two smaller windows. If that window is entirely closed off, the rooms might be too dark (north-facing).
So, dear forum, does anyone have a creative idea?
Or could you give me an estimate of how much such a planned renovation might cost? I’m guessing around 4,000–5,000 (assuming currency here), but I don’t have much experience.
Best regards and thanks!
I calculated the following dimensions. The long side measures 8.01 m (26.3 feet). If I position the wall as shown, the lower room will then be 3 m (10 feet) by 4.075 m (13.4 feet). The 3 m (green line) comes from the specified measurements on the left side: (0.695 - 0.3) + 1.51 + 1.365 for the orange new wall.
The middle window starts 4.25 m (14 feet) from the bottom of the plan. <-- How do you arrive at 4.25 m? I think I might be making a mistake here.
Are we talking about the same thing, or am I missing something? I can’t quite figure it out.
The middle window starts 4.25 m (14 feet) from the bottom of the plan. <-- How do you arrive at 4.25 m? I think I might be making a mistake here.
Are we talking about the same thing, or am I missing something? I can’t quite figure it out.
No, Biber is wrong: the total length of the interior space is 8.01m (26.3 ft). Biber must have miscalculated the exterior wall somehow (subtracting 30cm (12 inches) at the bottom and top).
There is a 12cm (5 inch) partition between the two rooms. The partition wall will then have to be placed in the middle of one of the windows.
Regards
There is a 12cm (5 inch) partition between the two rooms. The partition wall will then have to be placed in the middle of one of the windows.
Regards
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Bieber081515 Oct 2016 00:02You are right, it is 8.01 m (total length of the entire room); I have no idea what I was calculating. And then I actually mixed up left and right, or rather window and door. I better go out to the garden... (as soon as it gets light). Sorry for causing confusion here...
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