After a lengthy discussion, the wife and I agreed to add a second bathroom. She conceded to allocate some of the budget for shop upgrades. I worked out a deal that gets me new LED lighting, a garage door opener and a 2 post lift for the shop!!
Here is the catch.. I have to turn our large pantry into two rooms, a bathroom and a laundry room. Another positive of the deal, is that our house being a slab on grade construction required me to run new plumbing. Rather than tear out the flooring to run pipes to the new bathroom, I elected to tie in out front and tuck the sewer under the foundation where it is needed. This allowed for a new driveway (all the way back to the shop now) as well as I continued the utilities back to the shop so someday I can put in a bathroom there as well.
But, I have to get the new stuff in the house built before I can get going on the shop... I have gutted the pantry and have added a wall and pocket door from our master bedroom into where the bathroom will be. Now I begin to assemble the bathroom, but I have ran into some issues.
Issue #1: I would like to put a 60" X 30" shower along the back wall. The shower pan requires a square opening 60"x 30". Being that this "room" used to be a garage, the foundation has a "diagonal" gusset made from concrete in the corner. Can I safely remove it (one of the opposing sides is supported by an older addition), and if so how? I do not want to frame out from it so I have a 90 degree to work from, as space is already tight. See picture.
Issue # 2: The wall on two sides of the bathroom is placed on the original garage foundation. When it was framed, they placed the framing 2" from the inner edge (so there is a 2" lip on the foundation). I assume the foundation was 6" or so and they framed the wall to be flush with the exterior of the building.
My idea is to frame a "sister wall" up against the original framing, so as not to loose too much room. To manage the 2" lip of the foundation, I was going to notch the bottom of the 2x4s. Will this work? Obviously the footer will be cut accordingly.
Thanks for all the advise! I hope to get this project going and finished ASAP so I can move on to the shop..
Up next, cut the concrete floor and run the plumbing...
Mike
Here is the catch.. I have to turn our large pantry into two rooms, a bathroom and a laundry room. Another positive of the deal, is that our house being a slab on grade construction required me to run new plumbing. Rather than tear out the flooring to run pipes to the new bathroom, I elected to tie in out front and tuck the sewer under the foundation where it is needed. This allowed for a new driveway (all the way back to the shop now) as well as I continued the utilities back to the shop so someday I can put in a bathroom there as well.
But, I have to get the new stuff in the house built before I can get going on the shop... I have gutted the pantry and have added a wall and pocket door from our master bedroom into where the bathroom will be. Now I begin to assemble the bathroom, but I have ran into some issues.
Issue #1: I would like to put a 60" X 30" shower along the back wall. The shower pan requires a square opening 60"x 30". Being that this "room" used to be a garage, the foundation has a "diagonal" gusset made from concrete in the corner. Can I safely remove it (one of the opposing sides is supported by an older addition), and if so how? I do not want to frame out from it so I have a 90 degree to work from, as space is already tight. See picture.
Issue # 2: The wall on two sides of the bathroom is placed on the original garage foundation. When it was framed, they placed the framing 2" from the inner edge (so there is a 2" lip on the foundation). I assume the foundation was 6" or so and they framed the wall to be flush with the exterior of the building.
My idea is to frame a "sister wall" up against the original framing, so as not to loose too much room. To manage the 2" lip of the foundation, I was going to notch the bottom of the 2x4s. Will this work? Obviously the footer will be cut accordingly.
Thanks for all the advise! I hope to get this project going and finished ASAP so I can move on to the shop..
Up next, cut the concrete floor and run the plumbing...
Mike
