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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
Eh? Floating houses?
Could be beneficial if you wind up building in the lowlands, lol.
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@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
or do you mean the styrofoam filled foundations
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
or do you mean the styrofoam foundations
I mean a continuously poured foundation.
The technology was made for floating houses, but has so many benefits, especially for traditional houses.
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@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
or do you mean the styrofoam foundations
I mean a continuously poured foundation.
The technology was made for floating houses, but has so many benefits, especially for traditional houses.
Oh I see what you mean. It makes a lot more sense to me as well
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With the floating houses, they had to create a way to have the foundation be dry, warm etc.
And the solution to do that was to put all of the insulation, heating etc, right into the foundation with access ports.
This allowed people to comfortably walk barefoot on a concrete floor (that's floating in a river during winter) and not notice it. If there were any issues you'd have access to correct the items that needed work.
Which really there is nothing to need work.
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Ceramic Tile must be a FL thing. You rarely see wood, most floors are ceramic tile or carpet if people are cheap.
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@IRJ said in Judge My House Layout:
Ceramic Tile must be a FL thing. You rarely see wood, most floors are ceramic tile or carpet if people are cheap.
I'd imagine the humidity may have something to do with it? My parents house down there is the same either tile or carpet.
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@coliver said in Judge My House Layout:
@IRJ said in Judge My House Layout:
Ceramic Tile must be a FL thing. You rarely see wood, most floors are ceramic tile or carpet if people are cheap.
I'd imagine the humidity may have something to do with it?
Or the bath salts
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@IRJ said in Judge My House Layout:
Ceramic Tile must be a FL thing. You rarely see wood, most floors are ceramic tile or carpet if people are cheap.
Same in all of LATAM.
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@IRJ said in Judge My House Layout:
INstead of designing plans from scratch why not just google "3 bedroom split house plan" there are so many to choose from. I like this one for a 3 bedroom house.
In other words, you are not a damned snowflake. You are not special. You are also not an architect.
And finally, you are not independently wealthy.
Simply put, you will not be designing your own house.
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@coliver said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
There will not be a mattress in my basement because I'm not a serial killer
Something to consider though is adding an external basement access with walkin (not walk down) entrance if possible.
Very useful for getting things like washer and dryers, furnance, water heaters etc into the house without having to carry it all from upstairs.
Laura is against having that kind of entrance but if we did it right I think it would be beneficial
Freaking women. . . she just wants to see you die as you fall down the basement stairs moving in the new washer and dryer. . . .
Who puts there washer and dryer in the basement? That's a terrible place for it.
Most people, but I'm not sure where I will put it yet. Def needs to be accounted for
No actually not. Main floor laundry is standard on new housing.
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Radiant heat in the flooring is the best heat in the world.
Do it.
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@coliver said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
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Tankless Water Heater
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Pre-finished Hard Wood (something incredibly resistant to damage)
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Closed Cell Foam Insulation
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Polished Concrete Countertops
Can you guys think of anything else?
Insulated concrete forms. They can easily add r16 to your basement wall. Really cool going into the basement and the walls are warm even when there is no heat on.
Reading about it now. Sounds fantastic. I'm wondering what the cost increase is going to be for each thing listed here
Not as much as you'd think. Insulated concrete forms are becoming a new standard for housing because they are so energy efficient, especially if you are doing a finished basement. I would recommend that you do in-concrete radiant floor heating as well. It will make all the difference when the time comes to finish that area.
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@JaredBusch said in Judge My House Layout:
Radiant heat in the flooring is the best heat in the world.
Do it.
Yep 100% this.
The other thing. Don't run copper water supply lines if you can help it, some areas have it coded that certain type of supplies need to be copper, but if you can do PEX and HeatPEX the entire way, and do a manifold or something similar after the main or tankless hot water heater.
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@JaredBusch said in Judge My House Layout:
@IRJ said in Judge My House Layout:
INstead of designing plans from scratch why not just google "3 bedroom split house plan" there are so many to choose from. I like this one for a 3 bedroom house.
In other words, you are not a damned snowflake. You are not special. You are also not an architect.
And finally, you are not independently wealthy.
Simply put, you will not be designing your own house.
I'm putting down on paper what I think I want in a very basic way. I am not an architect and have never owned a home before which is why I'm asking all of your opinions as intelligent home owners.
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@coliver said in Judge My House Layout:
@JaredBusch said in Judge My House Layout:
Radiant heat in the flooring is the best heat in the world.
Do it.
Yep 100% this.
The other thing. Don't run copper water supply lines if you can help it, some areas have it coded that certain type of supplies need to be copper, but if you can do PEX and HeatPEX the entire way, and do a manifold or something similar after the main or tankless hot water heater.
Added to the list. Thanks!
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@coliver fully in agreement. If I ever get the opportunity to build, boiler radiant heat and indirect tank, closed cell spray foam, insualted concrete forms all are in the plans
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You know what? All of this is nice and all. You know, where to put the washer and dryer, where to put the stairs, how are you going to do the foundation, etc, etc, etc.
However, you're missing one very critical piece of real estate here. Where are you going to put your server room for your home lab?
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@NerdyDad said in Judge My House Layout:
You know what? All of this is nice and all. You know, where to put the washer and dryer, where to put the stairs, how are you going to do the foundation, etc, etc, etc.
However, you're missing one very critical piece of real estate here. Where are you going to put your server room for your home lab?
There will be a huge fully furnished basement. The server room will be there, decked to the teeth with a conduit directly to it.
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@NerdyDad said in Judge My House Layout:
You know what? All of this is nice and all. You know, where to put the washer and dryer, where to put the stairs, how are you going to do the foundation, etc, etc, etc.
However, you're missing one very critical piece of real estate here. Where are you going to put your server room for your home lab?
Finished basement. He'd need a wall mounted aircon unit in that area too. Really he only needs a 4'x5' area or so.
