We are thinking about moving our gas furnace and gas water heater to make the basement remodel more sensible. When they built our house, they were definitely not thinking and the floorplan is very tight.
Approximately how much would it be to do such a thing? Is it possible to create a new drain hole in the basement as well? We would want to move that too since it would be in the middle of the room = not ideal.
You are talking a lot of money. Moving the furnace will create a lot of problems. Its located in the center of your basement for a reason. Its so that all the heat vents will be balanced going to all the rooms. Changing the location of the furnace will change all that and will probably require re-doing a lot of duct-work, not to mention moving the gas feed line. Moving the water heater is not nearly as bad and will also require a new gas line. Changing the drain location on your floor may be the hardest of all. This will require a jack-hammer to break up your floor, re-lay the pipes and re-cementing. So as a professional who has finished many basements, i would recommend building a room around your furnace/water heater and design your basement around that. You need about two feet of walking room around the furnace/heater.
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I would like to remodel my bathroom. I want it done by a professional. I live in a one bathroom house so I do need access to it on a daily basis. I need it done for a good price.
I live in Alabama near Birmingham.
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I'm considering remodeling my basement and I have a few questions.I want to put in a movietheatre and just a general family area with maybe a bar and a couple of games. Any idea how much this would put me down for?(New Jersey)
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I would make sure your basement will not get water before refinishing it. If you already have a sump pump or drain tiles, great, but if not, I would seriously consider adding one or both. Otherwise you could ruin carpeting, drywall, etc. with the first minor seepage.
I've seem basements done for $15,000 to $25,000, but it really depends on the extent. I would ask a few contractors for ideas so you get a general ballpark of how much of it you want to remodel and what you'll put in there. Try to draw it on paper, too. Will you leave some as storage? Will you have to move pipes to make headroom, etc.?
My niece had her 1yo baby taken away from her by CPS. I want to take her and have been asked to, so I'm having a home inspection coming up. I am cleaning, cleaning, cleaning!!!! I have a bathroom that we are in the process of remodeling, and there are places around our shower that don't have tile yet. So, underneath shows. Does anyone think this will be a problem?
How long have you been remodeling? If you can show that this project was started only weeks ago and you are making progress then they probably won't care. But if you started it a year ago, got busy and then kinda never finished it then that will give them cause for concern. Can you document your recent progress on the project and give a reasonable estimate for completion?
I have an idea of putting a toilet and sink in my basement. in my laundry room I have this big corner where I could put a toilet/sink, but there is not a drain, so how much do you think to install drain in floor, running water pipes and etc.? everything is all in the basement pipes, drain, etc, just not where i wanna put it.
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