I took a break day from engaged on the storage room yesterday as a result of I wanted to suppose via the 2 choices for the flooring that I shared with you yesterday. In a nutshell, my two choices have been to maintain the subfloor and concrete board in place, restore the small portion of concrete board that I had destroyed, and lay new tile, OR I might take up each the concrete board and the subfloor, lay down new plywood subfloor, and set up hardwood flooring.
Neither of these choices could be straightforward. They each offered large challenges. So I simply wanted a while to suppose via each. And as I used to be sitting at my desk, mulling over the method that every choices would require, I obtained a notification that somebody had left a touch upon a weblog publish from over a decade in the past. I typically ignore feedback on posts that outdated as a result of they’re often spam feedback, however I clicked on this one anyway. It wasn’t spam. It was from somebody who commented on this outdated publish from eleven years in the past after I completed the demolition iof this authentic toilet, and he or she mentioned, “Kristi, is that this the room you’re on the lookout for flooring joists in to make a skuttle gap? Possibly I’m fallacious however listed below are photos of your flooring joists which may assist!”
Properly, lo and behold, she was proper. Why didn’t I consider that? Whereas these photos don’t present the entire subfloor eliminated, they present fairly a little bit of the subfloor eliminated. And the joists are plainly seen on the correct facet of the room.
The issue is that my pictures from a decade in the past was horrible, so these are the images connected to that weblog publish.
They’re useful, however I actually wished to see extra element. I don’t have these authentic photos anymore as a result of a number of years in the past, my onerous drive that held all of my authentic photos from a decade of running a blog obtained destroyed. So I attempted to make use of my photograph enhancing software program to enlarge, lighten, and brighten them in order that I might see extra particulars. That didn’t actually work, so I ended up importing each photos to ChatGPT and advised it to enlarge, lighten, and brighten each photos in order that the small print might be seen higher. That labored!
There nonetheless wasn’t a lot to see on this one as a result of I didn’t get a great angle to see the joists on this image. However a minimum of I can see the spacing rather well. However that is the place the sink will go, so I don’t need a scuttle gap to the crawl house on this nook.
This image, alternatively, was very useful! That is truly the place I need the scuttle gap to go, which is the place the bath at present sits.
The unhealthy information is that in its present state, I can’t put a scuttle gap there. Have a look at all of that plumbing in that space!
I don’t suppose there’s any option to put a scuttle gap there that might be giant sufficient for a grown man to suit via. And that i don’t know if all of this plumbing wants to remain or if it may be eliminated. Since we plan to place a brand new toilet behind this room (i.e., within the present sunroom space) sooner or later, I don’t know if this plumbing could be helpful for that future toilet, or if that new toilet would wish all pipes.
So ultimately, after reviewing these photos and seeing that my plan to place a scuttle gap the place the bathtub is now, and seeing how that gained’t work proper now, I’ve determined to take up the entire subfloor and let my plumber come out and inform me what must occur with all of this. As soon as I’ve his enter, then I’ll be capable of decide the place I can put a scuttle gap on this room. Heck, it m ay should be proper in the course of the ground on this room. However you already know what? Even when it needs to be proper within the center, entrance and heart, I’m okay with that. I maintain telling myself, “It’s only a storage room.“
And when it’s all mentioned and completed, I gained’t be specializing in the scuttle gap within the flooring. I’ll be specializing in my superb wallpaper, and no matter accent shade I select to go along with it (which I nonetheless haven’t selected but)…
And I’ll be specializing in my superb wall of storage, which at present sits in my entryway ready to be assembled.
In order that’s my last determination. A minimum of this manner, I’ll get my hardwood flooring that I wished in right here. That’s the upside. Having a scuttle gap in the course of the ground is likely to be the draw back, however I can stay with it.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You possibly can study extra about me right here.
