Basement built thread. Getting city permit with my awesome drawing :-)

[sphelps]

Here's the plan, basement is about 1400sqft, Carpet was only put in the two bedrooms and the shower is not really as shown.



Here's the expenses to date, should give you a good idea. It's kind of unorganized as we just entered receipts as we got them so to find totals for framing, electrical or whatever a little math is needed:



Certain things can save you money like we spend quite a bit on the shower, I think around $2800 so far, and underfloor heating can be expensive as well. Anything you see on there with a description being totem, lowes or whatever you can probably omit as something critical.

[sphelps]

And here's some more recent pics.

Fish room is in the bar pantry:


The bar area, note we're doing suspended ceilings most places, if I can find the right stuff.


Hallway to bedrooms:


Living/game area or whatever you want to call it:


Spare room 1, not done yet.


Spare room 2, almost done, just baseboards.


And this my bathroom/shower, actually just about done now.






Hopefully that helps a little. Honestly I'm no expert, before we bought this house I had next to no experience with any of this, majority of it was first time but it's not rocket science, if I can do it, anyone can.

[lastlight]

You guys and your walkouts! To get 12 footers into the basement is a godsend!

I think you could do a lot of the work yourself. At the very least dricore, putting the drywall up and painting are easy as pie.

If you suck at taping don't do it! It will take you forever and you can't undo how crappy that looks later.

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by lastlight

You guys and your walkouts! To get 12 footers into the basement is a godsend!

And 14 footers

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by sphelps

wish i have space to fits that long tank. Can you even get a glass tank that long?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Coleus

wish i have space to fits that long tank. Can you even get a glass tank that long?

14' is pretty standard for the longest glass sheet without getting into something ridiculous.

As for the bedroom, You're not going to want light above the bed, it's everywhere else you'll want it.

[Coleus]

Alright first step, I am reading the brochure here http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/DBA/Docume...evelopment.pdf

I got my sketch up here. How do i print out in scale like requirement "Plans must be drawn to scale, preferably ¼”=1’
or 1:50 in metric (the accepted minimum scale is
3/16”=1’)"

Thanks

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by sphelps

As for the bedroom, You're not going to want light above the bed, it's everywhere else you'll want it.

Is it a rule of thumb or some kind of feng shui thing? The window is very high above the ground around 6 feet or so

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Coleus

Is it a rule of thumb or some kind of feng shui thing? The window is very high above the ground around 6 feet or so

I know nothing about feng shui or any rules regarding placement of furniture. To me it's just about utilizing space and avoiding empty areas that can't be used for anything. The room itself is pretty big, big enough for a bed and some kind of desk or bedroom vanity, so you should try and incorporate both in your plans. The way you have it laid out now seems to result in a large open space in front of the closet which seems like it can't be used for anything without blocking the closet doors, maybe this isn't the case but it looks that way to me.

If the closet could be moved under the stairs (not sure if it can or not) then the bed could fit where the closet is. This leaves a great area for a desk or other bedroom furniture while keeping things a little more open.

In regard to window over the bed, just seems like a waste to me. Basement windows are ground level so people outside can view in quite easily and with the way the sun never seems to go away in the summer in this country you're going to have to block the window with blinds anyway. Just don't see any advantage for natural light over a bed. Would be better to have the window over the desk/vanity area where natural light is more useful and privacy is less of a concern.

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by sphelps

If the closet could be moved under the stairs (not sure if it can or not)

Can't, not enough room there

Thanks for your input about saving space. So i came up with 3 layouts so canreefer can help me pick out what would be your favorite

Number 1


Number 2


Number 3


Any other ideas are welcome. Hmm