Restoring A $7,000 Mansion: Building 3 New Bathrooms

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I am designing and building 3 new bathrooms in my incredible $7,000 mansion.

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Two suggestions re: bathrooms and one about the master closet.
1) Place toilets out of direct line of sight of bathroom entry doors. It's not what you want to look at from your bedroom or hallway, and a backup bit of privacy when you live with children.
2) Reconsider a 3/4 bath rather than a simple powder room on the main floor. If someone becomes disabled, even briefly (broken leg, surgical recovery, etc.), being able to sleep and shower on the main floor is a major thing. Make sure the main floor bath is wheelchair accessible (room to turn around) and the shower is roll-in. If you don't need it, it doesn't cost a fortune (you will want tile floor for a wet room/roll in shower), but if you need it, it's a godsend. I know you said you were designing the entry for wheelchair access, so this seems similarly forward-thinking. Much cheaper to do now than in a remodel.
Even with an enormous master closet, you are not making good use of space to plan a barn door for attic access. They take up a ridiculous amount of wall space, making the closet much less spacious. I think 5 feet is WAY too narrow, because basically, it's a hallway with clothes hanging/shelves on one side.

VailsMom
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It’s always better to have a separate office away from and out of the bedroom. Do not mix the two. 😊

paulhubert
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Don’t forget to put blocking behind where your towel racks will be!

robertd.richter
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Cole, you won’t always be young. I’m 74 years old and you should consider a walk-in shower for your master bedroom. I have built two homes in the past 15 years and I put no curb walk-showers and it is wonderful.

JimMiller-yn
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I saw on Daddy Cornstar's channel that y'all pulled an all nighter planting your fields before the rain hit. Y'all certainly bust your tails to grow what America needs, corn and beans. Thank you for your hard work. Take care of yourselves!

lynnestamey
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Don’t forget blocking for towel holders, toilet paper holders, grab rails (for when you get to be senior like me), etc.

hallenw
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Have you thought about putting soundproofing on the top floors under your finished flooring? So you dont hear persons walking on the floors above.

dean
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Cole please make sure the master baths an the downstairs bathroom you can get a wheel chair to the toilets an on the walls around the toilets you have extra bracing for so when you need hand railings later in life you have the bracing there.

lindayount
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As a parent of two boys, you’ll want your laundry room on bedroom level or close to it.. and if in the basement absolutely a laundry chute

johnj
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Turn the bathroom door into pocket door and then you can place them almost anywhere, saves tones of space.

mk
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Five months that’s pretty quick for three guys and taking care of a farm. Kudos to you guys.

anthonysalvi
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Cole, figure out where each doorknob will hit the wall and put a block in. Raising seven sons, that was my second best thing I did while building my house.
The first was to allow the hot water to be shut off for each shower after 6 minutes.

rickdeschenes
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Since your putting up new walls in every room you should put spray insulation for all the interior walls that would make every room almost sound proof

chadjs
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I think an entrance to a walk-in closet from the bathroom would be better. You can pick out clean clothes right out of the shower/bath. Don't have to walk out of the bath and around to the closet. Ladies appreciate not having to worry about children busting into the bedroom while disrobed (also gives privacy in case spouse is in and out of the room also). It may also give more options of furniture placement in the bedroom with a large dresser, chest of drawers, or work desk (one less door in a bedroom wall to work around).

Duck_Keeper
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Just throwing it out there😊 when you do layout of bath rooms the toilet is not the first thing you want to see when entering.

markcollins
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If you do listen to so many of the people that suggest you use pocket doors just really research the door units. I have installed and trimmed so many. I have owned a cheap one and we never even used it. The expensive ones are worth it. The barn sliders take up a lot of wall real estate. And for wheel chair access, most modern wheel chairs are less than 27 inches. Most bathroom doors are 32-36 inches. My only real suggestion is while you are removing windows you are trying to make everything fit right on the inside. Don’t forget to visualize what it will look like on the outside. It is easy to get things out of balance.

dagwood
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Bathroom doors: Pocket door or barn sliding door! Saves a TON of space and more room to change the furniture layout in the rooms!!

serenitymurtagh
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Cole, consider these ideas for your master bathroom. A 5x10 foot shower area; 5x5 for getting wet & 5x5 for getting dry. Make sure you do not place a toilet flange over the center of a floor joist, Justin will thank you for that! Heat the floor in the whole bathroom, except under the vanity and closets. Instead of blocking between studs use 3/4" plywood, not OSB, on the interior walls before the drywall goes on. If you do, do not forget to add that dimension when locating the toilet. You, Justin & Roman are doing a great job!

Theroygbiv
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It looks wonderful. I cannot believe how much you have accomplished. It is really moving along. I hope both of the master baths have a separate toilet closet. So important over the years! I have had several with pocket doors and they are great.

sdwalther
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The banana wood tree joke was funny, but hearing Roman explain the joke was HILARIOUS! I jut love watching you boys work.

timothybryan