Re-roof converting on an old bungelow?
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Youve got a lot of 'lost' space in the eaves storage areas. We reduced the pitch of the roof in our bungalow loft conversion from 45degrees to 35deg, thus raising the eaves from floor level to 1m high. Massively increased upstairs usable space. But then you do lose storage space. Didn't impact project cost as we were already putting an entirely new roof structure on.
Olivera said:
Do you really need six squeezed in bedrooms? Also a bedroom downstairs off the living room and a dining room in the stairwell/hallway aren't ideal.
If I'm honest I'd give your entire layout up and downstairs a rethink.
Sorry - bit unclear from the postings above - If I'm honest I'd give your entire layout up and downstairs a rethink.
the loft is being done first, as the kids are currently sharing the single upstairs room which is freezing cold in the winter and roasting in the summer
Master is staying downstairs (the rear left bedroom) with both this and the other downstairs bedrooms having en-suites (with a shower added to ours and a loo to the shower room in the front)
The room off the lounge isn't really a bedroom - so the plan is to knock this through the existing utility and other half of the Lounge to create an L shaped Kitchen/diner/lounge with the remainder of the lounge being left as a snug
Excuse the ham-fisted powerpoint alterations to plan the the ground floor will end up looking (roughtly) like this:
Living room too small and kitchen too big and odd shape.
Knock the bedroom, utility and kitchen into one big room.
Also consider a jack and jill bathroom as a way of giving two rooms an on-suite - In my self build, there is no master bathroom as two rooms have o/s and the other two share a j&j
Knock the bedroom, utility and kitchen into one big room.
Also consider a jack and jill bathroom as a way of giving two rooms an on-suite - In my self build, there is no master bathroom as two rooms have o/s and the other two share a j&j
eliot said:
Living room too small and kitchen too big and odd shape.
Knock the bedroom, utility and kitchen into one big room.
Current thinking is along these lines (ignore the kitchen units - these were just from the initial floorplan:Knock the bedroom, utility and kitchen into one big room.
We're going to leave the bathrooms/shower on the ground floor pretty much the same and just squeeze a w/c into the shower room of the front bedroom ('tis currenly just a sink and shower).
Whats also not show on the rough floorplan is that the w/c will be under the new staircase.
dxg said:
Put a bigger, common upstairs bathroom off the stair landing. Connect to kitchen plumbing below for much cheapness.
Thats a good shout - thanks
dxg said:
Only of you've got an svp in the kitchen, thinking about it. Can't flush a toilet into 54mm sink drains...
Unless you install a macerator, which might be an option for you.
there is (currenly) a toilet just to the left of the front door - not sure how vertical soil pipes need to be?Unless you install a macerator, which might be an option for you.
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