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@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
Under floor heating is essentially a part of the subfloor, it's powered with electric, and would heat the entire area in which they are installed.
Often they are installed under tile (in bathrooms) so you can step out of the shower and not on an ice cold floor. But they make for great and cheap cost heat for an entire area or home.
They aren't water in any way, but are work proof.
As for tankless water, you would still get that for your showers, sinks, dish washer, laundry room etc.
Depends where you are and what your electrical cost is. Iirc the price per square of that is more then radient heating. Although it's really nice. My uncle did it in his basement under his tile... That's really nice.
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
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Tankless Water Heater
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Pre-finished Hard Wood (something incredibly resistant to damage)
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Closed Cell Foam Insulation
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Polished Concrete Countertops
Can you guys think of anything else?
Continuously Poured concrete foundation, using the brick, while cheap allows for water to seep in and cause all kinds of issues.
Look at the houses the netherlands built in water. http://www.businessinsider.com/netherlands-floating-houses-2015-12?r=UK&IR=T
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
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Tankless Water Heater
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Pre-finished Hard Wood (something incredibly resistant to damage)
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Closed Cell Foam Insulation
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Polished Concrete Countertops
Can you guys think of anything else?
Insulated concrete forms. They can easily add r16 to your basement wall. Really cool going into the basement and the walls are warm even when there is no heat on.
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@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
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Tankless Water Heater
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Pre-finished Hard Wood (something incredibly resistant to damage)
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Closed Cell Foam Insulation
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Polished Concrete Countertops
Can you guys think of anything else?
Continuously Poured concrete foundation, using the brick, while cheap allows for water to seep in and cause all kinds of issues.
Look at the houses the netherlands built in water. http://www.businessinsider.com/netherlands-floating-houses-2015-12?r=UK&IR=T
Pretty cool
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@coliver said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
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Tankless Water Heater
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Pre-finished Hard Wood (something incredibly resistant to damage)
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Closed Cell Foam Insulation
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Polished Concrete Countertops
Can you guys think of anything else?
Insulated concrete forms. They can easily add r16 to your basement wall. Really cool going into the basement and the walls are warm even when there is no heat on.
Reading about it now. Sounds fantastic. I'm wondering what the cost increase is going to be for each thing listed here
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
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@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
Eh? Floating houses?
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
Eh? Floating houses?
Could be beneficial if you wind up building in the lowlands, lol.
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@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
or do you mean the styrofoam filled foundations
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
or do you mean the styrofoam foundations
I mean a continuously poured foundation.
The technology was made for floating houses, but has so many benefits, especially for traditional houses.
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@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
Pretty cool
More than just cool, it saves you heating and cooling cost, stops water seepage into your basement, is able to be insulated inside of the material (making it bullet proof), it makes for a much stronger foundation.
or do you mean the styrofoam foundations
I mean a continuously poured foundation.
The technology was made for floating houses, but has so many benefits, especially for traditional houses.
Oh I see what you mean. It makes a lot more sense to me as well
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With the floating houses, they had to create a way to have the foundation be dry, warm etc.
And the solution to do that was to put all of the insulation, heating etc, right into the foundation with access ports.
This allowed people to comfortably walk barefoot on a concrete floor (that's floating in a river during winter) and not notice it. If there were any issues you'd have access to correct the items that needed work.
Which really there is nothing to need work.
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Ceramic Tile must be a FL thing. You rarely see wood, most floors are ceramic tile or carpet if people are cheap.
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@IRJ said in Judge My House Layout:
Ceramic Tile must be a FL thing. You rarely see wood, most floors are ceramic tile or carpet if people are cheap.
I'd imagine the humidity may have something to do with it? My parents house down there is the same either tile or carpet.
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@coliver said in Judge My House Layout:
@IRJ said in Judge My House Layout:
Ceramic Tile must be a FL thing. You rarely see wood, most floors are ceramic tile or carpet if people are cheap.
I'd imagine the humidity may have something to do with it?
Or the bath salts
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@IRJ said in Judge My House Layout:
Ceramic Tile must be a FL thing. You rarely see wood, most floors are ceramic tile or carpet if people are cheap.
Same in all of LATAM.
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@IRJ said in Judge My House Layout:
INstead of designing plans from scratch why not just google "3 bedroom split house plan" there are so many to choose from. I like this one for a 3 bedroom house.
In other words, you are not a damned snowflake. You are not special. You are also not an architect.
And finally, you are not independently wealthy.
Simply put, you will not be designing your own house.
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@coliver said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@DustinB3403 said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
There will not be a mattress in my basement because I'm not a serial killer
Something to consider though is adding an external basement access with walkin (not walk down) entrance if possible.
Very useful for getting things like washer and dryers, furnance, water heaters etc into the house without having to carry it all from upstairs.
Laura is against having that kind of entrance but if we did it right I think it would be beneficial
Freaking women. . . she just wants to see you die as you fall down the basement stairs moving in the new washer and dryer. . . .
Who puts there washer and dryer in the basement? That's a terrible place for it.
Most people, but I'm not sure where I will put it yet. Def needs to be accounted for
No actually not. Main floor laundry is standard on new housing.
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Radiant heat in the flooring is the best heat in the world.
Do it.
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@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
@coliver said in Judge My House Layout:
@wirestyle22 said in Judge My House Layout:
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Tankless Water Heater
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Pre-finished Hard Wood (something incredibly resistant to damage)
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Closed Cell Foam Insulation
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Polished Concrete Countertops
Can you guys think of anything else?
Insulated concrete forms. They can easily add r16 to your basement wall. Really cool going into the basement and the walls are warm even when there is no heat on.
Reading about it now. Sounds fantastic. I'm wondering what the cost increase is going to be for each thing listed here
Not as much as you'd think. Insulated concrete forms are becoming a new standard for housing because they are so energy efficient, especially if you are doing a finished basement. I would recommend that you do in-concrete radiant floor heating as well. It will make all the difference when the time comes to finish that area.
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