Will It Ever End!
Ahhh, it's a never ending cycle...first, thanks to all who helped the first time with the demo of the basement. We were finally able to get the rest of it done little by little during the week. Finally the bin was taken away last Friday.
Here's the good news (yeah right)...we had the contractor come yesterday and take a look at the plans again. Wacky and I decided we wanted a change in the floor plan (after multiple dicussions with others about it) and open it up even more. Now it's a little different than the original and may cost a little more because we are going to be dealing with three areas of the load bearing walls. We want to put french doors in the main tv room and connect it to the "rumpus room", remove a bearing wall all together, and then beam another one so we can get our washroom to fit a little better and give the other room some more space there. (I know it's hard to imagine it)
In short we will no longer have any hallways in the basement, which is good, no wasted space!
Oh another thing, ATCO came and checked out hot water tank and furnace out and it turns out that our heat exchanger in the furnace is cracked. I called around and was told it cost about 2K to fix it...so ...might as well replace it. Same with the hot water tank...16 years old but it's still running well...for now!
Hmm guess I have another one....CRACKS!!! In short five cracks in the foundations!!!!ARRGGGHHH!
Here's the good news (yeah right)...we had the contractor come yesterday and take a look at the plans again. Wacky and I decided we wanted a change in the floor plan (after multiple dicussions with others about it) and open it up even more. Now it's a little different than the original and may cost a little more because we are going to be dealing with three areas of the load bearing walls. We want to put french doors in the main tv room and connect it to the "rumpus room", remove a bearing wall all together, and then beam another one so we can get our washroom to fit a little better and give the other room some more space there. (I know it's hard to imagine it)
In short we will no longer have any hallways in the basement, which is good, no wasted space!
Oh another thing, ATCO came and checked out hot water tank and furnace out and it turns out that our heat exchanger in the furnace is cracked. I called around and was told it cost about 2K to fix it...so ...might as well replace it. Same with the hot water tank...16 years old but it's still running well...for now!
Hmm guess I have another one....CRACKS!!! In short five cracks in the foundations!!!!ARRGGGHHH!
posted by Wackies at
3:35 AM
3 Comments:
Maybe you can consider an On-Demand water heater.....I saw one at Costco for about 800 bucks.....but then again, I'm not sure how much a hot water heater costs these days, but it may save you some money in the long run if you don't have to keep a hot water tank heated. :)
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Anonymous, at March 28, 2006 3:18 PM
yeah most def thinking of an on demand. average h2o is about $3-500 I think...plus it would save on some space!
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Wackies, at March 29, 2006 3:26 AM
On-demand hot water tanks are only good enough for one or two water sources. But if you need water for your dishwasher, laundry and shower at the same time, you could be screwed. They're not up to snuff yet, so most people who purchase them only use it for a particular room. It might be okay for now, but once you have kids, your water demand will go up. Something to consider.
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Anonymous, at March 29, 2006 8:54 AM
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