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UPDATE-Construction woes
We've run into our first construction problem (outside of the PITA neighbor). They're currently doing the plumbing and the plumber said there wasn't enough fall from the toilet in the kids bathroom upstairs to the main pipe.
So they want to put a 2 ft bumpout on the outside of the house for the pipe. It would be right outside of our patio door. Um no.
Their next suggestion was to add a portion of wall into our main downstairs hallway (the one that leads from the front door past the stairs into the kitchen and family room). Try again.
Hey! How about adding a bulkhead in your kitchen--hell no.
Then their next suggestion was a floor to ceiling cabinet in the kitchen next to the stove to house the pipe. I briefly entertained this idea, but because the other cabinets in our kitchen don't go to the ceiling that was a no go as well. And I really don't want a sh!t pipe simmering next to my double ovens.
On one hand I feel like we're being difficult, but the other part of me thinks that this is something that shouldn't have to be worked out in this phase. It should have been worked out in the CAD phase.
This is a brand new house, not an old house that we're trying to make work. Anything that they're going to add needs to work with the flow of the house. I told them that they are free to add a sunroom in lieu of the bump-out.
WOOHOO! They looked into my suggestion of flipping the bathroom layout and it will work! Crisis averted! And--they've continued with the work. The siding is going up and the electrician is working too. Plumber will be back next week to finish up his work.
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Re: UPDATE-Construction woes
Sorry to hear that, Amy. i would suggest thinking about all of the spaces between the kids bathroom and the main stack. Is there a place where tou would have less concern about having a bulkhead? Or a vertical spot where a stack could be hidden? Unless you can move the bathroom, an extra bulkhead is way worse than a toilet that doesn't drain properly. :-)
Welcome to construction. The goal, of course, is to work everything out in paper before you build it. And maybe, if architects and engineers were given endless time to double check everything the plans would be perfect, but since we're human I doubt it. It's waaaay worse in renovation when you find surprises in the walls...
Joseph Henry was born at home on March 9, 2009
Nora Mae was born at home on October 30, 2011
Joseph Henry was born at home on March 9, 2009
Nora Mae was born at home on October 30, 2011
Apparently the issue is getting it to an interior wall to get it to the basement, where it would go to the main stack. CAD is supposed to come back with a solution today.