Home Improvement

Yeah, I've been tiling for years, and I still shy away from tiling a shower. I always make space to put a 1 piece unit in (often have removed doors to make this possible). Those beasts won't leak for thirty years. Tiling I have done myself? Probably be okay, and I've helped friends do it, but I'd rather use tile as an accent or a floor than make it functional in bathroom fixtures.

Pad of graph paper. I have been a designer using AutoCad for 25 years and still use it daily. I would rather sit down with a pad of graph paper and throw ideas around than sit down and start from zero in a cad package. Once you get the rough idea down then throw into a cad package to work out the details.

Moving a toilet would be bad/difficult. Followed by moving the controls for the shower/tub which would require either gutting the wall on that side or cutting an access from the rear on the other side. Depending on how old the valves are in the wall already. Lots of times on older stuff they wind up cutting the line and installing a new one because they are corroded or in the case of the last house I owned, you couldn't get the key/tool to fit that style anymore.

Well if it's on a slab that's a big issue right there, putting in a new drain. If it's over floor joist that is an issue if you have to go perpindulcar to them and make cuts for the drain. Either way not good.

Pfft. Moving a toilet is not that big a deal. You just have to make sure you can structurally support it while you have enough slope on the plumbing that empties into a large stack that is adequately vented.

Simple.

Moving toilets is more obnoxious than it is impossible especially on a slab. I would only ever attempt it with a serious remodel not just 'I want a new color and the toilet should move 4" over'.

I'll have to redo my upstairs bathroom at point in the next 5 years. Not looking forward to that. Too many projects until then though.

So much shitty tile in my existing bathroom.

I have one bathroom to go in my house. The tile is all functioning perfectly, but it is a crappy 1980s Miami Vice style renovation done in the 80s. Ugly as sin, but totally functional, so I have it on the back burner until most everything else is done. I have it worked out how I can get a 1 piece shower into the second story sliding door, and I'll take the bathroom door apart. Also needs a new jet tub, but that's just expensive, not hard. The good news is that I don't have to relocate anything, just replace every fricking square inch.

OK Home improvement bros, here is my plan for my wooden platform to build a 8x10 plastic shed on top. Tell me what I've fucked up before I build this



The 2x6 boards will be the bottom level of support, supported by handi-block concrete blocks as seen here:
Shop Handi-Block 4 x 4 Handi-Block at Lowes.com

The 2x6 boards will be 8 feet long , with each of the end concrete supports being 1-foot in from the end, and the middle one centered(leaving a 3-foot span between concrete blocks, according to the handi-block manufacturer specifications, the blocks need to be no more than 5 feet apart when supporting a deck/shed type structure, so I'm within their specifications, and support beams can overhang by 1 foot, so good there too)

Then I will be laying basically a floor frame on top made of 10-foot long 2x4s, spaced no more than 16" apart, and overhanging at the top and bottom by 1 foot. I want this 1 foot excess all around to "hide" the concrete blocks a little better(I may put up lattice or some sort of flashing at some point around the bottom)

I'm trying to minimize the amount of concrete blocks, as they are the most expensive component by far, thats why I just didn't plan on a simple frame made out of 2x4s with blocks on every board...that would cost a fortune

Am I alright to just screw everything together with weather-proof wood screws? Do I need L-brackets/supports anywhere?

I'll be putting 1/2 inch plywood across the entire top once the framing is done, to form the floor for the shed. This shed won't have anything super heavy in it, no riding lawnmower or anything, just a push mower, weedeater, garden tools, pressure washer, etc.

That's all well and good, but what are you doing to make sure the ground doesn't wash out or become unstable? All that design makes no difference if the ground underneath starts to shift.

No idea really. The ground there is pretty compacted already, as it had a 10x12 shed sitting on it for 20+ years(tore it down last summer, was rotting pretty bad), and the ground is naturally pretty level already (probably slopes about 1 inch over the 10 foot span from left to right).

But honestly, I don't have a plan for that? should I? That's why I'm asking if there's a major flaw to this plan before I start, lol.

I definitely planned on digging some of then in to level the platform, but I could dig them ALL in several inches if that would make a big difference in overall support.

I was basically going to leave the low side sitting on the ground as-is, and dig in the high-side to make it level, but I could dig them all a bit, it isn't a ton of extra work.