Hey Guys,
Been a bit a bit of a lurker on somersoft for a while and the info on here has helped me no end.
I posted this on another forum but it has been slow to receive responses. I was hoping the wise people on here would be able to help me out....
I'm currently in the process of renovating a circa 1930's Queenslander and I've become a bit stuck on the ensuite. The area I'm converting is the "sleepout" (enclosed verandah). The problem I'm having is that on my proposed plans, there's a window in the middle of the shower. So I've been trying to figure out how to get around this, but haven't come up with any brilliant ideas ideas.
The current layout of the "sleepout" (sorry about the scummy paint map - I'm trying to figure out sketch up atm)
My proposed plans
Veiw of the outside of the house where the shower will be
My plan was to remove the casement window and replace it with a small double hung window to match the rest of the house, which would only look good if it was centred in the middle of the gable, which lands it in the middle of the shower. Where else could I move the shower to in this area? I've thought of weatherboarding up the front with no window, but this would look too plain and weird to me.
I plan on moving the stairs to come straight down from the house and have a walkway up to the front door. I've made the walkway a bit wider to make it feel a bit spacier and to allow for shoes etc. I suppose I could always cut into this space a bit more to allow room elsewhere....
Is there a way I could better use the available space? Maybe a walk through robe?
Should I use yellow tounge or a scyon type product for the floor? Being an older house, where sub standard building practices seemed to be the norm, the joists are at 530 centres (100x50 hardwood). I was planning on adding extra joists in between, is this overkill or necessary?
Would wet area plasterboard be sufficient for the walls?
Thanks in advance
David
Ps, Vj walls are the worst invention ever!
Been a bit a bit of a lurker on somersoft for a while and the info on here has helped me no end.
I posted this on another forum but it has been slow to receive responses. I was hoping the wise people on here would be able to help me out....
I'm currently in the process of renovating a circa 1930's Queenslander and I've become a bit stuck on the ensuite. The area I'm converting is the "sleepout" (enclosed verandah). The problem I'm having is that on my proposed plans, there's a window in the middle of the shower. So I've been trying to figure out how to get around this, but haven't come up with any brilliant ideas ideas.
The current layout of the "sleepout" (sorry about the scummy paint map - I'm trying to figure out sketch up atm)
My proposed plans
Veiw of the outside of the house where the shower will be
My plan was to remove the casement window and replace it with a small double hung window to match the rest of the house, which would only look good if it was centred in the middle of the gable, which lands it in the middle of the shower. Where else could I move the shower to in this area? I've thought of weatherboarding up the front with no window, but this would look too plain and weird to me.
I plan on moving the stairs to come straight down from the house and have a walkway up to the front door. I've made the walkway a bit wider to make it feel a bit spacier and to allow for shoes etc. I suppose I could always cut into this space a bit more to allow room elsewhere....
Is there a way I could better use the available space? Maybe a walk through robe?
Should I use yellow tounge or a scyon type product for the floor? Being an older house, where sub standard building practices seemed to be the norm, the joists are at 530 centres (100x50 hardwood). I was planning on adding extra joists in between, is this overkill or necessary?
Would wet area plasterboard be sufficient for the walls?
Thanks in advance
David
Ps, Vj walls are the worst invention ever!