I'm almost finished gutting the 2nd floor, all but the bathroom will be completely gutted. The bathroom will be changed at a later date. I need to change the layout but I'm not sure which way to go.

Built in 1912, converted later for updated bathroom, and hydronic heating.

The original layout ( Original Floorplan) had a room in the middle which you needed to travel trough to get to one of the front bedrooms. As it seems unnecessary to have 4 rooms upstairs, and a tiny master bedroom, I decided it would be best to either create a master suite, or at least enlarge all of the rooms. Also, I want to change the location of the bathroom door and toilet, adding a double sink.

Example of what I was thinking: Example Layout

Adding a walk-in closet and increasing the bedroom by 12 inches: Walk-in closet

The door for the closet could be shifted to allow for a vanity in that little area, or perhaps adjust the size of the closet to allow for a small loveseat and table.


So, I have a tendency to lock myself into 1 design so I thought it'd be fun to share my project with everyone and see if the more experienced people here on the forum would have a better way to utilize the space that I have. Here is a blank layout if anyone wants to print it out to write on. Blank Layout


edited to add the video walk-through:
Video walk through: Click here for the video
Long video, lots of "umms" and "uhhs", I apologize in advance. Give it time to load as it's in 720p.

Edited by Ice Man - June 03 2014 at 6:32pm

I'll put together a video walk-through. I do know that attempting 4 bedrooms upstairs would be bad, there's just not enough space. But there is a bonus room off the kitchen, might have been a porch at one time, I don't know, but it's big enough for a bedroom. It's actually where my bedroom is now while I remodel. You do have to go through this room to go out the back door, so technically I can't call it a bedroom, but it works for me.

Main beam runs front of house to back, floor joists run from the sides (left to right as seen in the drawing. The main waste is located to the side of the toilet (6 feet from bottom corner, 1 square = 1 foot). I can run an additional waste line somewhere in the middle of the floor plan if needed, straight to the basement. But I think I could use the space adjacent to the wall of the existing bathroom for the master bath. I'd have to check code, but it would put me about 8 feet from the existing waste, if that's not too far.

Edited by Ice Man - May 31 2014 at 6:02pm

Figure in 1/4 drop per foot, you might be able to go less on short runs if you're using 4 inch pipe.

Hey Enrich,

If you gave Conan a drawing of lower floor to see where closets, current main stack for plumbing and kitchen are now, it would be beneficial.
IMO.3- bdrm 2 bathrms upstairs

After watching that vid.Pray for a natural disaster or.....