The basement can surprisingly become a wing of the house above. You can innovate your basement by transforming it to makeshift living room, guest room, bedroom or business office.
So a proper basement bathroom becomes essential to gear up your basement. Here are a few instructions for finishing a basement bathroom.
The three-step instruction to finish a basement bathroom is; plan, budget and execution. Start designing your bathroom keeping the budget and space in mind. You must also remember the facilities you need to install in the bathroom.
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Follow the functional steps to finish your project
Your basement bathroom should consist of a ceramic toilet, a pedestal sink, a well-built sealed shower and a shower curtain rod, a soap disk and a towel hook. Accompany the sink with a three-bulb vanity light.
You can either hire an expert to install the basement toilet, who can fix the drainage and the sewage system properly. You can also do it yourself if you want to. But it is better to heed the advice of a professional who can foresee future problems and can give advice accordingly.
The plumbing and patching of your basement bathroom should be done with care. Plumbing should be your first priority as you have to fit pipes beneath the cement floor. After the plumbing is done, patch up the cracks of the floors and the walls with care. Use a low odor polyurethane sealant, which is flexible and long lasting.
Now engrave the floor with the most suitable design favoring the overall décor. You can put in a medicine cabinet for emergency purposes. Ventilation in your basement bathroom is most crucial. So affix a bathroom fan. You can also install a bathroom heater to get warm water for bathing.
As the basement has no window, a proper lighting is essential for basement bathroom. Attach light bulb strips above the mirror and install spotlights to illuminate your bathroom.
Create illusion of enormous space with good mirrors and expand your bathroom virtually.
Equip the basement bathroom with well-fitted cabinets and storage systems and utilize the space. The measurement of storage units is crucial to make sure they do not encroach the necessary places.
The estimated cost to finish your basement bathroom
The cost for finishing a basement bathroom includes cost for concrete, tiles, sealants, pumps, pipes, ducts and other equipments. You also have to buy the toilet unit, the basin, shower and the equipments like the cabinet, mirror and the electrical cable. You have to cough up more if you hire professionals to install the units.
For a basement bathroom, you need very simple things like a sink carved out of a coarse block of granite. You can strew the polished concrete floor with mother of pearls. You can design the wooden cabinet door with lattice pattern to match the contour of the basement or specifically the role it is playing.
The benefits of a basement bathroom
By constructing a basement bathroom you maximize the utility of an empty space.
When many guests assembled in your house, an extra bathroom proves beneficial providing extra toilet, extra bath and extra powder room for your guests and your family. A basement bathroom is easy to install, requires few equipments, and can be structured into a small space.
Moreover, the basement bathroom will increase the overall valuation of your house. So follow the practical instructions for finishing a basement bathroom and construct beauty with utility.
by Manuel Kupka
