Columbo
Senior Member
Moving right along. Thank you for your continued inspiration.
Thank you for the compliment! I’m following your project with interest too.
Moving right along. Thank you for your continued inspiration.
That was our thought too, it will be great for letting boots dry/melt off as well as washing our often muddy dog. Both the dog wash and the master (tiled) shower will have low curbs (about 4”).Awesome progress!
Wife and I have been debating a dog wash in the laundry room and was leaning towards deleting it until this weekend talking with family that said we should include it since it will handy for all sorts of things like washing muddy boots, hanging wet clothes, etc in addition to washing the dog. Then I see you're putting one in so I think it's a done deal.
Is that going to be a zero entry shower?
It’s been part of the IRC energy code since 2015 (I think). However, not all municipalities have adopted these provisions and there are ways around the blower door test provision in the code (such as manual inspection of certain areas). There’s no code enforcement or building inspector where I am building so I did this for my own peace of mind and interest. The test cost $350 so it’s not terribly expensive.Well done!
Is this a city/muni inspection requirement or just one you wanted to do yourself?
As far as I know this type of testing is not required in my area.
twin autowashes, two washing machines?Ok, where were we again…. The electrician is almost finished with rough-in, as is the plumber. Mini-split linesets are in the walls and the ventilation contractor is installing the ventilation system now. I installed all the radiant floor tubing under the first floor and the hot water baseboard zones to the second floor. I also set the master bath shower pan on the second floor and the fiberglass shower in the first floor full bath. Not to be outdone, the dog had her own dog wash station roughed in right inside the rear mudroom door. I also got the basement laundry roughed in over the weekend. The plumber has been doing all the drains while I follow behind and do the pex tubing and connections.
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I like those faucets, very nice! Having hot water outside is great, I have a hot water spigot to the side yard and one to the garage for hosing the cars off in the winter.twin autowashes, two washing machines?
Good on ya for the ADA handrail blocking in the shower. It is the right way to do that.
We have kicked around the dog wash thing and ours will be outside. The plan is to install a total of 3 of these.
Either the Prior brand:
Or the Woodford brand:
The dog station is a galvainzed tub on legs, with a catch bucket for the mud then it dumps into the downspout drain pipe. Our dogs are all small and we want them about waist height.
That tub will be under the carport roof, and really handy for dirty boots and tools so you can keep it outside.
I'm designing it as I type. The bucket will sit under the drain of the tub and have an overflow spout on it the dumps into the drain pipe. That way it catches the bulk of all turbidity, and when it gets a load you take it out in the garden and clean it out.
Winterizing is dumping the water out of that bucket.
I may be done working for the man but I will still bring muddy boots home, working for fun.