I'm always impressed that you so often just casually pull footage from like 10+ years ago in your videos. You must have just a ridiculous stack of labeled hard drives hanging around 😂
@@robt2151 I think Fronk held the camera for most of this. I couldn't get a good look at which of them opened the door for Frank at 29:12, he didn't get close enough to tell for sure.
Well that's a great refit. The only critique I have is moving the upper cupboard door stoppers to the top of the frame instead of the bottom so they're less in the way of putting items in and getting them back out.
I think the most fun I've ever had doing cabinetry was building one to fit a space in a house that was built in the early 1900s that was not square. Nothing in that house was square, level, flat or even. But the finishers of the time made it all look like it was.
i don’t know if i’ve ever commented in all this time, but i have been enjoying your work since a few months after you posted your workshop build video, and i just have to say: your filmmaking choices are what makes you stand out on youtube. i don’t have the time to watch these days like i did then, but your work always gets a view. that shot you did from inside the cabinet with the doors closed put a genuine smile on my face. it was just so pleasant to look at and and interesting way to present the information. i really appreciate the effort you put into these videos. the stop motion, the split screen, the frank clones. they all take so much more work than is necessary, and they elevate your videos from vlog to art.
The hard black glue could well have been some asbestos glue. At least that's the judgement of such in my late 1960s house. They used such back then for tiles, boards, floor laminates and such.
Water heaters have a limited lifetime. The new standards with extra insulation make them a different outside size. This means you will have content for another project video.
@@mallorykane2843 But when it eventually fails, it will have to come out...[fortunately, Frank used mostly screws, except for the finish nails on the trim pieces]
As the most frequent user of the guest bedroom and bath over the years, can attest to it looking really great! Fun to see the process and the kids when they were little.
Great use of the 360 camera. Also I feel like I've said this before but along with the final builds I just enjoy watching Frank make nice pieces of wood.
I was going to comment on the new and fatter water heaters but somebody beat me to it. Good luck when the time comes. That valve is the TPR valve, Temperature and Pressure Relief. I am surprised your codes people let the plumber vent it upward. That can be dangerous and locally it's a no-no. Nice job, big improvement.
my dad took about 30 years to finally renovate/remodel 2 of our 3 bathrooms... i helped him with the upstairs master in 2021 and then we did the downstairs last year.
That final shot with the out of character music and your hand sticking out from behind the door with the 360 cam... Just another wonderful film making moment Frank!
next time you use that glue-on edging you can use a trimpiece with a router to get a nice fast and even edge. just thought you would appreciate the tip.
Who among homeowners doesn't have a reno project that's not quite done yet. I've got one bathroom that has been mostly done for at least 5 years now. Maybe I'll get to it this summer. Maybe not. Thanks for sharing!
Ooohhh! I love the clever placement of the door handles! (My house was built into a hill in 1910. I can talk about the lack of 90 degree angles any time. 😂)
Seeing someone as handy as you are taking quite some time to finish projekts is really helpfull. It gives me time to breath regarding we moved into or new, old house one year ago and it feels totally overwhelming to get stuff done O.O
Very impressive buildout, the only thing I might have done differently would have been to make the shelves pull out drawers so they were not open. Wither way, it turned out awesome. Thanks for sharing!
looks great, but i think it would have been a better idea to just put a door over it, the storage space with the cubbies is nice, but when that hot water heater needs to be replaced, they will be in the way and it will be a pain to take them out.
I had a consulting mechanical engineer that always use to bring up his frustration with the term: Hot Water Heater. When on long drives to site visits the ensuing dialog we had was always entertaining. Thanks.
In my country we call it a Boiler, but they're rare nowadays, as most homes have a central heater/water heater unit on the gas mains. Though they're trying to push the transition to heat pumps nowadays, to get off the fossil fuels
Thank you Frank, beautiful work. I'll use this as reference when my wife asks me when our house is finished. Usually I respond with; "Just because I promised doesn't mean you have to remind me every 6 months."
For the edge banding, a trim router works great, especially on real wood banding, where it works much better than those specialized hand trimmers that slide over both sides and rip out chunks of it!
I have watched a lot of your videos and I’ve always noticed that when you are using the radial arm saw, you don’t pull it in a single smooth motion. Rather in steps were you go fast and slow alternating. Is there a special reason as to why? Thanks for all the inspiration and knowledge you share. Regards /Danjel
Very good turnout on the remodel. Bathrooms are the hardest because of tight spaces. Also if you do much more of the edge banding you might want to buy a trimmer. Fast cap has some and of course Azom has bunches.
Nice update for sure. Nice work around the hot water heater. That wood face on the outside of curb on the show will likely not last a ton of time if that shower gets a lot of use (being a basement I doubt it) , but I would personally re-tile that shower and use a more modern frameless glass door for the shower. I used to call the one we had like that in our 70's home a "bathing cave". It was super dark in there. I ended retiling the whole deal, make the door as a wide as possible with a modern door, built in shelves and much brighter light. Was a nice update. I used 12 inch tiles in a diamond pattern. Lots of cuts, but it turned great. Much more modern and slightly more function.
I see a lot of basements. Handy home builders really have a knack for packing stuff around the utilities. Completely boxed up water meters. Electrical panels in the back of deep cupboards. Water heaters with no room. Furnaces wedged in corners. Sheetrock over valves. You name it.
You can get a cheap plastic tool which told two box cutter blades. It trims the edge banding perfectly flush on both sides in one smooth motion. I used to use a chisel referenced against one face of the wood, which works okay. But the tool was well worth the money.
I learned from a cabinet maker years back that a file is the best way to trim up edge-banding, but i have also cheated and used a flush trim bit in a router
A friend of mine works for a manufacturer and pointed out how often we say "hot water heater" when hot water doesn't need to be heated. Now I can't stop hearing it.
Another great video as always, Frank! For the edge banding, using a blade works great. If you were going to be doing a lot of it, there's a tool made specifically for trimming edge banding. I used to work in a cabinet shop and we had them laying around everywhere. Sort of like how you'll find carpenter's pencils laying around everywhere haha
Remodels are overwhelming in every way imaginable. From the design, cost & sourcing materials, diying always takes longer but saves more money than hiring whoever, the list goes on. It doesn't happen overnight.
One question. One observation. What kind of camera was that? It looked like it might have been mounted to the ceiling and tracking you when you were caulking. The temperature and pressure relief valve on top of the water heater releases water when needed to protect the system from over pressure. The pipe coming off of it is a drain that relies on gravity to evacuate. If you pipe it up like that, the pipe would have to fill up completely before any water would ever come out of it. So you’re essentially trapping all this water and exposing it to the air. Trapped water will stagnate and things will grow in it. This trapped water is sitting up against the t&p valve. When that valve opens, the pressure behind it will obviously be higher than that of the water in the trap, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any contamination. Also, the older the t&p, the likelier that if it does purge, it won’t seal off completely, leading to a small amount of water continuously issuing from it. But if you had close the house water supply for some other reason, then you’d almost certainly pull all of that trap water back into the water heater where the hot environment will accelerate the microbe propagation.
Looks nice! Can't wait till the video where you replace the water heater...I've replaced two in my house, and I am not going to spoil the joy and excitement that you or your plumber will feel when that time comes... seriously though, I would, before that time comes, rethink that bottom frame, and at least make the area around the water heater easily removable. Future you will thank you.
As a fellow architect: I understand the long remodel process. I think you do a nice job. I'm surprised you call the water heater a hot water heater. If it was hot, it wouldn't need to be heated...
I loved the remodel. Very good explanation of what you did and how you did it. Great use of space next to the water heater. The video at the end showing the result would have been better if you slowed the panning a bit. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
It's pretty well a given that you will be replacing the water heater a some point - should make for a fun video disassembling everything you just did when that happens.
Frank, it all looks great (like all your projects). However… for the life of me I can’t understand why you didn’t use pressure treated lumber for the cabinet base. That wood lays on concrete next to the biggest water source in your house. What if water heater leaks or condensation collects on the floor from the shower? Just asking… Stuart
I live in the UK, and our house was built in the 1850s , it's built with brick and I don't think that the builders knew what a straight line was lol , everything is bodged when we have to do anything shimes and cork are a staple to having anything look aesthetically pleasing .
I've just come in from the workshop having spent all day 8+hours filling sanding the back of a piece of furniture I've rebuilt adapted for our bedroom to realise I'm the only person who has and will ever see it😅
Tiny humans! :)) Man, haven't seen them so small in a while. Looks like someone was gearing to make the bathroom but kinda gave up, and spun to make it presentable for a sale, then gave up on that too? So many weird details.
I recently made a murphy bed and used edge banding for it - I think somehow we bought the same cheap iron (or at least they were made in the same factory)! When it came to trimming the excess I used a sharp chisel laid flat across the plane of the plywood board and attacking the iron-on trim at a 45 degree angle to the length I was cutting. It came off in a nice long thread the length of the panel and left a very clean blend between the ply & trim.
Hey Frank. It looks good, but the insurance adjuster in me is cringing at that cupboard you built in next to the water heater. That space isn’t there just for fun, the water heater needs a certain amount of cubic feet of airspace adjacent to it for proper combustion and radiant heat dissipation. You’ve robbed it of that airspace, and it’s going to compromise the efficiency of combustion and/or the remaining lifespan of the heater. Because you trimmed out the cabinet, it is a full built in that will have to be ripped out when you have to replace the heater. In the interim, I recommend you make some vent holes in the sides of the cubby’s so that you at least restore the necessary airspace for the heater.
@@larrymyers6749 that’s true, but it still needs the airspace to dissipate the heat that radiates off it or he will experience dry rot. With electric, D epending on how hard the water is in his area, it would definitely need to be replaced soon, necessitating tearing out his storage. The area I lived in for 30 years had no natural gas lines (Canadian arctic) so everyone had electric water heaters, and they more often than not didn’t last till the usual 6 year warranty ran out. I was on my third heater after five years. By comparison, a town 100 Kim’s further south did have gas and they’re gas water heaters lasted 20+ years before rupturing.
same. i was wincing not just at the heat but at the prospect of trying to maneuver in that tiny area for any work on that heater. holes in the side and probably change the door for a louvered one
Radiant heat distribution? There are plenty of companies that sell insulation blanket kits that up r-value of your tank, for more efficiency. If anything, you want to block heat distribution.
Yet another room appears in Frank's infinite basement
😂😂😂 A thought I didn’t realize I was also thinking
I'm always impressed that you so often just casually pull footage from like 10+ years ago in your videos. You must have just a ridiculous stack of labeled hard drives hanging around 😂
29.4 terabytes of videos all dated and mostly labeled.
@@frankmakes if you ever have a desire to make a meta video about how you make videos - I'd watch it.
Don’t feel bad about this: the average basement bathroom remodel time is closer to never.
I tried to install a sink in mine 3 years ago. Still not in.
I snapped a chalkline....years ago. 15 + years in home.... still no finished basement 😅🤣😂
@13:25 -- It was nice of Frank to stick around and help Frank carry the cabinet out of the shop.
Frank and Frank are a good team..!
I think they are triplets but one of them didn't show up.
Yes, they are at least 3, but not this day.. holiday or familybusiness or what ever... 😊😉
Those are Frink and Fronk, they love to help Frank out
@@robt2151 I think Fronk held the camera for most of this.
I couldn't get a good look at which of them opened the door for Frank at 29:12, he didn't get close enough to tell for sure.
The 360 shots in this are genius.
Well that's a great refit. The only critique I have is moving the upper cupboard door stoppers to the top of the frame instead of the bottom so they're less in the way of putting items in and getting them back out.
Exactly!
I think the most fun I've ever had doing cabinetry was building one to fit a space in a house that was built in the early 1900s that was not square. Nothing in that house was square, level, flat or even. But the finishers of the time made it all look like it was.
My basement bathroom reno took 6 years. So I'm feeling pretty good about myself now. Thanks for this
Nobody likes a braggart. ;)
i don’t know if i’ve ever commented in all this time, but i have been enjoying your work since a few months after you posted your workshop build video, and i just have to say:
your filmmaking choices are what makes you stand out on youtube.
i don’t have the time to watch these days like i did then, but your work always gets a view.
that shot you did from inside the cabinet with the doors closed put a genuine smile on my face. it was just so pleasant to look at and and interesting way to present the information.
i really appreciate the effort you put into these videos. the stop motion, the split screen, the frank clones. they all take so much more work than is necessary, and they elevate your videos from vlog to art.
The hard black glue could well have been some asbestos glue. At least that's the judgement of such in my late 1960s house. They used such back then for tiles, boards, floor laminates and such.
I was thinking the same thing.
Water heaters have a limited lifetime. The new standards with extra insulation make them a different outside size. This means you will have content for another project video.
AO Smith makes a very skinny 40 gallon.
yeah i was just thinking i bet they end up with a tankless next time cuz it's gonna be a sumbich to even get that out now.
@@mallorykane2843 You can always cut the jacket and the insulation off and make a real mess.
@@mallorykane2843 But when it eventually fails, it will have to come out...[fortunately, Frank used mostly screws, except for the finish nails on the trim pieces]
@@kenc2257 yes i am aware it will have to come out hence the mentioning it will be hard to get it out.
As the most frequent user of the guest bedroom and bath over the years, can attest to it looking really great! Fun to see the process and the kids when they were little.
Clever idea to use round weights to hold the baseboard in place while the glue dries. 👍
Great use of the 360 camera. Also I feel like I've said this before but along with the final builds I just enjoy watching Frank make nice pieces of wood.
I was going to comment on the new and fatter water heaters but somebody beat me to it. Good luck when the time comes. That valve is the TPR valve, Temperature and Pressure Relief. I am surprised your codes people let the plumber vent it upward. That can be dangerous and locally it's a no-no. Nice job, big improvement.
And a whole video without a single CNC machine appearance... 💕💕💕
I'm bookmarking this video to show my wife any time I'm "past due" on any project! Thanks Frank!
The sound effects are an interesting touch.
A simple update to make it look very nice. Good job.
Frank the man who keeps ALL his footage. He must have a good organization system too.
my dad took about 30 years to finally renovate/remodel 2 of our 3 bathrooms... i helped him with the upstairs master in 2021 and then we did the downstairs last year.
Saw this video when you first put it out but watching over shows the details that never gets dull Frank, thanks for sharing.
I’m impressed you kept track of the footage over all the years
That final shot with the out of character music and your hand sticking out from behind the door with the 360 cam... Just another wonderful film making moment Frank!
next time you use that glue-on edging you can use a trimpiece with a router to get a nice fast and even edge. just thought you would appreciate the tip.
I love the way you edit. Bathroom looks amazing. I learned a lot. Thank you for doing this!
Who among homeowners doesn't have a reno project that's not quite done yet. I've got one bathroom that has been mostly done for at least 5 years now. Maybe I'll get to it this summer. Maybe not. Thanks for sharing!
caulk.... the unsung hero of DIY'ers
It’s called pressure relief valve line. In case the water heater overflows, the water will go out this line. You explained it well.
Ooohhh! I love the clever placement of the door handles! (My house was built into a hill in 1910. I can talk about the lack of 90 degree angles any time. 😂)
BTW, I love how committed you are to the "bed goes up, bed goes down" meme!
Seeing someone as handy as you are taking quite some time to finish projekts is really helpfull. It gives me time to breath regarding we moved into or new, old house one year ago and it feels totally overwhelming to get stuff done O.O
Very impressive buildout, the only thing I might have done differently would have been to make the shelves pull out drawers so they were not open. Wither way, it turned out awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Yes and they're kind of deep. Drawers would have helped
It's funny I feel nostalgia about the kids being kids xD.
looks great, but i think it would have been a better idea to just put a door over it, the storage space with the cubbies is nice, but when that hot water heater needs to be replaced, they will be in the way and it will be a pain to take them out.
I had a consulting mechanical engineer that always use to bring up his frustration with the term: Hot Water Heater. When on long drives to site visits the ensuing dialog we had was always entertaining. Thanks.
'DB board' must drive you nuts.😂
@@stevedotrsa Have you ever seen a house fly? Yup and, have seen a baseball bat.
In my country we call it a Boiler, but they're rare nowadays, as most homes have a central heater/water heater unit on the gas mains. Though they're trying to push the transition to heat pumps nowadays, to get off the fossil fuels
Thank you Frank, beautiful work.
I'll use this as reference when my wife asks me when our house is finished. Usually I respond with; "Just because I promised doesn't mean you have to remind me every 6 months."
For the edge banding, a trim router works great, especially on real wood banding, where it works much better than those specialized hand trimmers that slide over both sides and rip out chunks of it!
3:03-“The Big Boss”! That’s hilarious!
You are a true craftsman and artist. Craftmanship left the construction trade in South Florida many decades ago.
I love seeing the Franks at work
so no one has mentioned the superb camera work !!!
You made me happy :)
I still have time to finish the bathroom in the attic, only 9 years past...
I have watched a lot of your videos and I’ve always noticed that when you are using the radial arm saw, you don’t pull it in a single smooth motion. Rather in steps were you go fast and slow alternating. Is there a special reason as to why? Thanks for all the inspiration and knowledge you share. Regards /Danjel
Bravo to the video editing. It will not pass through unnoticed
Very good turnout on the remodel. Bathrooms are the hardest because of tight spaces. Also if you do much more of the edge banding you might want to buy a trimmer. Fast cap has some and of course Azom has bunches.
^ indeed, the Fastcap edgeband trimmer works pretty well. Use a block plane for the final trim.
Nice update for sure. Nice work around the hot water heater. That wood face on the outside of curb on the show will likely not last a ton of time if that shower gets a lot of use (being a basement I doubt it) , but I would personally re-tile that shower and use a more modern frameless glass door for the shower. I used to call the one we had like that in our 70's home a "bathing cave". It was super dark in there. I ended retiling the whole deal, make the door as a wide as possible with a modern door, built in shelves and much brighter light. Was a nice update. I used 12 inch tiles in a diamond pattern. Lots of cuts, but it turned great. Much more modern and slightly more function.
I see a lot of basements. Handy home builders really have a knack for packing stuff around the utilities.
Completely boxed up water meters.
Electrical panels in the back of deep cupboards.
Water heaters with no room.
Furnaces wedged in corners.
Sheetrock over valves.
You name it.
@WhatApp①⑨②⑨④⑧⑦⑤③⓪② hey fucker, if you're gonna spam, at least leave an auto like.
You can get a cheap plastic tool which told two box cutter blades. It trims the edge banding perfectly flush on both sides in one smooth motion. I used to use a chisel referenced against one face of the wood, which works okay. But the tool was well worth the money.
I learned from a cabinet maker years back that a file is the best way to trim up edge-banding, but i have also cheated and used a flush trim bit in a router
Jackpot! We even got video of homer!
A friend of mine works for a manufacturer and pointed out how often we say "hot water heater" when hot water doesn't need to be heated. Now I can't stop hearing it.
Glad I'm not the only one who takes 13 years to complete projects...
For the edge banding, a carpenter friend of mine used a fine tooth file, you file towards the wood in a scissor like action
I laughed out loud at the kids still being kids part. Really gets across how long ago this started.
27:30 I'm surprised you didn't relocate these stops to the top of the cabinet
Another great video as always, Frank! For the edge banding, using a blade works great. If you were going to be doing a lot of it, there's a tool made specifically for trimming edge banding. I used to work in a cabinet shop and we had them laying around everywhere. Sort of like how you'll find carpenter's pencils laying around everywhere haha
That looks really great, Frank. Keep in mind that nothing is square, level, or plumb in a new house either.
Bill
Nice work Frank.
Remodels are overwhelming in every way imaginable. From the design, cost & sourcing materials, diying always takes longer but saves more money than hiring whoever, the list goes on. It doesn't happen overnight.
Nice job, Frank, it looks like you’re having fun with that 360 camera
I really like the pulls on those upper cabinet doors!!
One question. One observation.
What kind of camera was that? It looked like it might have been mounted to the ceiling and tracking you when you were caulking.
The temperature and pressure relief valve on top of the water heater releases water when needed to protect the system from over pressure. The pipe coming off of it is a drain that relies on gravity to evacuate. If you pipe it up like that, the pipe would have to fill up completely before any water would ever come out of it. So you’re essentially trapping all this water and exposing it to the air. Trapped water will stagnate and things will grow in it. This trapped water is sitting up against the t&p valve. When that valve opens, the pressure behind it will obviously be higher than that of the water in the trap, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any contamination. Also, the older the t&p, the likelier that if it does purge, it won’t seal off completely, leading to a small amount of water continuously issuing from it. But if you had close the house water supply for some other reason, then you’d almost certainly pull all of that trap water back into the water heater where the hot environment will accelerate the microbe propagation.
For holding that baseboard with the construction adhesive, you can flip the head on your Bessey clamp and use them as spreaders.
What a difference.
Looks nice! Can't wait till the video where you replace the water heater...I've replaced two in my house, and I am not going to spoil the joy and excitement that you or your plumber will feel when that time comes... seriously though, I would, before that time comes, rethink that bottom frame, and at least make the area around the water heater easily removable. Future you will thank you.
Man you really.... *handled* it
Looks great!
Beautiful work, Frank! It turned out fantastic! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
As a fellow architect:
I understand the long remodel process.
I think you do a nice job.
I'm surprised you call the water heater a hot water heater. If it was hot, it wouldn't need to be heated...
I loved the remodel. Very good explanation of what you did and how you did it. Great use of space next to the water heater. The video at the end showing the result would have been better if you slowed the panning a bit. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
It looks so good
It's pretty well a given that you will be replacing the water heater a some point - should make for a fun video disassembling everything you just did when that happens.
Frank, it all looks great (like all your projects). However… for the life of me I can’t understand why you didn’t use pressure treated lumber for the cabinet base. That wood lays on concrete next to the biggest water source in your house. What if water heater leaks or condensation collects on the floor from the shower? Just asking…
Stuart
Agreed, code requires pressure treat. Looks great otherwise.
I live in the UK, and our house was built in the 1850s , it's built with brick and I don't think that the builders knew what a straight line was lol , everything is bodged when we have to do anything shimes and cork are a staple to having anything look aesthetically pleasing .
this guys basement is bigger than the Olympics.
it really is, you could tell me that he tunneled into the neighbors' basements for more project content and at this point i'd believe you
That's a lovely basement bathroom. (it was worth the wait)
Original colours give me a very 70s vibe.
Thank you for your video.
13 years for a bathroom makes me feel infinitely better about the 2 years for a router table
I've just come in from the workshop having spent all day 8+hours filling sanding the back of a piece of furniture I've rebuilt adapted for our bedroom to realise I'm the only person who has and will ever see it😅
You are a true artisan..! 🤗
@@karlchristoffer1275 yes I am 😂😂🤣
Tiny humans! :)) Man, haven't seen them so small in a while.
Looks like someone was gearing to make the bathroom but kinda gave up, and spun to make it presentable for a sale, then gave up on that too? So many weird details.
Looks good. If you want a quick and easy shower makeover, Rustolem Tub and Tile paint is great
You should use foam adhesive rather than grab adhesive for fitting “baseboards” (skirting boards)
It’s so much better.
I recently made a murphy bed and used edge banding for it - I think somehow we bought the same cheap iron (or at least they were made in the same factory)! When it came to trimming the excess I used a sharp chisel laid flat across the plane of the plywood board and attacking the iron-on trim at a 45 degree angle to the length I was cutting. It came off in a nice long thread the length of the panel and left a very clean blend between the ply & trim.
Really enjoyable watching, do like the projected tv on the inside of the doors
Lovely and bright
Nice job Frank - I like the asymmetric design! But you probably could have a done a better job if you had taken your time! ; - )
As always Frank...Great job!
I love your voiceover. Very relaxing haha
should have included a shot of the kids inspecting at the end :D
We talked about doing that but never got around to shooting it.
Beautiful Frank
I love yhe master plumbers at home depot
Flush trimming is what separates us from the animals 😂
That footage of the mini inspectors. Priceless.
Looks amazing! Definitely worth the wait 😊❤
Hey Frank. It looks good, but the insurance adjuster in me is cringing at that cupboard you built in next to the water heater. That space isn’t there just for fun, the water heater needs a certain amount of cubic feet of airspace adjacent to it for proper combustion and radiant heat dissipation. You’ve robbed it of that airspace, and it’s going to compromise the efficiency of combustion and/or the remaining lifespan of the heater. Because you trimmed out the cabinet, it is a full built in that will have to be ripped out when you have to replace the heater.
In the interim, I recommend you make some vent holes in the sides of the cubby’s so that you at least restore the necessary airspace for the heater.
might be an electric water heater
@@larrymyers6749 that’s true, but it still needs the airspace to dissipate the heat that radiates off it or he will experience dry rot. With electric, D epending on how hard the water is in his area, it would definitely need to be replaced soon, necessitating tearing out his storage. The area I lived in for 30 years had no natural gas lines (Canadian arctic) so everyone had electric water heaters, and they more often than not didn’t last till the usual 6 year warranty ran out. I was on my third heater after five years. By comparison, a town 100 Kim’s further south did have gas and they’re gas water heaters lasted 20+ years before rupturing.
same. i was wincing not just at the heat but at the prospect of trying to maneuver in that tiny area for any work on that heater. holes in the side and probably change the door for a louvered one
There's a medium size closet behind/as part of the the space, that opens into the guest room.
Radiant heat distribution? There are plenty of companies that sell insulation blanket kits that up r-value of your tank, for more efficiency. If anything, you want to block heat distribution.
Very nice
Beautiful work.
My time-lines for redos is very similar to this & my wife hates it,but her pushing doesn't seem to help much. 😅
Awesome renovation!