Bathroom Building

[saltman]

Since it looks like I am not going to be able to build my vacation house this spring I deceided to build a bathroom building to go with my small cabin so I have a place shower on the long weekends.

I poured a 8x12 slab with my new pto mixer and then framed it, next step this weekend is to hang the rafters and sheet it.

 

[RedRocker]

Looks good, keep us updated.

 

[EddieWalker]

Sounds like you have your priorities figured out!!! hahaha Get a nice bathroom in and the rest can happen over time!!!! Will this be part of your vacation home? or will it always be a stand alone building? Do you have electricity there?

How are you going to finish off the exterior? I've been experiementing with staining James Hardi siding and have found it looks just like real wood when stained with a dark wood stain. All the benifits of cement, but the look of real wood.

Thanks for posting such a fun project!!!

Eddie

 

[saltman]

No it will always be a stand alone bano. I am sure it will still get plenty of use once the house is done since I am going to build a carport for motorhome parking next to it for family members when they come to visit.

I like your idea of the stained Hardie Board and am going to use that on the main house. (Fire code says no combustable materials on exterior here) Most here do everything in Stucco which I am tired of. For the bathroom though I will use t-111 to match the little cabin/ shed that it is next to.

I have solar power in the cabin/shed and can easily run it into the bathroom. For now though I am keeping it simple and am going to put in a few sky lights and a solar light from Nothern Tool.

 

[Highbeam]

You poured the 8x12 slab by hand? I mean loaded the bags into the mixer and all? That's a lot of concrete to mix up. It looks like you broke up the slab into sections, is that to prevent cold joints or?

 

[woodlot]

It looks like you have a small "lip" of your slab proud of your bottom plate. To me that means water problems. h2o can run down the siding, come to rest on the "lip", then run under the plate into the bano~. Although, from the pics it looks like rain might not be too much of a problem for you, still, you might want to think about some type of custom flashing to secure that area.

Cool project thanks for sharing.

 

[Coyote]

Water looks like it is a premium around those parts! Did you dig a well, and is your pump solar powered too?

 

[RPK]

Looks like a fun project. You may want to consider putting the temporary diagonal bracing on the inside of the walls. That way they can stay in place until all framing and sheathing is done. (just a thought)

RPK

 

[saltman]

Water is a premium, my well is 700 feet 18 gallons per min. of the best tasteing water! It comes out of the ground at 68 degrees! Too deep for a soalr powered pump well it wouldn't be very cost effective. You have to have a 10,000 gallon storage tank on site with a hydrant per code so the generator will only need to run a few days a month to pump water.

Thanks RPK I will put some diagonal braces on it while I attach the top plate and the sheeting. It was squre but with 40mph wind this week it may not be by now.

Good eye Woodlot the slab wasn't exactly square so the one bottom plate was adjusted. I used Preasure treated wood on the bottom and will caulk those areas, I also have an eave that hangs over a foot and the rafters will be 6-8 inches over the slab as well. Seasonal rain is suppose to be 11 in. a year but it's been about half that the past few years.

Highbeam I mixed all the concrete in the mixer. I used 2,500 pounds of sand, several yards of gravel and about a dozen bags of cement. I had to divide the slab into quarters because I couldn't mix up that much at one time. Next time I will pay to have a truck come out. I used a good ratio from a cement book but it was a pain in the butt. I had no idea it would take that much concrete. I had calculated a little more than a yard. It ended up being a lot more than that.

 

[schmism]

88*128*.5=48 /3/3/3 = 1.78 or almost 2 yards