Bathroom Studs

The old bathroom south stud wall is out and a new one is in. The new bathroom doorway is at the center of the photo. As you walk in, the door will swing to the left against the bathtub. The toilet will remain where it is and the sink will be on the right. The wall that separates the bathroom from the expanded kitchen will come straight out from just right of the square picture window (above the toilet).

Caustic Acoustic

Until this morning, the basement ceiling was covered in acoustic tiling. We've pulled it out and as a result added another 5 inches of head height, which makes a huge difference. The room will eventually be an office, a bedroom and an entertainment room.

Insulating noise between the first floor from the basement is a significant part of this project. Upstairs, we're installing a soundproofing underlayment beneath the wood floors. The underlayment is made of 93% recycled rubber materials and is almost a half inch thick. If the underlayment doesn't block all the noise we want it to, we'll attach strips of glued double-lam sheet rock to the underside of the main floor in between the basement ceiling joists.

The finished ceiling will have exposed joists and systems (HVAC, electrical, etc.), but we'll paint everything one color to give the whole thing a unified look.