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If you are looking for steps on how to build a bathroom in the basement, you came to the right place! Investing in your home is never a bad idea if you are a homeowner.
Especially adding a bathroom. They add functional space to your home and paying you back a high return on your investment! In this article, we will help you understand the various tasks involved, and then give you steps to take to get the job done!
Despite the amount of work involved with building a bathroom in the basement, you will enjoy some very nice advantages. According to this article on the home remodeling cost guide, adding an additional bathroom has and ROI of about 60%. It can be even higher than that if you either do it yourself or get a professional involved to help you make all the right decision for your bathroom
Frees Up Space for Others to Use by Adding Another Bathroom
Has a Great Return on Investment (ROI)
Adds Functional Space for the Home without Worrying About Zoning Restrictions
Adds Your Home’s Equity
Your bathroom’s design will also determine what permits are necessary to complete the job according to code. Minneapolis has a permits index here, where you can find information on state building codes, state electrical codes, and state plumbing codes.
Installing your basement bathroom near any existing utilities will lessen your workload tremendously and require fewer permits to meet code. Placing your new bathroom below your already existing first-story bathroom will make the process of extending the plumbing pipes and electrical wiring way easier, so keep this in mind when you’re planning.
Drainage is one of the most important things to consider for your new basement bathroom. To explain, plumbing that is above ground level uses gravity to drain your wastewater. This slope is actually referred to as the “slope” or the “fall” of your drainage system. The problem is with basements, is that many basement drains, because they are below ground level, can’t provide enough fall. And that makes natural drainage a problem.
At this point, it’s honestly better to have a professional examine your sewer lines’ and drainpipes’ slope. This is because your bathroom will need special solutions for lift-pumping your wastewater to the sewer lines if your sewer’s exit point is higher than the level of your basement’s floor. Special solutions could also be required if your home uses a septic system.
A professional will know examine your slope and the flow rate or your drainage system to see if your existing plumbing will handle another bathroom being added. They will also be able to tell you if any city regulations will require the use of backwater valves on drain lines coming from the basement. This is a very important step, because if your flow rates don’t do their job properly, they will not evacuate waste effectively, and this causes clogs or worse, sewage backups into the house. (YUCK!)
Toilets for basement bathrooms picking your toilet isn’t going to be rocket science, but just so you know what’s out there, normal above ground level toilets will work fine in basement bathrooms, but there are toilets designed specifically for basement bathrooms. There are pressure-assisted toilets, composted toilets, sewer ejector toilets, and up-flushing toilets.
When planning your bathroom, the plumbing plays in as an important factor because while some basements come equipped with plumbing stub-outs and some up-flushing toilets have options to connect to your sink or toilet, it’s best to just get a professional opinion, just so you can understand exactly what you’re getting into first. A professional professional can tell you what kind of fixtures will work best for your bathroom, and keep you from hitting obstacles on the way to building your new masterpiece!
If there is nothing holding you back from your choices of basement lighting, such as how much natural light is in your basement, how much you care about the looks of your basement bathroom, (a,k,a) trying to save money vs. luxurious lighting for looks) you have will have a ton of options to choose from. However, the wiring in a basement is another issue that you really should leave to the pros, because basements, being below ground level require ground fault protection.
On average, you can expect to pay anywhere between $90 and $150 dollars an hour for your basement bathroom, with some exceptions, and if you can cut corners you can save more also. A basement bathroom can pay you back up to 70% OI, making it one of the better investments that you can make for your home’s equity! For the whole project, you’re looking at anywhere between $9000 and $20,000 from start to finish, depending on of course the materials you buy, who you hire to do the job, etc…
We hope that this article has been helpful in helping you understand all of the most important factors that come into play with building a basement bathroom. Moreover, we aimed to put the more important issues on your mind when it comes to safety, codes, and toilets backing up into your house, because in the end, if that’s what you are dealing with.
It becomes less of a “how to build a bathroom in the basement?” issue, and more of a keeping you out of harm’s way issue. If you have any questions, comments, of would like the help of an experienced remodeling professional who knows all of the twists and turns, give us a call at (651)703-2336 or use any of the green buttons on our site to set up a good time for us to come out and speak with you about your project.
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