UFH and flooring dilema at top of stairs / third floor!
Hello! After a little bit of help and advice with underfloor heating and flooring on the third floor of our house please; it's part of a whole house renovation that we're currently tackling! We decided to take the top floor as our master suite, which was previously two double bedrooms and a small bathroom inbetween, which you can see on the original floor plan below.
We will have our bedroom as the room on the left and the room on the right is being turned into a bathroom, along with getting ready space. The stairs come up between the two rooms and are now open plan to the space between and connecting the two rooms. The top of the stairs has had the old bathroom ripped out and we are making a window seat as there are beautiful views out over the front and back. We have have put in matching double doors on the left and right at the top of the stairs so that both the bedroom and bathroom can be closed off if needed for privacy but for 90% of the time, it feels like one large master suite. I have marked the new door positions as the blue lines on the pic below
(What will be the new bathroom looking from bedroom)...
(Looking from new bathroom back towards bedroom)...
(As you look across the house from new bathroom to bedroom)...
(Top of the stairs, excuse my hubby, they're the only pics I have on my phone!!)...
Our dilema is flooring and heating on this floor! We really want the space to feel as one, so want one continuous flooring across the two rooms and top of the stairs! This limits our options as the flooring therefore needs to be suitable for a bathroom! We we were thinking Karndean (or similar) but would also like UFH to avoid the need for radiators. Our dilema is if we install UFH it will increase the floor height as we'll need to screed it in. How would that work work with the top of the stairs? What would you do at the top step where the floor height is increased? Can you just make the step a bit higher? We will of course ask our builder but I wanted to get a bit of advice on options before discussing with him, so we're a bit more knowledgeable. Thanks in advance for any help. Claire
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Comments (12)Sure If you let me know the town you live I could give you my best price including delivery!...would you like a sample? I think you could use different colour floor, not matter what type of floor you will choose, every room look independent from each other, I don't know about the individual style of each room . In my house I would put the kitchen on top of tiles so the fitters will have an even surface to install the kitchen units, but probably the best way for you to make the best choice is to talk to the kitchen fitter and ask them what they prefer, than you wont make the wrong decision. In your case a smart decision and a honest answer would be to tile up to the kitchen, you could save quite bit of metres having a large kitchen. one more thing would you like large tile or more narrow? the large tile are 24x96cm the narrow tile are 16x96cm more photo...See MoreHallway Interior Design Dilema!!
Comments (28)Thanks Petra, I am not very good at interior design, I see a lot of things on Houzz and think how on earth have they pulled that off!! if i was to try it, it would look awful!! I would say my previous work in the other house was nice and family normal, but this one with it being quite large and for us expensive we want it to look that way and not just nice and normal but I'm struggling everywhere!! it's great if you have buckets of money but if not it poses it's challenges, not impossible but challenging. yes good spot on the architrave that is being replaced to match upstairs which is flat and about 75mm wide, it looks more modern. thank you again for your contributions it's all very much appreciated from everyone who has take time out to reply...See MoreNew ground floor plan, please criticize my indecisiveness..
Comments (23)I have had time to digest what you all said. Yes, that's a hallway. ... I caved! haha ... but at least it's not a pointless one at 1.8m we currently bear. We like our open central living area, and dining at the back of it, and will do so while ever there is no "upstairs". I have drawn in where a bedroom used to be in the living room. I've slimmed the bathrooms right back, to one with a bath, one with a shower, distributed the sizes to not interfere with the laundry door being opened up if the second bathroom was removed, and lined up the "supporting" walls between the bathroom and "our room". The hallway will offer the privacy for the end room that opens onto the garden, and at the same time it can be seen as the master with en-suite... not that we will use it for that. The location of the bathroom is and has always been awkward to get to, requiring a long walk... but at least there will be TWO... but I may very well continue to place the door off the living room and not the hall due to wishing to make the access easier for guests and the 3 bedrooms it serves. All this does bear resemblance to the original layout, but should stick with what works and not fight this awkward house too much. The additional bonus is it is the minimum building cost and effort entailed. I believe it scratches some itches in regards to better bedroom sizes, segregating the placement of bathrooms a little more, and the future flexibility of moving the living area towards the garden end of the house....See Morekitchen flooring
Comments (12)Amazing pictures! Have a look at Bruge from a company called Clay and Rock. We’ve just had this put throughout against old bleached oak beams, so a similar tone. The tiles are large format and look like flagstones, but not to the extreme that some are replicating. Most of the trades onsite couldn’t believe they were not real stone. Colour is a good blend with oak. This is an image from the store, but doesn’t do them justice in fairness....See MoreClaire Nicholson
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