The Utility Room Renovation

The utility room is actually a laundry room that leads to a half bath. A door in the laundry room also goes out to the garage. Here is a quick sketch.

So, we started with moving the dryer to the same wall as the washer. We used the same electrical cable and outlet and simply re-routed everything through the crawl space. One tough part was putting the new dryer vent outlet into the exterior wall. It was a struggle, and I recommend getting the right tool for this right off the bat. We used a 4" hole saw.

Now that I'm looking at that sketch, look at all those doors! We would've loved to make the by the washer a pocket door but it doesn't look easy. The door that separates the half bath will eventually be a pocket door that slides into the water heater closet.

After moving the dryer, we added some lights and decided on a rustic industrial theme.

Once we could see what we're doing, we saw that we needed some space to work. We figured painting and flooring could be done in a weekend...yeah, that didn't happen.

Tearin it up.

 


We then cleaned it up, poured our self-leveling cement and painted on our water seal protector.

A love note since she knew I'd be working on the floor. I'm a lucky guy.

Finally ready to put the floor in, then the wainscoting and finally the pantry shelving.

I think it took us about 6 weeks all said and done. It looks awesome. Now we'll feel a little more prepared when we tile the upstairs bathroom. 

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