Would it be better to start over?

My grandpa has been working on this bathroom addition on the back of his house for a few years. now that I've moved in, I want to finish it out since I'll be living in the back. However he's done some of the work himself and had other people come in and do something and then never show up so it's largely unfinished. Should I build upon what's here or should just tear it down and redo it? I've got the time and tools but I feel like it'll be more work having to build upon what been left unfinished. Some examples are the plumbing for the shower and toilet. The people he hired to frame the walls used 2x6 instead of 2x4 and it threw off the measurements for the sewer so the toilet was touching the studs so we put an offset toilet flange. We're unable to center the shower drain for a pre fab shower walls and pan so I'll have to break the foundation and move the drain. Hence why there's that platform to raise up the shower pan since it was too high from all the connections needed to center the drain. I'm also not sure if it's ok to have the breaker box in a bathroom. That door near the shower is going to be removed and turned into a window. The walls are not squared either so the tile is not able to be squared. They're not anchored so I suspect the walls shifted some. There's daylight coming through the bottom of the sill plates. The main door that leads to the kitchen area is an exterior door so I plan on replacing it while tearing town the siding that's on the inside. He also had the light switches installed in the kitchen instead of inside the bathroom. I feel like at this point it's best to start over but I'm not sure I'm just overthinking everything. submitted by /u/Biblikle [link] [comments]

Jun 4, 2025 - 04:04

My grandpa has been working on this bathroom addition on the back of his house for a few years. now that I've moved in, I want to finish it out since I'll be living in the back. However he's done some of the work himself and had other people come in and do something and then never show up so it's largely unfinished. Should I build upon what's here or should just tear it down and redo it? I've got the time and tools but I feel like it'll be more work having to build upon what been left unfinished.

Some examples are the plumbing for the shower and toilet. The people he hired to frame the walls used 2x6 instead of 2x4 and it threw off the measurements for the sewer so the toilet was touching the studs so we put an offset toilet flange. We're unable to center the shower drain for a pre fab shower walls and pan so I'll have to break the foundation and move the drain. Hence why there's that platform to raise up the shower pan since it was too high from all the connections needed to center the drain. I'm also not sure if it's ok to have the breaker box in a bathroom. That door near the shower is going to be removed and turned into a window. The walls are not squared either so the tile is not able to be squared. They're not anchored so I suspect the walls shifted some. There's daylight coming through the bottom of the sill plates. The main door that leads to the kitchen area is an exterior door so I plan on replacing it while tearing town the siding that's on the inside. He also had the light switches installed in the kitchen instead of inside the bathroom.

I feel like at this point it's best to start over but I'm not sure I'm just overthinking everything.

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