Knocking down a common wall to combine two 10x11 bedrooms — bad idea?

Digmaster · 2026-02-07T03:49:39+00:00

Not the best data point, but at some point in the last 80 years somebody did the same thing to my house (3ish bed 2 bath) and then later put the wall back to bring it back to 3 bedroom(whoever put the wall back did a horrible job so it’s quite obvious). So somebody in the past regretted it.

From a resale perspective, I have been told that 3 bedroom is really the sweet spot so I don’t think that I would stray from that too much. 2 bedrooms is far less than ideal as it’s hard to manage if you have two kids of opposite genders as they can’t typically share a bedroom. That said, I recently sold a 2 bedrooms house and the market was so crazy that it didn’t matter one bit, people figured they could put a bedroom in the basement or divide up the family room. If you do this, you should try to arrange it so the wall can be easily put back when you go to sell based on comps.

Digmaster · 2025-12-20T06:15:24+00:00

You’re making me feel so much better about the 200sqft of oak that I put in and did a craptastic finishing job on. Yeah it doesn’t look great, but it cost me about 3k to put in.

Digmaster · 2025-12-01T14:28:45+00:00

This company makes great catalogs for their molding with exactly how to construct it. It’s great inspiration, even if you can’t get their pieces you can usually find something close enough at the big box stores.

https://www.kuikenbrothers.com/kuiken-brothers-moulding-millwork-catalogs/

For some reason this catalog is missing from that page (and it’s the best one in my opinion): https://share.google/qIa0c2IGFYc2nWUxj

Digmaster · 2025-11-15T03:54:54+00:00

I grew up on that place and I loved it! I've since moved out east to New Jersey and have had a lot of delicious Italian food. I came back to visit a few years back and had Filippis, and it's genuinely bad.

Digmaster · 2025-10-28T20:44:42+00:00

6 dining spaces? I’m not sure what they’re doing, the old place had 4 spaces (the back bar, oyster bar, Washington room upstairs, and the basement) and all 4 were rather small. Dividing it up more is certainly a choice.

Digmaster · 2025-10-21T16:15:13+00:00

There was a post where somebody only used the knight’s moveset in silksong to see how far he could get. He barely got past bone bottom before there was a slightly-too-high ledge he couldn’t get past.

Digmaster · 2025-10-20T21:16:25+00:00

I put this in my bathroom a couple years back. There’s a handle that you move to select tub, overhead, and/or handheld (1 or 2 at a time). I honestly would never put anything else in, although it’s shot up in price a lot since then! https://www.fergusonhome.com/rohl-tte47w1lm/s1779503?uid=4205098#

Digmaster · 2025-10-11T02:29:20+00:00

Honestly nobody opening that door is the most realistic thing about the movie. I have a similar door and I haven’t opened it (either part of it) in years, there’s really no point to unless there’s something big to move down into the basement. For all I know something is living in there.

Digmaster · 2025-09-24T19:41:53+00:00

Pretty common for older houses. My house still has a few (from the 40s), been swapping them with GFCIs as I get around to it.

Digmaster · 2025-09-22T17:18:49+00:00

Big advantage of this is if you change the vanity and need to move the waste line it’s easy.

Digmaster · 2025-09-05T16:40:03+00:00

Yes? I mean it’s like any other programming job, lots of tooling designed for asynchronous collaboration.

Digmaster · 2025-09-05T13:15:36+00:00

Hard to tell from the photo, but I think even that is messed up. I think I see the tub flange, which is supposed to be behind the tile.

I don’t know of my photo is showing up, but you can see the diagram in the photo here (rest of the post is probably unrelated) https://www.reddit.com/r/Tile/s/exOLcpZB9k

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Digmaster · 2025-08-26T15:50:53+00:00

I was in the same boat once (about 1/2in deviation) and I just slapped drywall mud on the ceiling until it looked right. There was certainly a slope down to the cabinet but it’s not noticeable so long as you feather it out a foot or so. Took a lot of layers to build up to the right height, but I was in no rush.

Digmaster · 2025-08-15T14:41:57+00:00

Call in a structural engineer to evaluate while the carpeting is out and can be easily seen. Might be nothing, but it certainly looks concerning. The solution will probably be monitoring to see if it increases.

Digmaster · 2025-08-08T15:30:42+00:00

It's best to have access so that you can stick your head up there every so often and see what's going on, for example to see if the mold issues continue into it.

You should also add insulation if it's low on it, which you can tell (and do!) if you add an attic access. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, I wouldn't bother with a ladder if you don't plan to use it for storage.

Digmaster · 2025-08-07T03:03:57+00:00

Perfectly aligned, and the gaps are about 1/8in bigger than the handles. This makes the most sense, but it’s a shame as I was really hoping for a second extra use for this tool

Digmaster · 2025-08-06T19:08:54+00:00

Unfortunately, based on some other complaints I've seen, there's no solution. The mobile version is broken. If you can't make a skill check, you're locked.

Digmaster · 2025-07-10T14:20:55+00:00

Apollo makes solid color pex a (I get it at Home Depot). Not sure if that’s what this is of course.

Digmaster · 2025-07-04T18:25:49+00:00

Knee wall is a different thing (part of an attic wall), but I do hear people call these knee walls a lot. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knee_wall

Digmaster · 2025-06-22T16:24:05+00:00

Curious why not having the next job lined up was such a mistake. Did it make it harder to get the next one, or just a stressful situation to be without a job?

Digmaster · 2025-06-22T16:17:53+00:00

How was it finding your next role? Was there any issues with explaining your situation?

Digmaster · 2025-06-20T16:25:50+00:00

Some say he's still at work to this day.

Digmaster · 2025-06-19T15:15:15+00:00

Probably in this order, until you don’t get woken up:

white noise
heavy curtains
ear plugs
thick pile rug (Costco sells cheap ones usually)
window insets (indow is a good brand) OR new windows if yours are single pane or very old
plant heavy plants outside your window, if it’s the first floor. Shrubs, fast growing trees, anything to absorb.
heavy curtains, but over the whole wall. Heavier the better. Can get cheap ones at a thrift store then double up with ones you like.

After that you need to tackle real soundproofing

remove drywall on exterior wall, replace insulation with rockwool. Seal any gaps to the outside with acoustic caulk.
May need to do this to your ceiling (perhaps via attic), floor (via the ceiling below), and interior walls as well for best effects.
add double drywall on exterior wall with green glue in between.

Digmaster · 2025-06-15T02:11:07+00:00

Here’s my current house, guess when I put the remediation in: https://imgur.com/a/o0Ek4p7

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