Page 10 February 16, 2017 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Plumbing the Power of a Powder Room Addition Coming Later in 2017! Beautiful Executive Home Wonderful Large Lot. DRE # 00946399 John Skulick 310-350-4240 TeamSkulick@gmail.com DRE # 01064179 Rose VanHook 310-350-5920 RoseVanHook7@gmail.com on a Call for Details half bath into a space as small as 11 square feet. You simply need enough room to fit a toilet and sink, and accommodate required setbacks. When choosing a location for your powder room, be sure you understand building code requirements for your area. Smarter Plumbing If you attempt to run water and drainage to your powder room using traditional plumbing methods, you’ll be limited as to where you can put it. Typically, with traditional plumbing you’ll need to locate the powder room somewhere that has easy access to existing water and waste lines. You’ll have to open walls, add new piping and possibly even cut through concrete if you’re adding a bathroom in a basement or in the garage or ground-floor of a slabfoundation home. However, opting for up-flush plumbing opens up a greater range of possible locations for a new powder room, because above-floor macerating plumbing systems, like those from SFA Saniflo, U.S.A. allow you to easily add a toilet and sink where no drainage existed before. Above-floor plumbing eliminates the need to open walls or cut through concrete flooring. The compact systems are a perfect fit for the kind of smaller spaces you find in powder rooms, easily fitting into a closet or space beneath a stairway. Saniflo offers the systems with several toilet designs, including two new, vitreous china, floor-mounted bowls with round or elongated fronts. The fixtures are designed to complement modern powder room designs. To learn more about above-floor plumbing and how it can help you create the powder room of your dreams, visit www.saniflo.com. Size and Space Wise Planning Because powder rooms typically occupy small spaces, it’s important to be smart about how you lay out the space and keep in mind the size of the fixtures you put in it. As you plan the space, think of where the toilet and sink will go - side by side or on opposite walls - and be aware of See Real Estate, page 12 (BPT) - Never underestimate the power of a powder room to make your home more livable and increase its resale value. Having more and nicer bathrooms consistently scores high in surveys on homeowners’ wish lists. What’s more, extra baths deliver more than just convenience; a National Association of Realtors study found each extra bathroom boosts home sale prices approximately 24 percent. With more Americans living in multi-generational households, many will be looking for ways to add a half bath to their homes. If you’re tired of haggling over bathroom time or just looking for a high-value way to spend your home remodeling dollars this year, adding a powder room could be a good investment. Finding the Right Spot Adding a full bathroom can be problematic. A full bath requires you to give up more living space, or even build an addition on your home. However, powder rooms can be tucked into small spaces like part of a walk-in closet and areas you might not use otherwise, such as under a staircase or in a nook in the garage. A space as small as 20 square feet (5 feet by 4 feet) can make a comfortably sized powder room, but you can even squeeze a Kirk Brown Kirk Brown Jr BRE# 00556073 BRE# 01359453 Established 1980 310-322-0066 kirkbrown@gmail.com We Work Hard Everyday to Exceed Your Expectations! ✱ FOR SALE! 228 W. OAK - 2 bed, 1 bath home. Includes fireplace + large detached bonus room with 3/4 bath that could be used as third bedroom. OR build your DREAM HOME on this 45 x 150 lot in a great location! ✱ FOR SALE! 745 MAIN ST. #201 - 2 bed, 2 bath condo. Corner unit. New paint and flooring. New appliances and windows. 2-car parking. ✱ FOR RENT - 533 CONCORD ST. - A+ Location in El Segundo! Walking distance to everything! Clean and spacious 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 fireplaces, private patio. Oversized garage, hardwood floors, coved ceilings. ✱ FOR RENT - EL SEGUNDO - 2 bed, 1 bath home. Family room with fireplace, laundry room, workshop with 1/2 bath. 2-car gargae. ✱ FOR RENT - COMING SOON IN EL SEGUNDO - Beautiful 4 bed, 3 bath home. Nice yard! ✱ FOR RENT - COMING SOON - Four 2 bedroom apartments in El Segundo. EL SEGUNDO FAMILY SINCE 1924
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