I'm planning to finish my basement. My house is only 4 years old, the basement is concrete walls & floor slabs. The previous owner framed & insulated most of the walls, two walls remain un-framed.
The basement has one main room, with a bathroom and utility room (furnace & wash/dryer). The bathroom door is in line with the slider to outside. My floor plan was to have large tile floor in the bathroom, but use the same tile in the main room for the portion that connects the slider door and bath room door. The rest (85%) of the main room would be carpet. The utility room also would be tile.
Not sure how well this will show up in google groups, the dots are tile, equalsigns are carpet:
---------- outsidewall----------------------------------------------------------- |.......................... (bar).......|......................|....................| \\slider................................ \\bathroom........|.....utility........| |........................................|......................|....................| |====================|......................|...................| |====================|----------------------....................| |=======main==========|..........................................| |======room===========|__________________| |____/ |=========================================| |=========================================|
Not to scale of course but my point is that the main room will have two different floor types (carpet & tile). Whats the best approach to finish the floors?
Also, do I finish framing the walls first, or do the floors before the walls? Or do I drywall the walls / ceilings THEN do the floors? Thanks.