If not floor heating in the bathrooms, a small electric baseboard heater is
nice. This way you can get the bathroom toasty hot the way my wife likes
it without messing with the rest of the house's temperature.

> A sound-proof basement, and floor heating in all bathrooms.
> 
> On 9/18/06, Jack Smith <Jack.Smith@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > 1) What would you change about your house if you could?  Or more
> > > specifically, what would you change that is easier to do at the start
> > > than it is to retrofit later?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Simple thing ... you can install cable, fiber, etc. into every room, but
> > you don't know what the favored medium will be 10 or 20 years from now.
> >
> > I would do a run of empty conduit (maybe two runs) from every room to a
> > common distribution point. Works best if you have a basement and a
> > one-story house. If two stories, make the upstairs run to the attic and
> > then down a chase. Of course, put a pull rope into the conduit when built.
> >
> > I'm sure there are code requirements for firestops so the details may
> > require a bit of diddling.
> >
> > Also, I would go with a central vacuum cleaning system. Wish I had one
> > put in here when the house was being built.
> >
> > Jack
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