Comment on We really need to bring back the 70s conversation pits

lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SmokedBillionaire@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I love this. For the past few years I’ve fully embraced the whole “our house is for us, not the next buyer” mentality and not making good choices for the next owners is great.

  I don’t give a shit if other people don’t like my paint colors, it isn’t their wall!

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  • lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Image

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If they don’t like the paint, they can repaint. If they don’t like the conversation pit, they can remodel… which is gonna be more expensive but I have to imagine if you’re buying a house with a conversation pit you’re probably pretty well off already.

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• criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fuck it man if you’re staying there for 30+ years who gives a shit about resale value. Do what you want.

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• garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I hope you don’t plan on living there when you’re older and need mobility aids!

  But genuinely, I’m sure it’s gonna look cool AF.

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  • lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The plan is def a forever home! If I can’t make a step or two the whole house will be a wash, lmao

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  • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Usually a conversation pit is avoidable, as seen in the pictures. Shouldn’t be enough to render the whole house unusable

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  • Lucelu2@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    couldn’t a ramp be installed?

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    • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That would make it a conversation halfpipe.

      I’m in.

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• KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Could you not just preemptively have a plan in place to cover it up? Like “okay if we are going to sell we just drop in a floor on top and pretend it wasn’t there”?

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  • lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If I get old and have to move out, it’s there problem - I think by then it will have come full circle and be in vogue again.

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  • Furbag@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most placed with conversation pits that I’ve seen in person did have a false floor panel to cover it when there was no company over. Turned it back into regular floor space.

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  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just fill it with water. People love indoor pools.

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• AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel like I remember somebody saying they tend to cause flooding or water damage? Like I guess the foundation can separate and water seeps in? I could be completely misremembering that though.

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  • lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wer’e on the top of the hill and the foundation is pier and beam, off the ground - we’re gucci!

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  • CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If true, that definitely assumes it’s built on a slab foundation.

    Where I’m from, where full basements are the norm and slab foundations are mostly for commercial properties, it would be entirely above the foundation (first floor is at least 5 foot above the basement floor) and have no impact whatever on sealing.

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    • AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Good point, i’m pretty sure it was assuming slab foundation. I kinda remember it being specific to ranch style homes in a part of the country where the land was completely flat

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We used to put indoor koi ponds in houses too.

    From the pit standpoint, you could excavate the whole thing, put a sump in then build it two-level.

    There’s always a way, it’s just not usually cheap.

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