Genius Hour Introduction

 Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! This blog will be used to showcase my genius hour project for EDBE 8P73 at Brock University. What is genius hour you may ask? Genius hour is a project where students are allowed to spend 20% of their classroom time to explore their own passions. When trying to decide what to do for my genius hour I was stumped. For years my family has neglected our laundry room as none of us had the knowledge to build one from scratch. This left me wondering if I could build my family a laundry room that follows all the code requirements in just 6 weeks if I spent my genius hour time learning to do so. Formulated my genius hour question, "Can I learn how to prepare and build a new laundry room at my house in 6 weeks". The overall goal for my project is to design and construct my family a laundry room that helps make laundry less boring. To complete my goal I will need to research Ontario's building code to ensure all my plumbing, electrical and HVAC. This will help me learn more about each of these trades to help me complete future projects and home builds. 

Below is an image of my current laundry room:

As you can see, the laundry room is in the basement of my house with the original concrete foundation as its floor. This is the last unfinished room is my house and has been neglected by my family for years. I look forward to showing you the progression of my project in future blogs to come

Till next time,

Madison Salmond