We are building a second floor bathroom. The ceiling is sloped, but we leveled off the ceilling at normal ceiling height. So, part of the ceiling is flat, and part is sloped.
The bathtub sits against the outside wall, right about where the slope begins.
We are trying to figure out the lighting in the room. The room is pretty small (5 feet wide by about 8 feet long, and it just holds a toilet and tub (the sink is in a different room).
We could put in one light/vent combination that would be in the center of the room, but we’re a little afraid it might not provide enough light. If we did that, the light would be on the flat part of the ceiling.
We could also move the light/vent combination towards the tub/outside wall, and put in a recessed light around 4 feet away from that (towards the inside of the house). The downside of this is that the light would now be on the sloped part of the ceiling. The slope is not terribly steep (it’s about 4 in 12). But, I’m wondering how strange it would look to have the light not be on the flat part of the ceiling. Any thoughts?
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I've seen it done on the sloped part of the ceiling, but I'm not crazy about it. Also, the vent fan works better on the ceiling. If it's on the wall, it doesn't keep the ceiling as dry if there's steam in the room.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
For the sake of closure, we decided to go with the fan on the sloped ceiling. Interestingly, the display at Lowes has all the fans on an angle. So, we got a chance to see what it would look like. It didn't look too bad.
Putting it on the slope gets it closer to the tub (and the accompanying steam) and actually it will only be a few inches lower than if it had been on the flat part of the ceiling (it's mostly 9' high and slopes down to 8' high).
LOL. That's generally my philosophy. It's usually better to make a decision, any decision, don't matter what it is, than to fret over it and not may any progress at all.
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA