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1. 
   calvin | Sep 23, 2012 08:20am | #1

   well

   design function.

   keep the warm shower water in there (and then deal with the captured moisture..................

   place to run the shower vent over to the main stack............

   other..........

   beats me.

   save on tile............

   one pc with lid-went to 7'.

2. 
   BossHog | Sep 23, 2012 08:25am | #2

   Because people want it that way?

   Seriously - There are as many reasons for doing things as there are people.

   I've considered doing something like that over my shower - A soffit and sliding doors. It gets pretty chilly in the winter here, and I was to keep all the warm air I can in the shower.

   But if I did that I'd need to put a fan in there for the warmer months. And I'd probably need lights. So it may never get done.

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   DanH | Sep 23, 2012 09:29am | #3

   Mainly to make the tub area more "cozy".  This is both visual and functional -- the lowered ceiling reduces drafts in the shower (and people can kind of visually sense this and "feel" that it's going to be more comfortable).

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   florida | Sep 23, 2012 01:16pm | #4

   In south Florida that was the design rage in the late seventies and early eighties. We did the kitchens that way too. People loved it back then and we've spent the years since then pulling them out and raising the ceilings back to where they should have been.

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   DanH | Sep 24, 2012 07:21am | #5

   The dropped ceiling when viewed from the attic breaks the continuity of the air boundry as well as thermal envelope.

   Only if improperly installed (which, alas, many from the 70s and early 80s were).