Here are two pictures of a proposed bathroom. There is a window across from the vanity in the ‘invisible’ wall. None of the fixtures are accurate, the shower head may end up on the short wall in back.
My main concern is the size of the shower and what they are going to do to keep the water in the shower. They are opposed to a frameless glass door. A walk in would be ideal, but it doesn’t seem like a 32×60 shower would work for that…or would it? What about expanding the doorway a little, right now I have it drawn as 24″, what if we pulled it out and put in a little wing wall?
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Hey, Jesse!
First, as a designer, I'd never recommend a shower with a depth of less than 36" unless there was no other option. If it were my bath, I'd be going for 42". This is particularly true where the user is going to be standing between 2 walls, not between the shower stall and a moveable curtain or translucent shower door.
I understand that moving the wall between the shower and vanity to give more room to the shower may not be possible, but it's worth looking into. Mathematically, you have room for the toilet (32" min. space ) and a 36" vanity and still have room for the vanity to "float" in the space. Would mean that the wall shelves beside the vanity won't work, but function beats pretty in my book.
I don't quite understand what you mean about the wing wall. I would probably leave the shower head on the wall where it's shown so that the spray could be directed away from the opening. It would be easier to access, too, and the user would be standing parallel to the widest dimension. And, make all the surfaces outside the shower water resistant (stone, tile) - like a quasi wet room- and overspray will be less of a problem.
Hope this helps!
I'm with Suzie on this one.
Lose the shelves and move that wall.
Everything else should be ok.
Life doesn't often leave a very easy trail to follow.
OK, it's unanimous. Shower stays 42" wide and we lose the shelves. I guess I am going to get my first experience building my own pan with deck mud.
Take my advice on this. Dont build your first shower pan at a customers house. I didnt do it personally but I was effected by it.
Not cheap to repair if you screw it up.
MSA, I understand your concern, but it's going to be a Kerdi shower, and I have done more than one before. The only new part will be actually using the deck mud instead of a preformed kerdi pan.
I thought you could piece Kerdi pan pieces together to make a bigger pan? Not that doing it with deck mud is a bad choice either, but I suspect the Kerdi goes faster.
In the Schluter video they show a 4" gap or so being filled with dry pack and then the membrane is done as usual.
Yeah, but then you end up with different heights for your bottom row of tile. I'm gonna do the mudbed, I think. It seems to be pretty straighforward.
just to go along with what the other people said, your proposed 32" shower depth and the gap between the wall and the vanity were the first things that caught my attention as rather unusual. If a standard depth medicine cabinet would not yield enough storage, you could build the wall in question thicker so as to accommodate a deeper cabinet - maybe 6" inside dimension.
The shelves, as drawn, to me would look like a remodel after thought and what are they going to be used for? Nick-knacks.... OK :-) or for storage of normal stuff you might have in the bathroom like tooth paste and brush, pill bottles, etc, etc - seems like it would be messy looking....
Also- Is the shower supposed to be accessible or what?
BTW - when doing you bath layout planning, a 32" wide spot for the toilet is minimal. 36" is better, but not at all required.
Jesse, in my own home I installed a similar shower. The dimensions were a bit more generous -- 36" x 72". A standard shower head is at the far end of the shower (where you have shelves).
The opening (no door or curtain) to the shower is 24 inches wide, and we get absolutely no spray outside the shower. The bathroom floor is wood, so that aspect was pretty critical.
With your dimension of only 60", I would expect a bit of overspray into the room. With tile floors, probably not a big issue.
The control valves in my shower are just inside the doorway, so one doesn't have to step into the shower to turn it on (and get the hot water up from the basment). But the extra piping does result in a delay when adjusting water temperature once in the shower. That's my only disappointment with the whole project.
Allen
You may be able to gain more space by shifting your vanity against the back of the shower control wall, them move that whole wall toward the toilet. Then, it might work better to not center your sink in your vanity, but have it on the right side. You may be able to tuck some shelves or a thin vertical cabinet along the left side of the vanity against the wall. Could also share some plumbing that way.
Tracy