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I’m scheduling the doors for this package, and looking at the swing for the one to the master bath.
Here is a pic of the room, into which we are trying to squeeze a lot of stuff. There is plenty of space for the door swing in the adjoining master bedroom, so the question is, should this door swing out of the bath or into it?
There is swing space inside, as you can see. The rules of design would have it hinged on the shower side, and swing in against the neo-angle unit, bumping up to a floormount stop, or a halfball bumper mounted to the shower base side.
I generally like to stick with interior doors that swing into the rooms they close, but maybe this one should be reversed. What do you think?
Edited 8/27/2006 10:46 am ET by Gene_Davis
Edited 8/27/2006 10:49 am ET by Gene_Davis
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In your case swinging in would pretty much require the door to be shut when the bathroom is in use. Probably not a problem for many people, but would for me being single. I always leave the door open for ventilation and to prevent steaming up.
There's nothing wrong with swinging out, if you don't create a problem there.
Have you considered a pocket door?
I only like to use a pocket door when it is absolutely necessary, meaning no swing space for either side.
One thing we like to do is mount towel and robe hooks on the inside of bathroom doors, and for this, we need to swing it.
BTW, I was too lazy to model the actual shower unit to be used. It is this one, an new product from Maax. Nice! Small curved doors, two of them, open out from the cabinet.
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Swing it out.
I typically try and hold to the "rule" of doors swinging into the room as well...but in situations such as this, I make the exception.
Not only would the door have to be closed when the room is in use were it to swing in, you'd have to step out of the way of the door to do so.
J. D. Reynolds
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