Trying to add shower to small bathroom / laundry room - HELP!
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9b
8 years agoI'm subscribing to this thread because we have a similar set up and we could knock a space out of the garage wall for a shower also. My only reason would be to help someone who might be temporarily disabled from hip surgery to be able to sleep and shower downstairs. All the bedrooms and showers here are upstairs. We do have plumbing on the garage side. Not sure if there is a hot water line though.
It looks like you have a good spot for your shower opposite the toilet. Our shower would be on this wall next to the toilet and extend back into the garage, so we'd have to bump out a wall.
rebeccamomof123
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8 years agoSuzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9b
8 years ago
catbuilder
8 years agorebeccamomof123
8 years agoHere are measurements. My brain doesn't work in numbers - it works in photos so hopefully others can make sense of this. If you look at this in relation to the hallway/doorway photo above, hopefully you'll have a better sense of the space. TY in advance for any ideas!!
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8 years agorebeccamomof123
8 years agoYes, the "dead space" is a hallway. I will try an mock up a better rendering tonight. The space is a bit convoluted. For now, maybe this picture helps? If you can tell below, the blue wall space next to the doorway in front of the left side open shelving is the backside of the bathroom. This is not load bearing. What I'd like to do is drywall over that doorway, and move the bathroom door forward, adding about three and a half more feet of space into the bathroom from what is currently just a hallway that leads to the bathroom and garage door. The hallway runs the length of the backside of the kitchen run where my fridge and oven are. If you are walking down that hallway, it ends with the bathroom door straight ahead, my garage door to the left, and that open doorway into the kitchen on the right. That photo is captured above in an earlier post. So, from the hallway, the left wall has a door to my basement, the a closet then runs along my garage and the right side is opposite my kitchen. We have a full basement, not crawl space. Moving doors should not be a problem.
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