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Master bath layout help

sarahbr2
8 years ago

We are building a new house. Framing is done and the plumber is starting work. In general we are ok with this master bath plan but I have a few specific questions (any feel free to give any other feedback if you think anything could be improved)

The current tub drawn is a 42" x 72" soaker tub. The shower is 3'10"x6' (roughly).

1) For the shower I want a bench. We realized the only logical place right now it the exterior wall. However, given where the door on the shower will be, the main showered will be on this wall as well so the bench will end up below the shower head. I don't mind this a ton since I want it mainly for shaving and storage but the plumber thinks it's not a great plan. That being said we don't have any much better solutions (see #3 for one). What do you think of a bench under a shower head?

2) Actually the plumber wanted to put the shower head on the rightmost wall of the shower but I thought that was crazy since it would be spraying along the width of the shower rather than the length so I vetoed that. He noted that placing the shower head on the exterior wall makes it very hard to reach the handle to turn on the water without getting wet. The solution we are currently going with is putting the main shower head on the exterior wall, and the hand shower and shower control knobs on the rightmost wall (so you can still reach it from the shower door). Opinions on this arrangement? Any other good ideas?

3) The tub is clearly big. One thing I was thinking was that technically we could cut the tub length by a foot, get a 5' length tub, then tile that leftover extra foot to the right of the tub and enclose it in the shower glass as the bench (but that might also be weird since it's the shower length not width).

4) In general what do you think of this tub size? I saw some forums suggesting 6' was too long for comfort. I was thinking of a tub with a center drain (in case we ever wanted to use it as a 2 person). I don't have a tub showroom that I know of where I can go sit in tubs (as suggested on most of these forums). Any to favorites for a large soaker tub? I want arm rests so I can read a book easily.

Current choices (if we go with the big size) are

Jacuzzi Mito http://www.jacuzzi.com/baths/bathtubs/mito-bath/

MTI http://www.ibathtile.com/bathtubs-kitchens/MTI-MBSRO7142C.html (don't love that it is round though)

American standard town square http://www.wayfair.com/American-Standard-Town-Square-71.5-x-42Soaking-Bathtub-2742.002-L590-K~ASD2482.html?refid=GX50899336140-ASD2482&device=c&ptid=75695516940&gclid=CNrrmfHM_ckCFYQYHwodXCEH1Q

Anyone familiar with any of these?

5) Any other advice, changes, feedback?


Thanks so much!! I will cross post in building a home as well.

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