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How big is your master shower?

8 years ago

Just wondering

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mrspete

8 years ago

Current shower: 3x4. Enough, but not spacious and not enough space for a stool.

My girls' hall shower: 3x5. A good length, but a little wider would feel nicer.

Planned shower: 4x5-6. A little wider, space for a moveable stool to be placed at the end. I've been measuring showers in hotels for years now, and I'm thinking this is "the sweet spot" in the question of big enough vs. so big it's cold.

We're building for our old age, and I wouldn't go more than 4' because I want to have grab bars on BOTH SIDES of the shower, and beyond 4' they'd be too far apart to reach.

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kudzu9
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
5' X 6' or so...two shower heads (actually 5' X 7' counting the space for the bench). Don't want one larger or smaller.
cpartist
8 years ago
3' x 6' with a hand held and a rain head. My new house will have a 4' x 5'
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chispa
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8 years ago
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rococogurl
8 years ago
54 x 54 neo angle
mark_rachel
8 years ago
4'x4'
Cyndy Rupe
Original Author
8 years ago
mark_rachel, that is the size we will be doing. How do you like it? Is it enough space?
wildchild2x2
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
60" by (an odd) 33". Plenty big enough for us but we plan to widen it by 3" for the shower pan we want to use. We have room to make it a foot longer but decided against it. Waste of space and more airspace to heat.
cece673
8 years ago
Ours will be 4 ft x 5.5 ft or so
daisychain Zn3b
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4x4 and it feels huge to me after only having a shower in a tub before this.
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It's not completed yet, but we are growing from a 3x3 so I'm thinking it's going to be amazing!! Our master bath is pretty small, so unfortunately we are maxed out at 4x4. I have no doubt that it's going to be a good size for us. My inlaws have a 4x4 and it seems roomy when I'm in it. Theirs is open without a door (brrrrr), but ours is in the corner with glass on 2 sides.
sjhockeyfan325
8 years ago
3x5. A good length, but a little wider would feel nicer.

Same here. I have no need for a stool or bench (had one and never used it).
mark_rachel
8 years ago
We have a small "foot bench" in the corner to prop a foot up on while shaving.
suero
8 years ago
42" x 64" with one fixed shower head on the 42" wall and a hand held shower head on the opposite 42" wall. No shower bench, but a portable bath chair to use when needed, and blocking for grab bars not yet installed.

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