Have you used a doorless shower before? I was really really trying to avoid squeegeeing too, but after showering in a number of doorless walk in showers that were all breezy and freezing, I gave up and now squeegee. In my next house, I'm just going to try for an especially small glass door that requires a minimum of squeegeeing.

The walls will still need to be squeegeed and you may need to mop up water that splashed on the floor. I'd rather squeegee than mop any day! I'd never give up my tub - it's the best for poor tired, sore old muscles and joints.

How about using rain glass or another patterened glass? Then, any streaks won't show.

Is that a closet in the Master bedroom behind the sink?

Here is a floor plan with a door-less shower which works fine. The entire shower isis finished in tile and the shower head is located on the wall with the small red line. If you really want to have a door-less it will need to be configured similar to that shown.

Thanks, Virgil. Do you recall the general dimensions of that shower? TIA!

I thought Naf naf posted something earlier that worked well?

Just taking a quick look.... what if you take the closet area, that is accessible from the Master bedroom, and turn it in to the shower. It is deeper then the other side, because you can also take up the space that is currently the sink. Then you could move the sink to the other side. You could even get both sinks in an L shape. I don'the know what you think, but I think that it could work... : )

Thanks so much for your input, jilldag. That "closet" is actually a hallway space leading from the great room to the Master Bedroom. But, I appreciate your time/thoughts!

Is there any reason you can see that I can't just rotate the tub (so that it lies flush with the wall separating the toilet) in order to give a little more space to the shower?? When I asked my builder this, he said we needed to keep the tub on the outside wall. Not sure why...or thinking maybe he misunderstood my question?

How often do you really plan on using the tub? Maybe take out the tub (assuming there is another full bath with a tub for the times you really want a bath).

cpartist, I was going to edit my post on the cell and instead I deleted it by mistake!

As I said, you can have a shallow cabinet or linen instead the extra window, and my extra comment, as some experts here suggest, the toilet booth door should swing out.

We have built Doorless showers in our last 2 houses and I adore them. Before we had one, I tried showering with the curtain open and it felt so cold. But we have never been cold in either shower. The last one had a bit of a turn around entrance, and many body sprays and that keeps things warm. Our current shower is 3 walls only, and one overhead spray, then a hand held on another wall. Not cold. I love it. DH is way more sensitive to cold temperature during showers, than I am, and he is plenty warm. We have a bigger exhaust fan in this bathroom, and sometimes crack a window, to aid in removing heat/steam.

Or.......You could bump the size of the shower out to be flush with the Master Bedroom, (on the outside). Jill, why did I not think of this??? Duh!! Thank you for this idea!

Naf Naf, I can't thank you enough for your mock up! This is another great idea that doesn't seem to increase my square footage-excellent! I'll send both of these ideas to my architect. Thank you and good luck with your build!

I have build a house with "door-less shower plan" with the door, where water has no chance of hitting the glass door - and it was best of both worlds.

Lizzie wrote, "...Thanks, Virgil. Do you recall the general dimensions of that shower? TIA!..." Lizzie, the dimensions can be almost anything workable, so long as the general proportions are maintained. In this case, the shower area is approximately 4' X 4' and the opening is 3' wide.

We have a odorless shower in our master bedroom. It is not cold, although we live in a cold winter climate. The shower in on an interior wall and we have heated tile floors.

Thank you for your thoughts! I think we are on the right track. We'll also talk with our builder and architect re: a heat lamp and heated floor. Thanks!

I hope that you are able to design exactly what you are dreaming of! Good luck! Let us know what your final design is.....

Naf_naf created a door less shower for me. I'm excited about it.

very nice Martha.

Agree with mrspete, have as much splash-zone as you can.

I have a door-less shower and I love it. It essentially has to be "g" shaped. We have 2 shower heads on the opposite "long walls" and then the "tail of the g" is the entry so you kinda have to wrap around the corner to enter. we have ZERO ISSUES with any splashes. Even though we have a curb on it - it's totally unnecessary. No spray / no drainage issues.

And for the cold issue - I found that the open TOP is more of an issue than the lack of a door. Heat rising and all that.

Yes, the comments are real. Why would you think that this huge set of forums with 10's of thousands of comments would be fake?

kudzu, I reported him

Just an aside. We had spotting/rime/etc. problems in our bath/shower/dishwasher/sinks for years due to the local hard water. My wife used to change the shower curtain liners about once a year due to the buildups and slimy feel.

We moved into our current house, which had a water softener installed, but that was inoperable. I replaced it and most of those water problems went away. In fact, the build up of deposits on the inside of the stainless steel dish washer have disappeared.

I understand the draw of a doorless shower, but for those who do not have the room, the softener can substantially reduce deposits, reduce the amount of detergents needed, make you feel cleaner, and help your water heater last longer.

Disclaimer---I do not now and have never sold water softeners. And have no stock in a company that does. :-)