Master Bath: would you refresh or remodel?
biondanonima (Zone 7a Hudson Valley)
7 years ago
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what would you think of Marmoleum in the master bath?
Comments (18)Spudish -- I am on team Lino Love for all the reasons you mentioned. We did Armstrong's sheet lino (check under their commercial lines) in the kitchen in '03 and Forbo sheet in the main bathroom in '08. No regrets at all! The concerns about people thinking lino is vinyl is worth considering if resale is a concern. Personally I hoped the "eco" thing would mitigate that but was willing to take the risk. Your bath sounds like it's going to be an interesting mix and lino is so good at fitting in with many moods. Good luck and keep us posted! ps I always recommend people check with commercial flooring places because one can save quite a bit on material by using remnants from large jobs -- a plus when going with pro installers as we did!...See MoreMaster Bath remodel complete
Comments (5)Thanks! The tub is from MTI. There is an oval one and a rectangular one, but I didn't have space for the rectangular one. I was looking for something basic, and it wasn't exorbitantly expensive, compared to some. https://mtibaths.com/products/tubs/basics/MBOFSX6636A/...See MoreNeed help: Would you move the toilet in our master bath?
Comments (12)Hi GN F, this is what I had in mind. Sorry I am not better w mock up. Thought that would provide privacy for shower and toilet, and keep moisture confined to that area w fan. It depends on your real estate market what would make the most sense, and it may be worth exploring comparable real estate listings to see what type of competition you will face at resale. If this feels awkward and confined you may be better off w your original plan. If you move toilet to right of shower, will shower remain in its position or rotate 90 degrees? If you rotate shower you will have more space for Your toilet room....See Moremaster bath remodel - would love some layout help!
Comments (20)@emilymch - It's great you're planning and thinking this through. Either of the 3 plans seem to work. It's all about the toilet and some tradeoffs. I really think the 72 inch vanity is key. A 60 inch vanity leaves little room between people AND the sinks are usually ridiculously small. I'd sacrifice in other areas to get more vanity space. Adding walls will reduce the size of things which may not be optimal. For instance, take your layout where the toilet is on the upper left. You've got 147 inches on the long wall. Code requires a toilet to be 15 inches from the center of any obstruction so the minimum width of your WC is 30 inches. Depending on where your floor joists are the room may have to be larger. So at the minimum you add 4.5 inches for the wall to enclose the space (more if adding a pocket door). Then add 72 inches for your vanity and another 4.5 for your shower pony wall and you're at 111 inches. You've only got 36 inches left for your shower. It would still be quite spacious the other way. Would that bother you? If you could steal 6 inches from your closet, that would help, but that's getting into another expense and you may not have to space or want to do that. The same goes if you keep the toilet where it is and turn it. Obviously this doesn't happen with a 60 inch vanity, but that's not a choice I would make. A 66 inch vanity would be better but they are few and far between. Ordering online without seeing the sink size is not wise. My sister just did that (against my advice) and is very disappointed in the size of her sink. She says it's "mini". If you leave the toilet where it is, then things work out better. 42 inch shower, 4.5 wall, 72 inch vanity=118.5 which leaves you 28.5 inches left for storage at the end of the run, which should be good. I wouldn't put up a pony wall or anything. Your toilet would be open. Does that bother you? It wouldn't bother me, but we are all different. It' always trade offs and $$$....See More
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