Unconventional one bathroom or two bathrooms?
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Comments (10)I can see why, with a 9 x 6 shower with 8 ft walls you would want a heater fan. That is the size of my main bathroom, minus the 30" x 60" shower/bath. We have a Broan/Nutone heater fan and it makes the room toasty. That is, when it is working. I think we have burned out the heater twice in 10 years and the light once. I always say I am going to replace it with a Panasonic the next time it breaks, then I go online and read reviews and inevitably see that someone has complained of a heater in a Panasonic fan that has failed. Panasonic does not sell parts. With them you have to get a whole new unit. So that is a consideration. I can buy just my blown heater for $100. I have a second consideration for you. Is the Whisper Warm rated for use inside a shower? I am going to doubt it. Find out. You may be limited to good old red warming lamps or newer infrared heaters. There is always a chance of spraying water up there if used in a shower....See MoreOne large bathroom or two small bathrooms?
Comments (26)In the picture, black is the current layout. Green is the change if only shower was made bigger and one door would be eliminated. Red is a complet demo, removing the wall section between two toilets. All the water lines from upstairs are in the section of the wall that is between two toilets so removing this wall would require a major move of water lines to the side and there would have to be a section of wall kept behind new toilet and vanity. The door from master would have to be framed and move to the left as a pocket or barn door. The drowing is disproportionate. It is all very cramped in there Current shower is only 26"x26". But may be replacing vanity for a wall hung vanity in the larger bathroom would change the feel. It will all have to be torn down and replaced including removing subfloors as they are rotten. So either remodel will be a lot of work. What should we do?...See MoreChanging from one bathroom light fixture to two
Comments (4)Been there...done that. I've moved a central light to two side lights (and oddly due to my wife's redecorating ideas back again). First word: if you have a splice, it needs to remain accessible. So if that box still has a live connection in it, you need to leave a cover plate (though you can paint or otherwise hide it with anything as long as you do not need to disturb the "finished surface" to get to it). The first thing to do is see if you can find where the wires run now. In my case I had the good fortune of having an accessible attic above and was able to pull the wire from the central box up and then fish it down to the closer of the two wall sconce locations. I then ran a wire from there to the other location. It wasn't necessary to cut any holes larger than the box size for the new sconces. Since the old box no longer had any wiring in it, I could cover it over with wall patch. If you're not so lucky, you'll probably need to be cutting into the wall to find and relocate the wiring. If we're talking drywall, this isn't a big thing. I've spent more time cutting and patching drywall over my life than I care to think about. You may wish or need to remove the mirror. Hopefully it's mounted reasonably rather than being glued to the wall (in the latter case you'll have a lot of drywall to replace :))....See MoreHelp with bathrooms. Divide to two bathrooms or do one large bathroom?
Comments (15)I agree with Cpartist"s layout and like moving the closet over as suggested by D M so that bedroom 3 has easier access to the bathroom. Do you have room to have the toilet face the tub and add a linen cabinet next to the toilet? How wide is the tub toilet area?...See Morerockybird
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