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Lindsay Q
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Comments (3)It may be best for accessibility options to have a shower curtain. If your mother gets to the point where she needs assistance, shower doors will be a hindrance since the opening will never be more than about 34" Also consider grab bars: if you are redrywalling and such put wood blocking behind the walls so grab bars can be added. Consider doing a pedestal sink with separate storage. Or, I got a 30" Kraftmaid vanity will all plywood construction for $169 + $100 delivery. It was new surplus. The lighting may have to be brighter than you would use yourself. Consider overlighting the bath a bit and putting it on a dimmer. She may also like a heat lamp....See MorePoor old bathroom needs a cheap refresh.
Comments (2)Okay no painting the tile, but is there a way to bleach it? The previous owners smoked heavily for 30 years in this house, any and all white surfaces are stained yellow. can I sand the tile and then maybe apply an epoxy to resurface. Would paint hold up then? Should I just tear it all off?...See MoreDowngrade guest bathroom to add functionality
Comments (22)Edited to add a link: Harborview 48 x 28 laundry sink Good heavens, if the new sink area you propose is as clean and tidy as those in CindyR's photos, I (as a guest) would be absolutely fine with it. I understand your need for a large sink for dirty tasks, and with the right sink and good housekeeping, no visitor will ever know that the last few uses of the sink were to rinse out a mop and re-pot a flat of annuals. In fact, if we lived in a one-bath house, I would gladly install such a sink in the bath to facilitate the washing of small dogs and the younger grandchildren, if only to spare our aging backs. Also added: Stainless would degrade the ambiance substantially, imo, as would any tendency to use the bath to store unattractive (and potentially smelly) items like mops. A strong "no" to 2 sinks. Why, when you can one handsome huge one? Two different sinks shouts Utility Room. The soapstone would probably work. Leave the mirror. Please lose the wall cabs....See MoreI need some input on remodelling SIX bathrooms!
Comments (29)I put in a curbless wheel chair accessible shower in my only fill bathroom. I had my builder add a floor drain to the room to act as backup in case the shower ever floods. THAT is what you should do if you want a curbless shower in a rental. BTW, I recently did overflow my shower for the first time. My brand new thick cotton mat was between the shower and the floor drain. It was so heavy with water that I could just barely lift it onto the grab bar in the shower to let it drip dry. Two days later, I had to hang it outside in the sun to get it dry. What did I do to flood outside of the shower? I am not sure! I suppose I could have let the hand sprayer turn toward the curtain. Or maybe the big wad of hair that I had peeled off my fingers that had crossed between the shower floor and the room floor had made a bridge for the water to follow. I have been shedding a lot of hair lately and it has gotten quite long during the stay-at-home time. Whichever it was, I have not had so much water leave the shower before. My trench drain is in the front of the shower, between the shower floor and the room floor. But it would not take long for a clogged wall-side trench drain to let water leave the shower, either. A trench drain is no different than a single middle drain, it just has a long, skinny collection trench on top of the drain hole. I would not put one in a rental unit. Another way to have an even more foolproof shower is to get a solid surface (like Corian) shower pan. Since they can be installed in a day, the money you spend on a higher price material can be offset by lower installation cost. Corian walls are also foolproof. The cleaning people can’t hurt it. Any scratches that happen (though it is not easy to scratch) can be buffed out in place. No grout lines. No mold or mildew. Waterproof and it does not fail. See if you can see a Corian or Swanstone shower in a local showroom. Swanstone has some nice patterns now, too. You can get a white-on-white granite look, white with colored specks, or a white and gray swirl. Here is a link https://swanstone.com/en/collections-and-finishes/collections/swanstone to their site. People with Swanstone and Corian showers say that they look the same as the day they were installed twenty years later. Be aware that Swanstone Veritek is not the same as their solid surface Swanstone product. It is fiberglass, I think. At least consider a true solid surface shower....See Moreaprilneverends
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