Should a bathroom open towards a toilet or a shower?
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How best to size the toilet closet in our bathroom remodel?
Comments (37)"Will you need a fan and or light in the enclosed area?" We actually have one unit in the ceiling above the toilet that has a fan and light built in...we might get a new nicer-looking unit to replace the old one but that should be an easy upgrade. "I like that last setup you showed." Me too, but I'm still not sure whether to go with a barn door or pocket door. I think barn door has the advantage of an easier installation, but a pocket door probably could be installed leaving more room in the toilet closet. A barn door would probably look cleaner from outside the toilet closet, since you wouldn't see the hardware or the door when opened. "It would be nice to have the toilet centered in that space, but if you can keep the center of the toilet 18 inches from the sliding glass door on the wall, you should be fine." That's my worry...the toilet is currently offset slightly closer to the closet...it is about 19" from the center of the toilet to that wall, and 22" to the other wall. With a barn door installed there I imagine we wouldn't keep 18" unless we shift over the toilet. I don't know yet how expensive that would be. A smoked glass insert across from the toilet as in that pic might be the way to go. Then I still have the question of whether that wall should be flush with the window recess or set in a little. I'm thinking maybe flush with the window would be best to leave as much depth as possible for the toilet closet, and fewer edges/angles on the other side of the wall outside of the toilet closet. This post was edited by Phaedrus29 on Wed, Nov 5, 14 at 16:33...See Moresealing wood vanity top in open shower bathroom
Comments (6)It’s not an appropriate design if it results in your vanity getting wet. Period. You either need a curtain or door for the shower, or you need a smaller vanity that won’t be so close to the shower, or you need a complete lately different design. Wetrooms must contain waterproof elements, not water resistant....See MoreTricky Bathroom: Work with current layout or swap shower and toilet?
Comments (27)Amanda- I've been thinking about this a bit more and my conclusion is that you should do very little to it. I say this because: 1. It's going to be expensive and perhaps complicated to significantly redo it (and I'm not sure how much you would gain). 2. You may be moving, and many potential buyers would love that retro bathroom as it is, particularly the tile. 3. You may need a bathtub for the adoption if you stay. Having said that, I offer these possibilities which would be inexpensive, but make the bathroom more usable: 1. Leave the toilet where it is, but replace it with a "corner" toilet, such as one of these: Corner toilet. This would give you much better side clearance when using the toilet. 2. Get rid of the bulky, generic vanity and sink and replace it with a pedestal or wall hung sink, which would be much more in keeping with the original design and take up much less room. You could possibly even move the sink location a bit more toward the door, freeing up even more space for the toilet. These two changes would be inexpensive, relatively easy to do, and I doubt that you would need to even get a permit. The only other thing I can suggest is that you follow up on the idea of putting a through-the-wall exhaust fan in....See MoreDo the shower body and faucet need to be on toilet side of bathroom?
Comments (24)I used to have a tub/shower combo with the diverter and I would run the water through the tub until it was the right temperature and then switch to the shower head. I would then get in. Getting wet or whatever was never an issue. I replaced the tub/shower combo with a shower that has the footprint of the tub and it has a regular shower head plus two hand held shower heads with a three way diverter. There really isn't much of a cold burst of water when I divert from one fixture to another because there is only a tiny bit of water that is in the pipes that needs to come out before the hot water comes through. It's really not an issue as it is not at all like standing under a shower head waiting for the warm water to come from the main source where there is probably a significant amount of water that needs to come through before you get the right temperature....See MoreJAN MOYER
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