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Post the floor plan showing both options. If you can deliberately angle it even more that might be best (to get in and around for cleaning). I hope that tile on the shower floor has a high slip resistant finish on it or that’s going to be a death trap w slippage.

I unfortunately do not have a floor pan as all of this is diy. We always knew that due to the location there will only be one entry/exit point as the spout would cover the opposite side and cannot be on the front of the tub.

I can always angle it more...I am assuming you mean towards the window if going with option b?

As far as the marble tile being slippery...well there in lies the reason one broke in the shower. They are currently not installed on the shower, just place there for reference. We attached the handheld and shower head and ran them for a bit to see if the tiles maintained proper pitch to the drain and to check for slippage. No issues, then again we had the same tiles in our old house except we actually had a small accent in the middle of the floor in hexagon pattern to assist with possible slippage. Between that and the rest of the shower floor I didn’t really feel like too much of a difference.

I think it looks better under the window and not angled. I have a similar setup and about 3 feet between shower and tub just like you and mine is even a little more angled and I have no issues getting in and out.

Don't forget that "someone" needs to clean around and behind that tub........................

what if you turned it at the other angle and put the faucet back in the corner?

KR Thas a great looking bathroom!

Beth H. You mean like this? I can’t deviate too much from the drain area and water lines. I don’t have access from below and really don’t want to cut thru joist. Tub has the drain at the end.

Ask your housekeeper how flexible her joints are and position it to suit her. IMO, these tubs should only be placed in bath suites where they can stand as the focal point in the center of a large space. Cramming them in a junior bathroom does nothing for the bath or for the tub, and certainly not for the person who cleans!

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decoenthusiaste, ok, I’ll let her know. But I’m sure she won’t mind it either way...being a junior bathroom and all, it will prob be easy to clean regardless where the tub will be! Now, if I ask her to clean under those vanities in your picture...I’m sure she probably won’t like it. Thanks for the input =>

IMO return the tub have you even sat in it a60” for most peolple is short and a 54” will have your knees by your chin unless you are less than 5’ tall IMO no matter where you put the tub there is not enough room to clean around it , you need at least 12” to get your arm down. Bad design from the start return the tub .

Will the drain location accommodate it centered under the window the long way? So you have more room at each side? Faucet on either side?

Or last resort maybe swap out for a Japanese soaking tub

Well I sat on it and you are right my knees are up there but bc it curves guess it works, regardless never been a tub kinda guy. The wife is 5’1” and fits perfect. I have attached a pic of the bathroom from the listing 360 shot and added measurements. Bathroom closet not included on measurements. The original setup was a fiberglass enclosure shower with a pony wall and built in ‘culture marble’ tub that took all the space. We originally thought of just having a shower and Xing the tub but it seems like a waste of space there...figured best used would be to maximize the space available for the shower bringing it as close to the window and a small tub on the corner. A 60” tub would look to big for that space unless I shorten the shower which I would rather not do. Seems these freestanding rubs are making their way in a lot of showers with limited space when looking here and Pinterest that I think the cleaning behind it aspect is really not bad. And thinkdesinglive, we haven’t tried doing that but I’ll try it, thank you

I think Beth’s idea could work, otherwise just do what you originally planned. I’m 5’4 and fit in my 60” tub fine and comfortably, and again so not a big deal to clean it!!! Been doing it for over 2 years now and it’s like maybe 2-3 minutes to run a swifter back there. Much more modern than what I had there before which was like yours, a garden tub. And not having a tub in the master was not an option either.

Are those the only 2 options? Can the tub be turned 90 degrees from the first picture so that the 27 inches goes between the wall and the shower and the 54 inches goes from the window down.

I like it under the window like you had originally.
I don’t know if I missed something- you can’t have those big tiles on the shower floor.

Design Girl yes that is the same suggestion thinkdesignlive had.
emilyam819 thanks that was my first tought. I like the symmetry and easier to install,but wanted to see if anyone else might have other suggestions on the location. And for the tiles, it was between the same 24x12 tiles offset pattern or basketweave. Bc it’s a small shower and bathroom overall...’junior’ as some might call it, and, we have a geometric pattern border set to go on the shower head wall, we figured it would be too many patterns. And as far as them being slippery. They will be honed and 511 anti slip sealer will be applied!

Turned 90 degrees

Love the tub in the photos above. Just make sure you leave enough room to get the swiffer in to clean. Love the basektweave.

Not sure about where shower door will be but I also like against the window as originally planned without anything between tub and shower and make it a sort of wet room w basket weave under tub too.

Yeah but you have to be able to get the right slope to the drain, which you can’t do with your setup and the big tiles

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Yes the tiles in the shower are cut for appropriate slope. I used a schluter shower tray and just made a line from every corner of the drain to the corner of the shower area. There won’t be a shower door, rather a glass partition 24”out from the wall. You can see a metal C channel were the glass panel will rest. And we considered running basketweave on the shower and tub as mentioned. And running a grey marble pencil border for transition. Border would be flush to the floor and it would start from where the glass partition C channel would end. But, I’m concerned the basketweave marble may stained. If you google marble shower floor stained you see that 99% of the time it happens to small marble tiles that are usually on mesh. I purposely left a couple of these 12x24 tiles on buckets filled half way with water for days to see if they would stain as a kinda not very scientific experiment but nothing happen. I was unable to do the same with the basketweave as the mesh /glue got loose and all the pieces fell to the bottom. Our prior bathroom was also marble and the shower floor inlay did stained in some parts as well where as the rest of the shower floor (also 12x24 marble tile) was fine. The Grout though! Jeez. Never doing white again!

I think it looks good both parallel and perpendicular to the window to the window wall, and I don’t mind it angled either. Personally I like it parallel to the window wall because I want to look out the window and I don’t think I would feel as comfortable in the tub with my back to the center of the room. May be a personal problem, but that is how I feel.

Perpendicular looks the most spacious and calming to me. Edited to add that it also looks like if you had planned it that way you could have gone with a slightly larger tub.

Thanks all for your advice and suggestions. Thinkdesignlive yes we actually did not planned on having it like that. The original idea was to have it right under the wall. Taking all the advice regarding space to clean. We are placing the tub in the center of the window parallel but unlike my first pictures we will move the spout on the corner and move the tub further away from the window than the original location it was placed. It allows for a mop/swifter to easily go to the corner and by moving the spout we can open and close the window easily. Thank you all! I’ll try and take some pics when it’s all done!

Why don't you return the freestanding tub and install a drop-in with beautiful deck surround? Tub people need a place to put their bath salts, candle, etc.

AJCN, as tempting as that may sound. Both the wife and I are shower kinda ppl. In all honesty, I don’t think this tub will get much use at all!

We wanted to share a design of ours with you with a free standing tub. Perhaps it will aid you in your dilemma.

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Hey that looks great! But be aware that they are a lot of ppl who will frown on the tub being so close to the wall stating that it would be impossible to clean behind it. I personally like it! Thanks for the inspiration pic!