bad view into bathroom - help
Deanie Jo
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Marble Bathroom a Bad Idea?
Comments (18)For nearly 20 years, we've lived with two travertine bathrooms done by the previous homeowners. Considering they were do-it-yourselfers, they did pretty good. One bathroom, our guest bathroom, has an antique hutch converted into a bathroom vanity with marble replacing the countertop surfaces (I love that piece), marble floors, a slab marble tub counter, marble on the walls, a marble wide windowsill, and a marble with wood trim tub surround. The wood was probably not the best idea around a bathtub, but it has not warped and has help up pretty well. It's required repainting, of course. I am mindful to keep the wood as dry as possible. The grand slab bathtub counter (don't know what else to call it) has held up well. We've had to replace plumbing, but the marble has held up. Maybe next year, we will have the marble polished up in there. That bathroom has light to moderate use and has, miraculously, no real etching even after 20 years. Some hard water deposits around the toilet base. The caulk (sanded caulk?) needs to be replaced around the perimeter where the marble on the walls of the shower/tub touches the marble slab counter. For what it is worth, we never put in a shower curtain there - it is a bathtub bathroom only. I think that helped preserve the marble and the wood. The marble on the windowsill was not done correctly. The windowsill had to be reworked by experts who chose to demo and replace it with something else. Our master bathroom is all pinkish travertine. This bathroom features the travertine shower with glass doors, pinkish (really flesh colored)travertine on the walls, and the windowsills as well. Same problem in here with the travertine on the windowsills. Those sills cracked, warped, and had to be replaced. There is a weird problem on the wall. It looks like there was some filler used in the travertine when it was sold/installed. Over time, the filler seems to have evaporated and has left a more pitted and hollowed surface. The affected area is directly above the wall mounted lights that flank the mirror. I think the heat from the lights might have contributed to it. It looks odd. I have found a tile and marble restoration person. After we finish other projects this year, I'll consider having him inspect and repolish this bathroom, too. This second bathroom has a travertine shower. The shower is badly etched and I don't trust the pan. We have had hard water at times over the past 20 years. The hard water is not kind to the marble. Also, we certainly should have recaulked over the years. Didn't know to do that. Probably sealer too? Not sure, but we had no idea how to take care of it. There is etching of the marble, too, where we used too harsh of cleaning products. I am the most unhappy with the travertine in this shower. I don't think I want a marble or travertine shower in any remodels in the future, but for lower-use situations, like our guest bath, it still works for me. If well-trained adults are the occupants, it might work. My husband, though, tends to nuke the shower to clean it on an occasional burst of energy without my OK. I should have a bathroom that he can nuke with Lime-Away if he wants to, not something with a picky product like marble. I have found a steam cleaner to be useful inside the shower for cleaning. Not sure if it gets the experts OK, but that is what I've been doing in recent years. I haven't needed to use the steam cleaner anywhere but in the shower. The floor in both baths is travertine. We had a bathroom scale that left a small rust stain on the floor where the plastic glide came off its foot. I was able to rub most of it out, forgot what I used - - some sort of Helful Hint - but a bit remains. I am super-hyper about no metal in the bathroom on the floors -- no metal trash cans or step stools, for example, even if coated in plastic. When we first moved in, people warned us that we would be slipping and sliding on marble bathroom floors. Knock on wood, no one has ever slipped on the bathroom floors. We've been mindful to not put down polishes that are meant for wall or counter marble. Polishes for floors must say floor on it. I am always worried about stepping out of the bathtub as it is rather a high ledge to get to the floor. I never step onto the marble, always onto the rug. That's our marble story....See MoreIs Limestone a Bad Choice for Bathroom Floor?
Comments (12)I'm one of the crazy people who installed limestone in a children's bathroom..... I had 3 bathrooms to do and lost my ability to make a decision when it came to my daughter's bathroom so I allowed myself to get talked into the limestone. I didn't want a "kiddie" bath but something that would still be cool when she's a bit older. Anyway, we're not moved in yet but I sealed it, sealed it again with Miracle 511. Here's a pic, the tile work is finished but we haven't installed the fixtures yet. I chose the mosaic and would have agreed to anything that matched it :) Tumbled limestone is not really my style but it does look earthy and my daughter is a real nature lover. The part I do love is the floor. As you can see, it's small bathroom and is now a limestone cave. My daughter and my husband think it's so cool and I guess that's what counts, it does actually look a bit better in person....See More2007 Deer Valley bathrooms have bad/strange odor
Comments (13)I was having the same smell in this rental I moved into last March. Just so happens, in one of the Spring issues of a magazine-a professional plumber had an answer to this problem. He said often the sewer gas will not escape & I did what he suggested-and I still do it 2x a month. NO more odor! In every drain in your home..kitchen, bath, laundry...run hot water in the sinks & tubs for 1 minute. Flush all toilets. (Are you ready for this?) Measure 2 TBS of vegetable oil & dump it down all of the drains & let it set for 5 minutes or so before running water anywhere. I swear-the smell goes away within the hour. It creates (-for lack of a better word) a..skim covering over the drain holes & prevents the gases from coming up from the drain. Cheap way to solve the issue without a plumber. try it-can't hurt....See MoreBad smell from bathroom sinks
Comments (6)I've had a bad smell coming from my sink. Last fall I pured Liquid Plumber in, let it set and flushed it down. I poured vinegar (straight) in, let it set and flushed it down. I used bleach and flushed it down. Each time, after a day the smell came back. We left for 3 months this winter and when we came back there was no smell. Now,after a week it started again; I poured Simple Green in the sink-straight so it would set in the goose neck pipe underneath; then flushed with HOT water in about an hour. Smell went away, then 2 days later it is back again. Now...I am thinking that because it's an earthy/moldy smell,, could it be a broken pipe underneath and the insulation is wet and rotten ... could that be it? We also remodeled that bathroom 4 years ago and had a new sink put in, but not new plumbing. HELP PLEASE! We use Mentadent toothpaste, but rinse it well with warm water afterwards. Our other bathroom has never been remodeled and hubby uses it every day and it doesn't smell at all....See More
partim
3 years agoHow about using a curtain instead of a door? Something pretty on a decorative rod. Or a French door with frosted glass, or something like this
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Olychick
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoOmigoodness, so many options besides plain white boring doors: Glass that is patterned or plain with a patterned window film on the inside (much more affordable), mirrored, cloth lined as someone above suggested or a wonderful bright paint :
Deanie Jo thanked Olychickilikefriday
3 years agoI would add molding to the door and paint it an unexpected color. In the first and last photo, ceiling molding is added around the knob. I love that look.
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Denita
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoLove Donald's idea! An antique wardrobe or readily available armoire painted a lively accent color :) You can pick these (not antique) wardrobes up now for almost nothing on CL or offer up and paint it yourself.
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Jilly
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoGreat ideas here!
I would have the front look as if it’s a recessed cabinet with glass doors and drawers:
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3 years agoraebutt
3 years agoIf you are gutting the bathroom and getting new counter top material you could have the built in look of the cabinets with solid doors and a counter top of the same material. The depths of the cabinets could be the same or the bottom could be slightly deeper.
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3 years agoAJCN
3 years agoWe had our cabinet builder create a hutch-style cabinet. It's 48" wide. The top is set-back like a dining hutch or breakfront would be. The bottom portion has 2 stacks of 4 drawers, but the "drawers" on the right side are fake and it's really a pull-out laundry. I love the pictures posted above, functional and beautiful.
The lighting in this photo is wonky bc we currently have brown paper covering the window while we wait for our shutters, so everything looks yellow. You have so many possibilities. When I was trying to decide what I wanted I looked at a bunch of HOUZZ photos using "hutch in bathroom, "laundry cabinet" and other similar search terms.
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