Seeking Advice for our Corian Shower Wall Design
The location of our shower and toilet will be switched when we remodel our bathroom. A wall-mounted Toto toilet is going on the wall under our sky light. Our Corian shower will have coved corners, a 19" deep shower bench, and a Grifform Corian shower pan.
Our designer suggested having Corian go all the way up to the ceiling on two of our three walls. The third wall has a skylight, so the Corian will stop just short of the skylight on that wall.
The quote for our very small shower using Glacier White on our shower walls, Pearl Gray on the bench top, and Pearl Gray for the shower pan came in at $17,500 ($12,500 for the walls/bench and $5,000 for the custom shower pan).
Should I consider stopping the Corian at the red line instead of going all the way to the ceiling? I've got to imagine it would greatly reduce the cost since it's an easier fabrication/installation.
We're replacing the current door with a pocket door and installing 8" Fireclay hex tile on our bathroom floor. An Amba towel rack will go on the wall where you see our current towel bar.
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Julie K
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoRelated Discussions
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2 years agoJulie K
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agotylnn1960, the yellow is approximately the location of our skylight that's visible in the original photo with my post. The showerhead and controls are moving to the wall with the red because we're installing body showers above our bench.
Not sure if this helps at all but here are a few more visuals for you. We're building a coffee bar on the other side of our shower. I know it's an odd floor plan but we opted not to knock down any walls and work with the existing footprint of the rooms. :-)
tlynn1960
2 years agoJulie K
2 years ago@tlynn1960, we passed our final inspection a few days ago! Here are some pics of our Corian shower.
Julie K
2 years agoJulie K
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