Budget friendly options for adding shower to tiny half bath? (tiling, floor)
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I have a half bath that is 9 feet deep and 4 ft wide. I want to rearrange things and add a 32" corner shower kit but they ALL seem to have bad reviews. What about buying a shower base, tiling the two walls in the corner and adding a shower curtain? Do you think something like this would contain water well?
1) Do you realize how small a 32" shower is? We had a 32" alcove shower at my old house and words cannot describe how much my wife and I both hated it.
2) Your 4' x 9' bathroom is going to be very tight. My advice is to measure out an equivalent space in your basement or whatever and do a mockup of the layout with the the toilet, vanity, shower, and whatever else will be in the room to see if it will even work for you.
3) If you are going to do this, I'd go with a frame/door assembly instead of a curtain if you are concerned about keeping water in.
I've used a corner shower in a hotel. It had a door/frame, not a curtain. The footprint of the shower was like the one pictured in the OP and the door was on the diagonal part. The door was two pieces, so it didn't need much room to swing. I don't remember how big it was, but it couldn't have been very big at all. It was an old hotel in Manhattan. I got clean just fine.
I have a half bath that is 9 feet deep and 4 ft wide.
I want to rearrange things and add a ...shower
Don't get distracted by the products.
The real job (and most expense) is in the walls and floor which has to be done regardless.
iow... what is UNDER this room.
As to the corner shower... avoid the notion altogether.
Think bigger... like the full 4 foot width at one end of that 9 foot wall... x 36.
That 108" might still leave room for a 36" vanity and the commode.
Don't get distracted by the products.
The real job (and most expense) is in the walls and floor which has to be done regardless.
iow... what is UNDER this room.
As to the corner shower... avoid the notion altogether.
Think bigger... like the full 4 foot width at one end of that 9 foot wall... x 36.
That 108" might still leave room for a 36" vanity and the commode.
Don't get distracted by the products.
The real job (and most expense) is in the walls and floor which has to be done regardless.
iow... what is UNDER this room.
As to the corner shower... avoid the notion altogether.
Think bigger... like the full 4 foot width at one end of that 9 foot wall... x 36.
That 108" might still leave room for a 36" vanity and the commode.
The problem with this- in a typical layout is spacing. Granted, there would be enough side to side between fixtures- but, a really cramped "walk path". A toilet requires AT LEAST 21" of clear space in FRONT of it. A round bowl toilet will probably work.
But, if the toilet is placed in typical layout- next to shower- the bowl would interfere with a proper swing out shower door. Then the vanity- at the typical 21-23" total depth leaves a not so comfortable 2' to bend over when brushing your teeth.
Doable and meet all code requirements? Probably. Comfortably usable- not so much.
No kidding. There are couples who buy some really expensive motorhomes and never have a problem getting clean. You go into a bathroom to get clean or whatever, not camp out. Yes, some people need to primp for hours and then there are the cozy folks who don't mind someone sitting on the pot while they take a shower but really.
It really comes down to using space as efficiently as possible when you have very little to work with. The basement thing always comes up but there are millions of people that don't have them. I am sure if the OP had all that much space, this wouldn't be a question.
Done right, corner showers work just fine. Remember, it is a shower not a waterfall or swimming pool. If you're in there for more than a few minutes, you are doing something else.
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