Stall Shower vs Big Vanity

I've always tought the ideal house would have...

  1. tile or concrete floors

  1. all rooms with a drain

  2. furnishings built in on concrete or hung from the ceiling

Bring in a hose and hose the sucker down :)

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dadiOH
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When I worked out in the Marshall Islands some years ago, we had housing units that were built in Australia. The units were like trailers with two rooms with separate outside doors and a bathroom in the middle with an interior door to each side. The floors were a hot welded seamed Vinyl material that curved up the side of the walls instead of a flat baseboard. This made it sort of a tub and very easy to hose out and clean. I thought how practical the Aussie designers are and how well they know construction workers who drink a lot and barf all over the floor. There's also that little tracking mud in the hut thing but I still believe it was for the barfing construction workers.

TDD

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The Daring Dufas

I mostly used the tub as a place to put the cat litter box but we've moved it into the hallway. I really would like to take a bath now and then. But I can't see taking a bath and not showering afterwards to remove the left over crud.

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dgk

This does seem to be mostly a male dominated newsgroup so some of the lack of warmth towards a tub is understandable and the curve will be appropriatedly adjusted.

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dgk

Considering that I used to live in an apartment and had to haul my clothes to a laundry, having to take them to the basement to wash is really not a big deal. If not for that, I'd hardly even see the basement. I do like the idea of having the washer/dryer on the same floor as the dirty and clean clothes, but the SO wants a big vanity.

I am, of course, the one who brings the clothes down and back up, but mostly I don't have to wash them. We've actually put up a clothes line in the backyard and during warmer months I'm the one that gets to hang them up and bring them back when they're dry. I figure it's Green, saves a bit of money, and I really do like the feel and smell of them more when they've been drying in the sunshine.

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dgk

Here, let me re-adjust it.

What's the point in having the bathroom be a palace? It's the place where I shit/shower/shave/brush and get out.

When we remodel our lone bathroom, my husband and I want to take out the tub and put in a shower. Of course, we intend to leave the house feet first, so affecting the resale value is not an issue.

Cindy Hamilton

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Cindy Hamilton

You and Al Gore are real serious power users, right?

Joe

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Joe

Why you asking here when you already have your marching orders?

She is right, take out the shower, replace the old tub with a larger tub and multiple-head shower, and definitely put in two sinks. Because a large vanity with only one sink is a waste, whereas a two sink vanity is a "marriage saver" and very good for resale. More people demand a bathroom with two sinks, than demand a bathroom with a stall shower. Especially if the tub is new, big and has a multi-head shower too thats better than a stall.

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RickH

I meant, "Try to wash a baby or a child in a shower." :)

I'm sure you're right if it's going to get below freezing inside the house, but when is 40 or 30 or 20 out and it's going to go to 50 inside, or 40 or 35 inside, an increase in humidity I'll bet has as much effect anywhere as it does here.

If he takes out the bathtub, he could put a wood stove in that spot.

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mm

stall shower.

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DD_BobK

Take it from me, all married women want a double vanity. And after 10 years of marriage the men wish they had a sink of their own too, and a few square inches of space without makeup, lipstick, and other female stuff laying all over the place. Women will take over a sink very quickly. A double vanity is a no-brainer if given the choice of two redundant places to bathe at the expense of the extra sink.

One can always install a shower door on a tub to make a fine 6 foot by

3 foot shower stall, so you have to step over, big deal. And at one tenth the price of making a 6x3 foot stall out of mud and tile.
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RickH

athroom with a

Rick-

I guess Cindy and my wife didn't get the memo.

Of the several homes I've owned about 1/4 had double sink vanities. Double vanity or not....I never wanted, needed or missed them.

btw I'm in 3x your 10 year number....my condolences wrt "a few square inches of space without makeup, lipstick, and other female stuff laying all over the place. Women will take over a sink very quickly." bummer :(

I enjoy & prefer a tidy space.

Addtionally I have a bathroom that has a double vanity, bathing tub & separate shower stall. The shower stall gets daily use (2x), the tub gets used maybe once a week and the double vanity seldom.

YMMV (as it appear to)

cheers Bob

cheers Bob

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DD_BobK

They are available now. They are called prisons.

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aasberry

Also known as "the big house".

TDD

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The Daring Dufas

Thank you. I agree that a bathroom does not need to be a place although the Significant Other seems to think that it should be. I do tend more towards the practical. When I started asking about the importance of a separate stall shower I wasn't thinking about replacing the tub instead. The tub is practical for many reasons. It's easy to fill the humidifier tank. It's good for washing out the litterbox. And, of course, it is good for soaking aching muscles after shoveling that F***g snow.

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dgk

athroom with a

Not 100%, since I am the counterexample to that. I want a single vanity, since when I'm in the bathroom, I don't want any company.

I put everything away when I'm done with it. (I don't wear makeup. Ever.) Actually, I line up everything in the order that I use it, and put it away when I've used it. That way, I don't forget any steps.

Wish I could get my husband to do the same; his crap (mainly medicine) is always out on the vanity top. Still, it's a small price to pay. He's a great guy.

Cindy Hamilton

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Cindy Hamilton

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