Restarting tub-to-shower conversion, questions about glass enclosure
So we had to stop all our project plans for a few months and are now starting again.
In an upstairs bathroom, the toilet and shower are in one room and sink is actually in the bedroom, hotel style. We want to change the tub/shower to just a shower. I was struggling with what to do about the glass enclosure. It's so cramped in there that there really is no room for a door to swing. Would a partial glass wall, leaving one end open, work best? Contractor said he would water proof the floor.
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5 years agoWith that design you have to turn on the shower while in it. You also have to think about ease of cleaning if you want to use the hand shower to rinse the shower. I would also be concerned about stepping out onto a wet floor.
You have room for a hinged or pivot door but you'd need a pony wall. Our bathroom is 5' wide and my plan was to have a 28" door and a 32" pony wall, moving the shower controls to the pony wall because the valve is on the wall behind the toilet.This bathroom has a 32" x 60" shower. I have other pony walls in my Shower Ideabook.
However, the easiest/cheapest plan when there's a toilet blocking access to the shower is to do bypass shower doors. The roller type are frameless.
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5 years agoYou could do a swinging door that opens both inward and outward. For code/safety purposes it has to be able to swing outwards as well, but when you're using it, there should be room for an inward swing. You can do the swinging door without a pony wall. Otherwise, there are several options of sliding shower doors if you would prefer a true enclosure as opposed to an open panel style.
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