Anyone have or put in a master bath where the tub & shower are combined in one "wet room" like this?

Jan 30, 2021
9:55:26pm

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

Getting ready to remodel master bath & considering this. The room isn't huge but we could afford to make the shower & tub space about 5' x 8 1/2'. Any thoughts?

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Anyone have or put in a master bath where the tub & shower are combined in one "wet room" like this?

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

1/30/21 9:55pm

We’re considering doing the same thing. We have a giant jetted tub now and a tiny shower and I hate it.

Superkid

1/30/21 9:56pm

Wow. This is the first indication you are dissatisfied in your mansion

TNT

1/30/21 9:57pm

Refer to our current tub as "the font" because it's so big yet shower is a phone booth.

Soupie

1/30/21 9:58pm

I didn't know you and superkid were married.

BLT-Coug

1/30/21 10:06pm

We are just starting ours. Rip out the jetted tub, enlarge shower. Haven't decided if we enclose it all in one or not.

unctoothman

1/31/21 10:43am

I want to. The only problem is it’s a corner of the house with two fairly large windows. What do you do with windows

Superkid

1/31/21 10:47am

Get water rated windows

YIsForBrigham

1/31/21 10:50am

There's always glass block windows 😉

Soupie

1/31/21 10:59am

I lived in a house at BYU that had a shower window. Started 4-5 feet or so up,

Martin Van Nostrand

1/31/21 11:58am

We ripped out the giant stupid tub last Jan and did a bigger shower. Worth it.

quikandskinny

1/31/21 12:19pm

Cleaning the tile around that tub would suck.

Alister Mackenzie

1/30/21 9:59pm

We would use larger tile (12x24 at least) & maybe a drop in tub w/ platform (easier for short old people to get in).

Soupie

1/30/21 10:02pm

Probably closer to this in size & style (but not exact). (Edit) Oops. Added photo

Soupie

1/30/21 10:31pm

How often do people use “tubs” in master suite? Outside of bathing small

flyzag

1/31/21 8:18am

Ours us used about 4 x per day.

DrBYU

1/31/21 9:01am

Used ours a ton when kids were small then not much in middle yrs. Now we’re thinking

Soupie

1/31/21 9:52am

Please use a bottle of Dawn when you do this and post the video afterward. I'll promise a POTD for that post.

Cru Jones

1/31/21 10:27pm

Or put Dawn in your dishwasher and tell us how that goes.

Soupie

1/31/21 10:59pm

One of my kids has already tried that. It was an exciting evening in our house. No video though, sadly.

Cru Jones

1/31/21 11:17pm

Like every night ... the double wide tub is awesome.

runnincoug

1/31/21 9:34pm

The bigger tiles won't work for the floor but if you did build up a platform for the tub & not a free standing tub the

Cru Jones

1/30/21 10:32pm

Yes, just on walls & tub surround — thinking penny tile for the floor. Will consider the steam rm idea. Sounds cool.

Soupie

1/30/21 10:38pm

Absolutely do the steam. If you’re going to remodel to this level anyway, it

m0resn0w

1/31/21 6:14am

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Soupie

1/31/21 10:58pm

Assuming you are draining to one side? Larger tile make center drains hard.

Bin01015

1/30/21 10:33pm

RE: Cleaning the tile around that tub would suck.

garyfan

1/30/21 10:06pm

That's the maid's problem.

Cougarrr

1/30/21 10:06pm

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holipuluki

1/30/21 10:07pm

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crazY

1/31/21 12:16am

RE: ^^^This guy Cougar Boards.

JoeMamaBesser

1/31/21 12:16am

My first thought. That tub would always be water marked and dirty around it.

Fargo

1/31/21 12:57pm

I think it looks nice.

Busting Coveys

1/30/21 10:00pm

I love this. This is how baths are in Japan and ever since we lived there, we’ve decided this is the one true way

YIsForBrigham

1/30/21 10:05pm

Just in the kids rooms...ours is like this

777

1/30/21 10:07pm

I'm sorry.

Soupie

1/30/21 10:14pm

Do you even need glass doors at all? I like the showers with no doors

Iman23

1/30/21 10:08pm

What! Gotta keep the steam in.

Mrs Featerbottom

1/30/21 10:30pm

What is the benefit of doing this?

CDV

1/30/21 10:09pm

Without a wall between the shower & tub, both areas can share floor space and be bigger than it they are separate.

Cru Jones

1/30/21 10:33pm

Helped a buddy put one in his house

A_blue_car

1/30/21 10:10pm

If it were me, I'd use the space instead in a double-wide tub.

runnincoug

1/30/21 10:11pm

Going to probably do this in a 6x8 space. But don’t think I want to enclose it,

SpecialKC

1/30/21 10:17pm

Wondering about that too. Must be a calculator to decide if there's space to skip the glass & still not

Soupie

1/30/21 10:20pm

Also heard some don't like doorless b/c it gets cold & drafty.

Soupie

1/30/21 10:21pm

Yeah maybe I’d do a heat lamp too for that reason

SpecialKC

1/30/21 10:24pm

That's what I was going to comment. If the space is too big, it doesn't

FabLabCougar

1/30/21 10:24pm

With it enclosed it becomes a sauna, which is very nice

A_blue_car

1/30/21 10:32pm

I love that. Are the mirrors on the ceiling or wall?

HoustonCougar

1/30/21 10:22pm

It's a major trend right now but one that I would pass on.

Mrs Featerbottom

1/30/21 10:29pm

You're doing showers wrong

A_blue_car

1/30/21 10:38pm

They make tiles that have handles on them. Install a few. You’re welcome.

Dr MoBYU

1/30/21 10:30pm

We had these in Brazil as a missionary

CocaColaRecovery

1/30/21 10:32pm

RE: We had these in Brazil as a missionary

IceCreamButt

1/30/21 10:45pm

Were the wires for the water heater? I always just had a pipe sticking out from

maxpowers

1/30/21 10:48pm

There was no water heater, unless you mean the coil inside the shower head, in which case, yes. Those wires power the

dilbert

1/30/21 11:24pm

Yep, but in Ecuador. Don’t put your hand to close to the shower head or you’ll

Alister Mackenzie

1/31/21 9:32am

One of those started to spark and smoke while I was showering on my mission.

ldssdl

1/30/21 10:59pm

Occasionally you get a small twinge of electricity as well.

cougaman

1/30/21 11:00pm

Trinity killer would like it.

johnnycarson

1/30/21 10:54pm

We just finished a remodel last Sunmer where we did that. We have yet to install

Nat Gas Man

1/30/21 11:06pm

Nice. Yes, we're moving our laundry to absorb some extra space into master bath.

Soupie

1/30/21 11:08pm

Cool, though it sounds like a lot of extra plumbing.

realtall

1/30/21 11:32pm

We have 6 existing water lines to work with & room underneath it is an unfinished storage room so easy access.

Soupie

1/30/21 11:39pm

go with a steam shower if you can fit it in your budget... in Utah your pic probably works, but in more humid places

HarlemCoug

1/31/21 12:00am

"have you ever wanted to feel like you are showering in a locker room at home?"

ryebrye

1/31/21 6:00am

I had a tiny apartment in Japan for my internship that had that.

Schultz is back

1/31/21 9:42am

Our new house has a big shower and a separate soaking tub. The tub is stupid. I'd like to rip it out because it's such a

Smack'sWife

1/31/21 3:35pm

If you ever want to resell the house don't take it out

Nat Gas Man

1/31/21 4:01pm

Wouldn't do a free standing tub. They look sexy but are impractical.

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