Bathroom Building

[Jagmandave]

Simple and inexpensive is FRP from Home Depot, comes in 4 X 8 sheets, just caulk everything well.........

I used to live in San Diego also, miss it terribly...........

 

[Harvster]

For simplicity and cost effectiveness why not just go with a pre-made fiberglass unit? Many can be attached directly to the studs. Add your drain and supply lines and your done.

 

[bgoodman]

Any chance you have a floor plan you could share with us?

I have a similar project coming up soon.

 

[saltman]

I thought about the fiberglass enclsosure but am a little closterphobic and need more space so when I poured the slab I put a drain in that is sloped so all I need to do is add the walls and a shower head.

I will come up with something that shows my floor plan idea when I get home.

The product from home depot sounds good, I have seen it at 22.00 a sheet which is cheap, I just wasn't sure about it being waterproof although it does say for showers right on it. The shower will be near the corner so I would only need a few sheets. I was going to wainscoat the bottom of the walls up to where the shower goes and use a thin solid wood panel for the top 4'of wall with a chair rail all the way around. White fixtures to match the wainscoating with a off tan pergo tile on the far end and some ceramic tile on the floor near the shower. Or just leave the floor as is.

San Diego is nice but you sure pay the price to live here.

 

[saltman]

I tried to find a better photo to show the floor plan. My Scanner is probably not functional so this is all I have.

I am standing just above and to the right of the shower. The entry door is to the far right in the photo. The Toilet is directly behind me and the vanity will go just to the left of the toilet in the photo. So both the shower and toilet are in oppisite corners on the same end of the building and the toilet is right next to the vanity so while your seated you can rest your magazine or news paper on the vanity. I will leave some space not to feel cramped I think 15 inches is normal.

So as you walk in the main doorway nothing is there every thing is positioned to the end wall with the toilet closer to the center of the wall behind me. The thinking was that this would give you plenty of room to take a shower, and get dressed. I will probably move my little dresser out there as well as a bench or something to sit on. The door will open out and away from the building.

One window is placed at the wall opposite the main door near the shower placed at 5' tall so you can look out but if someone looked in they couldn't see much. The other window is just to the right of the toilet and up about 4 and a half feet. I will put two more long rectangle windows on the wall behind me near the dressing area, they will be placed high as well and will fit between the studs.

 

[saltman]

Correction rectangle window will be on the wall in front of me the only wall not framed for windows, since they will fit between the studs.

 

[saltman]

Here is the floor plan

 

[EddieWalker]

Are your drain lines in for those locations? If it was me, I'd move the sink to the other side of the toilet and next to the door. Just having a sink to wash up is very nice, but there's no need to go through the entire bathoom to get it. It's also nice to have lots of room in front of a shower to change clothes. A bench or seat along that wall would be very handy.

You will need an interior wall for the shower. I'd put the shower manifold on that interior wall too. I don't think it matters wich side you put it on, but I just like to have them on interior walls.

Where will the hot water heater go?

Do you have a place to store towels, soap and toilet paper?

Eddie

 

[Harvster]

I thought about the fiberglass enclsosure but am a little closterphobic and need more space so when I poured the slab I put a drain in that is sloped so all I need to do is add the walls and a shower head.

If you don't like that closed in feeling, go with glass. Here is my shower.

 

[saltman]

Harvester that is one nice bathroom. I am going to save that photo and use something like that in the new house.


Yea Eddie all the drain lines are in. I built a small vanity that shouldn't take up too much room and will have storage for towels and supplies underneath.

The water heater is small, direct on demand type. I think it's 20" x 20". I plan on putting it near the entry door on the same wall as the shower.

The shower floor is already sloped so I shouldn't need an enclosure or a ****. If I do need a **** I can put one in later. I had planned on simply putting in a curtain in that corner which would allow a person flexability on where the entered the shower. I can put a bench in just across from the toilet?