bathroom remodel, tub or shower? (appliances, buyers, costs)
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Assuming this is an alcove tub (against three walls), just get a low and wide one with a rectangular bowl that takes up most of the length and width and add glass doors instead of a curtain, and you can shower in it all the time if you like. A 60" x 36" tub has a good bit of space.
You can find a compromise by getting a deep soaker tub, which you sit or squat in. Half the size with jets. You will be using it! It is kids size! It works for seniors as well.
I have young kids and I never used the tub with them. In fact, it was so much easier to empty the baby tub into the shower basin. When they were about 1, I sat them in the shower and used hand shower. I hate showers and shower curtains and cleaning all the shower tiles.
Next house I'm going glass enclosed showers in all the bathrooms!
Be careful what you wish for. I have three baths with frameless glass showers. If you think that's maintenence free, guess again. It looks awesome, but requires a lot of maintenance. After every shower, all the glass must be squeeged. If you don't do it, you get unsightly water spots, which will eventually become permanent as the mineral content of the water etches the glass if not cleaned up. And you should rarely have to clean tile. If you're regularly getting mold and mildew, it means your bathroom is not properly ventilated to remove moisture. If your bathroom mirror steams up during showers, that's the sign ventilation is inadequate.
Onto the OP's original question, a house without at least one bathtub is a deal breaker for most families with children. That's not a wise demographic to shut out when you're trying to sell a suburban property. My new build provides the best of both worlds with separate tubs and showers in each bath, but I know that's impossible to do in older homes that weren't designed for it. Still, you gotta leave at least one bathtub/shower combo in your home if your floor plan won't allow for separate fixtures.
Slight hiijack here but thought it might be the right place. As someone who is looking to redo my bathroom, what is the first step in the process? Can i just approach a contractor that does bathrooms? Should i be engaging an engineer or architect first?
Be careful what you wish for. I have three baths with frameless glass showers. If you think that's maintenence free, guess again. It looks awesome, but requires a lot of maintenance. After every shower, all the glass must be squeeged. If you don't do it, you get unsightly water spots, which will eventually become permanent as the mineral content of the water etches the glass if not cleaned up. And you should rarely have to clean tile. If you're regularly getting mold and mildew, it means your bathroom is not properly ventilated to remove moisture. If your bathroom mirror steams up during showers, that's the sign ventilation is inadequate.
Onto the OP's original question, a house without at least one bathtub is a deal breaker for most families with children. That's not a wise demographic to shut out when you're trying to sell a suburban property. My new build provides the best of both worlds with separate tubs and showers in each bath, but I know that's impossible to do in older homes that weren't designed for it. Still, you gotta leave at least one bathtub/shower combo in your home if your floor plan won't allow for separate fixtures.
That's the first thing I think of when I see them, huge PITA, not something I would want in my home unless I had a maid.
It's not that much of a pain when the squeegee is hanging in the shower. The tile and shower curtain seemed more of a nuisance to me.
Nope, the older I get, the less I want to perform calisthenics in the shower trying to squeegee every single inch of a glass shower......much easier to throw a shower curtain in the wash every now and then.
......or, in my younger days, getting home from work, tired as heck and having to squeegee after a nice relaxing shower instead of throwing the shower curtain in the wash on the weekend.
.....or, having to follow up every time one of the kids takes a shower to make sure they did a proper squeegee job.
Be careful what you wish for. I have three baths with frameless glass showers. If you think that's maintenence free, guess again. It looks awesome, but requires a lot of maintenance. After every shower, all the glass must be squeeged. If you don't do it, you get unsightly water spots, which will eventually become permanent as the mineral content of the water etches the glass if not cleaned up. And you should rarely have to clean tile. If you're regularly getting mold and mildew, it means your bathroom is not properly ventilated to remove moisture. If your bathroom mirror steams up during showers, that's the sign ventilation is inadequate.
Onto the OP's original question, a house without at least one bathtub is a deal breaker for most families with children. That's not a wise demographic to shut out when you're trying to sell a suburban property. My new build provides the best of both worlds with separate tubs and showers in each bath, but I know that's impossible to do in older homes that weren't designed for it. Still, you gotta leave at least one bathtub/shower combo in your home if your floor plan won't allow for separate fixtures.
Darn. Thanks for the insight. The grass is always greener on the other side
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