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Figured I would get some opinions here on the bathroom, 2nd floor in a house built in 1900.
The dimensions are 7ft by 6.75 with the window and the door being on the 7 ft walls. They are about 6 inches off center of the walls, the top of the window ledge is 24" from the floor. The toilet and sink are on the wall behind the door as is a small radiator.
Anyway, this fall we are going to gut to insulate the outside walls, install an exhaust, replumb and repipe however is required and do any needed work to the structure.
We do not intend to install a shower.
If we move the tub to the window wall, we will gain a hefty amount of usable wall but doing so makes the window hard to use.
Anyone have a tub in front of a window? If so can you use the window?
Thanks-- gotta run as dinner is getting coming out of the oven.
The greatest tub I ever saw was one a friend of mine built. The wall was bumped out, like a bay window, and the tub was surrounded by windows on all three sides. Something like that would look great on a victorian.
The greatest tub I ever saw was one a friend of mine built. The wall was bumped out, like a bay window, and the tub was surrounded by windows on all three sides. Something like that would look great on a victorian.
All I could picture was one of us in our wrinkled old birthday suit flashing the neighborhood because we forgot to shut the curtains.
Anything is possible- it's just about how much money you're willing to throw at it(?).
Funny thing about how much we are willing to spend. We are willing to spend whatever it takes to put the mechanicals and structure in top shape. We hope that this is our last house, we love the area we live in as it fits our lifestyle wonderfully well so $$ spent are more based on function for us and less concern on ROI.
In your building experience, is a tub in front of a working window a good or bad idea?
I guess I'm thinking that because we like to open the windows in any house we have ever had, I don't want to take a "header" someday into the tub when trying to open the double hung.
All I could picture was one of us in our wrinkled old birthday suit flashing the neighborhood because we forgot to shut the curtains.
Depends on your situation, but frosted/etched glass in the window should do nicely. My bday suit is also a bit less than freshly ironed, and I can't imagine that would be surprising to anyone!
And you can get windows that echo the shape of your double hung but open with cranks instead. Not all the windows in a bay need to open either.
Make sure the floor on the window side is strong enough for the tub. Looks like the tub will fit just under the window ledge and look very attractive from the hall.
What's under the carpet? We were happy to find some nice wood preserved under ours.
Another tip. We bought a great looking sink in a cabinet. And it was going on the left wall in the pic like yours. (We left our tub on the right side). Got it all home and then somehow we thought oh, no, from front to back the sink and cabinet set up were off by 1/2" to 3/4" and the door will not open all the way. Woke up early next morning realizing, hey, those front corners of the sink counter are curved just a very little. It was enough for the sink and cabinet to fit and the door to open perfectly.
As you're finding out, every 1/2" matters in those small but beautiful historic bathrooms.
My tub is in front of our window. I have blinds on the window & keep them closed most of the time. I can open it if I wish but rarely do. I would need to step into the tub to do it. Overall it's not that big of a deal. BTW, my house was built in 2014, so new homes have windows like this too.
It was involved and cost about 2k in materials with a Kohler Cast Iron Tub, sheet cultured marble, new all wood vanity, cultured top, new toilet, new lino, side medicine chest, full width mirror and new bathroom window.
What I did was swing the tub 90 and under the window... took out the double hung and replaced with a new tempered obscure minimum rectangular slider...
The functionality vastly improve and now had shower and vanity with draws, medicine chest and full width mirror.
I matched the stucco and the window looks fine... they are all on the side of the homes.
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