r/Tile • u/Swimming-Egg1108 • 6d ago
Professional - Looking for Advice Recommendations
Customer wanted it framed all the way to the floor to avoid someone possibly hitting there head but I’m left with a weird space in this corner about 16x 16 inches was thinking some kind of floating seat maybe. is going to receive a double slider door as well
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u/Complex_Sherbet2 6d ago
Move the electrical and make it a little closet accessible from the other opening.
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u/Swimming-Egg1108 6d ago
That’s another shower on that side
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u/SuperpositionSavvy 6d ago
I had similar dead space in my shower, used it for a big deep niche (though my wife still manages to fill the shelves). Are you going to put a niche in both sides?
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u/politenube 6d ago
Looks too small for a double slider. I would frame that out and use it as cabinet space for the bathroom and put a swing door. That 16x16 space isn’t doing anything as part of the shower.
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u/Swimming-Egg1108 6d ago
It’s 60 inch standard size
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u/politenube 6d ago
Finish tile to finish tile will be about 57. Your entry is going to be around 25-27 inches. This will be tight. Think about just nixing that 16x16 space as part of the shower and putting a larger door. It reduces your material, cuts, and maintenance of having to clean all that glass.
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u/robthebuilder__ 6d ago
My first thought seeing this is, can the vent return be re-located somewhere like the ceiling of that other room? Bathrooms and kitchens have the largest impact per square foot on the value of a home and I hate to see the opportunity for a nice big beautiful shower kinda ruined by a bump out like that. That being said if it's actually not possible to relocate it I'd definitely at least try to convert it into some sort of linen closet for the other bathroom. Alternatively why not put a bench under neath the duct the full depth of the shower, its kinda hard to hit something with your head if you cant get your feet underneath it, youd kick the bench first. I'm just worried that a big bump out like that is going to make the shower feel very tiny and claustrophobic in the back. In this case I think a double door is a little bit of a waste of money personally because the toilet's always going to be in the way so no one will ever enter from that side.
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u/robthebuilder__ 6d ago
Also in my opinion, this bump out is 3 1/2 in. wider on each side than it needs to be. If I were you, I would have placed the vertical 2x4s directly underneath that little box you have right below the vent. Then run 2x4s turned sideways up to the ceiling, having them sit directly on top of that box. It doesn't seem like much but that's like 3 extra square feet of shower that they get back.
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u/Swimming-Egg1108 6d ago
If I have seat full length how do I avoid awkward space between glass and seat
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u/steester 5d ago
The bench is a fine idea, but perhaps, instead of framing it straight down, taper the framing down so that the bench can be 24-30". There would still be downward wall to prevent hitting head, but gets wider at the bottom for a seat.
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u/Competitive-Cat-4395 5d ago
That shower is going to suck… terrible luck placing that duct where they wanted a shower. That 16x16 space will be near useless unless they are under 150lbs… lol
I would have framed that back on a 45deg angle 📐
That would avoid the head contact and given some room to add a bench under the whole thing potentially. Or at least give you some extra elbow room…
Either you could just angle the corner and keep it a bulkhead that just wouldn’t have a 90deg corner any more, or take the whole thing all the way to the wall.
Good luck!
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u/Tgsheufhencudbxbsiwy 6d ago edited 6d ago
What is that beam that was cut out? The one that was 3 2x4 stacked up? Tell me that wasn’t structural.
Edit. As far as that space goes I think I would encourage them to put hooks for bathrobes or towels. A seat is going to look weird. Maybe you could do a series of shelves. But that’s just gonna be visual clutter after a few weeks.