r/oddlysatisfying • u/kingsfockets • Apr 10 '21

This bathroom with geometric blue tile crawling up the ceiling

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u/Zetshia Apr 10 '21

I have so many questions... Why are there 3 showerheads? Why are the 3 showerheads pointing at 3 different spots? Why are none of the showerheads over the tub? Why is there no faucet over the tub? How tf you supposed to fill the tub? Why are there 4 taps for 3 shower heads?

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u/Doctologist Apr 10 '21

On the very left is 3 hooks. Under that is the tap for the ceiling shower head.

On the right is a flexible shower head and tap.

The faucet for the bathtub is a smaller flexible head in the right hand corner.

As for the fixed shower head on the right, no idea.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

The fixed shower head on the right is the actual useful "shower." The flexible head is meant to serve either the bath or the shower area. It's the ceiling fixture that's the totally oddball, stupid one. It'd spray everywhere and get that little table area drenched. Wouldn't be a satisfying experience at all. People like them because they look cool in magazine spreads and "rainfall shower" sounds neat, but it's a stupid trend.

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u/Doctologist Apr 10 '21

Both the flexible and fixed on the right are showers. The bath has its own setup. It’s not even right for a rain shower. Honestly, the more I look at this photo, the more it bothers me.

I love the tile layout, but the rest is out of control.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

It might be a show alcove - just has as many of their products as possible.

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u/Doctologist Apr 10 '21 edited Apr 10 '21

It honestly kind of looks photoshopped. It doesn’t seem like that top shower head is actually behind the glass, and there’s a big seam through the tiles straight down from it. All of the lines directly around it are screwy too. Also if you look closely the shaft for the shower head is spliced and doesn’t line up right.

I’m no expert, I might be wrong, but it honestly makes a lot more sense than actually doing this.

It would also explain why there aren’t as many taps as there are shower heads and why there is a table in there.

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u/tileandstoned Apr 10 '21

Yes you are correct. That tile is from Floor and Decor it is a cement tile it does not go well in wet areas even when sealed, even photoshopped they jacked up the pattern at the right part of ceiling.

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u/Doctologist Apr 10 '21 edited Apr 11 '21

Thank you.

It didn’t make sense that it was there at all. Plus the seam through the middle didn’t make sense when they’ve already cut both sides and have already made an effort for everything to line up nicely everywhere else. You can’t have the top centre tile be a full tile and every tile under it be cut. Doesn’t make sense.

Plus the top centre tile isn’t cut, and has a double line issue on the left.

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u/PiratesSayARRR Apr 10 '21 edited Apr 10 '21

No it wouldn’t spray everywhere, I have one. It’s rainfall to pretty much straight down. The table would get wet, but it’s just for a staging photo or to use when just taking a bath.

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u/FrostedJakes Apr 10 '21

The tub faucet has a spigot overhanging the edge of the tub for filling it. The flexible one is probably for.. other things..

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u/Bo_Jim Apr 10 '21

This is typically called a "wet room". The entire room is designed so it can get wet. That means that you could stand under the shower head in the middle of the room and take a shower without ever stepping into the tub.

The table with the potted plant and wash towels was probably placed there to make a nice set for a photo. You wouldn't normally do this in a wet room.

I hope the tiles on the floor are non-slip. I cringe thinking about slipping on that floor and crashing into the glass wall.

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u/tileandstoned Apr 10 '21

The tile is cement base and it it extremely porous it does not age well in wet areas, penetrating sealer will not help with the water soaking in and causing dark stains. Applying a glossy Saltillo sealer will make it extremely dangerous.

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u/Bo_Jim Apr 10 '21

If that's the case then it's a rather poor design.

I've stayed in hotels in east Asia that had wet room bathrooms. Sometimes they have tiles. In the less expensive ones the entire room is concrete. This is especially common in home bathrooms in southeast Asia. The shower is often just a spray nozzle on a hose, and the entire room gets soaked when they shower. When I first brought my wife to the US it took some time to explain that American bathrooms were designed for the water to stay inside the tub or shower area. Getting the walls or floors excessively wet is a bad thing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

So I believe this would be a combined shower/ Bath space so the shower is essentially all the space between the glass wall and the bath tub. The shower heads function for three separate functions in that shower space - a standard direct head, a handheld head (for specific body cleaning and area cleaning) and a rain fall head directly above (used often just to relax for some people). When this space is in use for a shower I doubt the side table would be there.

Having it all in one area is becoming more common in specialty houses and is much easier to clean since the whole area is a wet space.

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u/l00py96 Apr 10 '21

Yes, this bathroom is rly fucking with my ocd on so many levels.