Which way would you lay the tile in our bathroom in our medical office
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Comments (11)Manhattan42 - sometimes you say the craziest things. In my neck of the woods, every crawlspace is vented and unconditioned. Sealing crawlspace is a new thing but even then you don't purposely heat the space. There is R-19 under the floor - that does a pretty good job at keeping the heat in the house. Are you in NY? - if so it is possible that your codes are more like the OPs. But around here in crawlspace land - we vent and don't condition. Sealing costs some $ but does help some wuth heating costs. To the OP - you probably have a basement - so all this doesn't apply. Yes - you could heat the basement. This helps but tile is still cold and it is nice for the bathroom to be the warmest room in the house when you shower. We use supplemental heat on our 2nd floor bathroom. It really sounds like heat lamps or fan heaters are what you want. They both cost the same to put out the same heat. You can only beat that if you have a hot water heating system and can tap into that. Having had both - I prefer the fan because of the "baked" feeling of heat lamps. The lamps can be directed better for heat in one particular spot but the fan heats the room better. My father is a PhD engineer who wrote some pretty landmark papers on energy efficiency in the 70s - he agrees that using electric resistance heating in a bathroom for occassional heat is the way to go. If you use it for 5% of the time, it doesn't really matter that it isn't the cheapest way to make heat....See MoreHow best to size the toilet closet in our bathroom remodel?
Comments (37)"Will you need a fan and or light in the enclosed area?" We actually have one unit in the ceiling above the toilet that has a fan and light built in...we might get a new nicer-looking unit to replace the old one but that should be an easy upgrade. "I like that last setup you showed." Me too, but I'm still not sure whether to go with a barn door or pocket door. I think barn door has the advantage of an easier installation, but a pocket door probably could be installed leaving more room in the toilet closet. A barn door would probably look cleaner from outside the toilet closet, since you wouldn't see the hardware or the door when opened. "It would be nice to have the toilet centered in that space, but if you can keep the center of the toilet 18 inches from the sliding glass door on the wall, you should be fine." That's my worry...the toilet is currently offset slightly closer to the closet...it is about 19" from the center of the toilet to that wall, and 22" to the other wall. With a barn door installed there I imagine we wouldn't keep 18" unless we shift over the toilet. I don't know yet how expensive that would be. A smoked glass insert across from the toilet as in that pic might be the way to go. Then I still have the question of whether that wall should be flush with the window recess or set in a little. I'm thinking maybe flush with the window would be best to leave as much depth as possible for the toilet closet, and fewer edges/angles on the other side of the wall outside of the toilet closet. This post was edited by Phaedrus29 on Wed, Nov 5, 14 at 16:33...See MoreTrying to save our 50's bathroom tile
Comments (25)Most of the tile that is being talked about above was made in the mid 1920's to about the early 40's I help my husband hand salvage these old tiles for over 15 years from homes and Historical sites that are being torn down daily. Most of the tiles are either Gladding Mc Bean or American Euncaustic Tile co. Sometimes we will even find some Pomona Tile co by Hermosa .These tiles were mostly done with a baked glass like glaze making them almost impossible to salvage. Often the same type of tile was used in the kitchen and or back splash area .I personally love the salmon color as well and there is an awesome lavender that looks like hard candy. There were also early American tiles that were used on the face of fire places and in fountains in the yard. All of these companyÂs can be found in the American Art Tile Encyclopedia it is a great source of education on early California Tile Company's. These tiles are worth keeping and make you a member of the Tile club. Wanda Saving History one piece at a time.........See MoreSuggestions for our pathetic bathroom?
Comments (14)rivkadr, I honestly don't think it looks that bad. It's got lots of nice neutrals, and some of the best houses I've been in have plain finishes but elegant decor. I understand that the adhesive drips on the floor are driving you nuts, but have you tried attacking them with a razor blade? Here's a totally different approach: envision this bathroom down the road when you've got the time/money to do your ideal remodel. Imagine what your accessories look like: towel colors, art, window treatments, candles, soap dispensers, etc. Now, take the budget you have for a stopgap remodel, and go out and get those things. Especially a really stunning piece of art or wall accent to hang to the left of the window. Now your eye will have beautiful things to fall on, instead of adhesive drips and bland finishes. Your time and money will not have been spent on something you are going to tear out and redo in two years. Your husband will be sooo grateful. I did this in a bathroom where we rented, and people could not believe the before and after photos. To be honest, I also painted (bm adobe dust). But I'm not sure you even need to go the step of painting to make this bathroom work on a temporary basis. before: after: (If I could go back, I'd remove the picture by the tp roll. That was there for my two year old. I'm a real believer at hanging pictures at kids eye level too, but for the sake of this example, it doesn't really look so hot there.)...See Moremillworkman
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